try math wrote:
Conversion calc wrote:
That's an extremely generous conversion.
Probably closer to a 4:36-37 mile, but still very impressive.
WHAT? "Extremely generous"? 4:37??
No.
4:34.
According to Mt. Sac conversion chart, 4:16 1500 is equal to a 4:36.5 mile. No way it's 4:33 or 4:34.
I believe Kegelcha set the indoor 1500m WR en route to his indoor mile WR.
impressed by sub-5 at any age
I may have missed it, but no one seems to have listed the current American mile record:
M60-64 Nolan Shaheed (62) 4:53.01 Portland, OR 6/9/2012
or the M65-69 World mile record by Derek Turnbull 4:56.4 New Zealand 2/29/92
Kejelcha missed the indoor 1500m but ran on and got the indoor mile record.
Cush is right.
DC Wonk wrote:
Speed becomes more and more difficult as you age obviously. Endurance and strength can be maintained a lot longer. For a 50 year old male to run a 4:59 mile, that age grades to 85.11%, which is above what most runners are doing at that age. That same 50 year old would have to run about a 2:44 marathon to reach the equivalent 85% age grade, or a 16:57 5k. How many 50 year olds at your local races are hitting that time?
So yes, running sub-5 at age 50 is an accomplishment to be proud of.
Au contraire, monsieur. This (bold above) isn't as black and white as you think. Statistically age group records are closer to their actual/full records in the shorter distances suggesting speed CAN be maintained in someone's advanced years, perhaps even easier than long distance ability.
A big part in this misconception is that as people age they just tend to focus on longer, and longer events. A 50yr old who actually did decent weight & sprint training would actually be very fast, it's just that most 50yr olds don't do this, instead they just sign up for ultra's and shuffle away blaming slowing down on old age which is only partly true.
5' mile is not impressive at all. You have to be under 13 or above 50 to make it look OK.
14/40 wrote:
Fourteen and younger and forty and older for a male. For females, sub-5 is always impressive.
Correct. /Thread.
Sub 5 minute mile is impressive at any age.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has a 1989 Ferrari 348 GTB and he's just put in paperwork to upgrade it
Is there a rule against attaching a helium balloon to yourself while running a road race?
Strava thinks the London Marathon times improved 12 minutes last year thanks to supershoes
How rare is it to run a sub 5 minute mile AND bench press 225?
Mark Coogan says that if you could only do 3 workouts as a 1500m runner you should do these
Am I living in the twilight zone? The Boston Marathon weather was terrible!
Move over Mark Coogan, Rojo and John Kellogg share their 3 favorite mile workouts