Co-workers had a mile time trial yesterday. Results were surprising.

Where do you work? There is no way on earth is the norm.

70% of your office can run a 7:24 mile and 35% can run under 6:20?

I'm guessing your company is fitness-related. That's definitely not what the average office looks like.

70% io the office showed up to chase $20? Which third world country do you work in?

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Clown World Resident wrote:

70% of your office can run a 7:24 mile and 35% can run under 6:20?

I'm guessing your company is fitness-related. That's definitely not what the average office looks like.

Actually, forget the times. The fact that the majority of your office even agreed to run a mile is proof that it is not representative of the USA.

Mile or 1600?

You guys are retarded if you couldn't figure out that they likely ran a metric mile, aka 1000 meters, instead of a real mile.

50 people in my office and if I put this challenge out, only one woman crossfitter and I would should up. 75% of the people in my office couldn't complete a mile in 15 minutes.

Intellectually Challenged Runners wrote:

You guys are retarded if you couldn't figure out that they likely ran a metric mile, aka 1000 meters, instead of a real mile.

A metric mile is 1500 meters, not 1000.

The OP said that he ran a 5:44, which would make no sense if it were a 1000m.

Clown World Resident wrote:

70% of your office can run a 7:24 mile and 35% can run under 6:20?

No if you meant the whole office.

If you meant only the male workers under 40, then yes.

So your saying the results were skewed for physically active people?? So basically the "real" average would be much lower. Also 5:18 is slow for a fully grown adult male. I run faster than that in 5x1600 workouts and I'm considered "slow" by LRC standards

This didn't happen.

Good thing you aren't a scientist wrote:

5:18 is slow for a fully grown adult male.s

No, it's not. Not even in Kenya or Ethiopia.

Clown World Resident wrote:

Clown World Resident wrote:

70% of your office can run a 7:24 mile and 35% can run under 6:20?

I'm guessing your company is fitness-related. That's definitely not what the average office looks like.

Actually, forget the times. The fact that the majority of your office even agreed to run a mile is proof that it is not representative of the USA.

This is our first running challenge, but we've had non-running challenges before. A few months ago, we did a standing long jump, and the median distance was in the 6'8" - 6''11" range. Winner was a bit over 8'.

Other challenges included touching a basketball rim (10' high for a 6' tall person, but we adjusted the rim's height based on the person's height to make it fair), a push up contest, a batting cage challenge (hit an 80+ mph ball as many times as you can, everyone gets 10 swings), and a reaction time game. We usually do something like that 2-3 times a year; I guess it makes for good team bonding.

Sndnfnf wrote:

Mile or 1600?

Mile. It was on an archaic 440 yard track.

The track had an inside curb, and the marks for the hurdles and different distances were on that curb. The start of the 400m (lane 1) looked to be around 7-8 feet in front of the common finish line.

BS

FFF wrote:

Where do you work? There is no way on earth is the norm.

Southern California. The general population here is probably in better aerobic shape than the general population in a place like Appalachia, but weaker and slower in the power events and short sprints.

Office Manager wrote:

75% of the people in my office couldn't complete a mile in 15 minutes.

Did you actually try this, or are you just assuming?

Did not win wrote:

This is our first running challenge, but we've had non-running challenges before. A few months ago, we did a standing long jump, and the median distance was in the 6'8" - 6''11" range. Winner was a bit over 8'.

Other challenges included touching a basketball rim (10' high for a 6' tall person, but we adjusted the rim's height based on the person's height to make it fair), a push up contest, a batting cage challenge (hit an 80+ mph ball as many times as you can, everyone gets 10 swings), and a reaction time game. We usually do something like that 2-3 times a year; I guess it makes for good team bonding.

This is definitely a very unusual office culture in the US. Is there any complaint from people who don't participate in any of the fitness challenges? For sedentary, obese people, this should feel like workplace harassment.