4 laps of a standard track

And another nine metres after the finish line 🙂

Actually, when they run a “mile” on a track, do they have a start line 9 metres ahead or how does it work?

Small steps then long strides

That’s triple jump, mate, not the mile.

What is the swimming equivalent of running a mile in 5 minutes?

hmm, if i devoted a year of my life to it, i guess i could run a 5min mile.

on that basis, the swimming equivalent would be 4 lengths* without stopping for a heart attack.

(*30m pool)

The 1 mile start is 9m and 4 laps behind the finish line.

Track event start points

I once ran a mile in about 5:30, it was the first time I had ever entered a race, was on a slight downhill gradient, and was the first mile of the race. When that gun went off I just got totally carried away, the remaining 4 miles were pretty painful.

Steve-G I commend your spirit. This forum needs more people like you… None of the defeatest nonsense that others spout. Ohhh, how I remember when people said pshycle couldn’t lose a silly amount of weight… he just went out and showed them.

Darcy… don’t be the worlds shittest swimmer.. do something about it. I could barely swim a length of freestyle 6 months ago… now I’m being talked into an iron-man. I will give you my unwavering support if you set yourself a silly challenge… I need a project 🙂

don’t be the worlds shittest swimmer

I’m awesome at enough things already. I don’t have time to be anything better than the world’s shittest swimmer. 🙂

That’s the spirit… true awesomeness is gained by accepting that you’ll never good at everything.

I for instance can’t lactate. I know this, accept it and devote my awesome else where.

I reckon I could run 5k in 20mins without any specific training. Last year I ran 2k in 8mins for an indoor triathlon (on a treadmill) and still had loads left for the bike and the rowing machine parts.

Kev

I think what I am going to do is work out exactly where a flat mile is towards the end of my usual 5.5k route and see how quickly I can run that over the course of a few weeks.

I have recently been doing a few 150m sprints in the middle of my lap and have enjoyed that, working towards an arbitary target like a 5 minute miles is exactly the motivation I need to get completely obsessed.

try adding a few sets of 15x burpees into your running at intervals. Go for about 4 sets to start with.

Kev