I did a 6 mile steady run that averaged out to 6:48 per mile. I dropped the last 800 in 2:22 tho. The 800 felt to be about 90% of an all out effort and had a 100m strong uphill and downhill in the middle. Does this show potential for sub 4:40 in the mile?
Need more info. GPS is also not 100% accurate always, and there could have been wind or a slight downhill when you got rolling.
What matters are your 400 PR, 800 PR, Mile PR, 3k PR, 5k PR, and the training and mileage in the last few months. If you are curious, run a time trial.
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
What matters are your 400 PR, 800 PR, Mile PR, 3k PR, 5k PR, and the training and mileage in the last few months. If you are curious, run a time trial.
Ok, very nice idea to predict the mile potential based on mile PR or a mile time trial...
However, if you can do 4:46 mile pace for 800 m at the end of a solid steady state run, and it feels just like a 90% effort, it is very possible that you are around 4:40-4:45 shape, if you did not completely misjudge your level of effort.
This is insane haha. Imagine a pro 1500m runner doing a 1:55 last 800 of a tempo on a trail in trainers. Impossible, I would say.
So if you actually did this you're in way better than 4:40 shape