Who track runner here? Just ran a mile race today with my mind set on breaking 5 minutes finally. Got fucked up mentally Shit was starting pretty nice but my legs were getting really fatigued
its a 400 meter track so i went for each lap i was
1:12 2:26 3:36 shit was looking like i was going to break 5 minutes but then i just lost my nerve for some reason and my kick got weak as shit,
ended up hitting a 5:14
Im feeling really disgusted and ashamed with myself right now, any advice or kind words from you Veeky Forums? You can also bully me if you want, don't really care right now.
Eli Edwards
If it makes you feel any better, I ran 400 meter repeats this morning and my best time was 1:37
>would murder a small village for your endurance
Austin Thomas
Best I can do is a 9 minute mile....i'm in pretty good shape, you are leagues ahead of me man
John King
He is on pace for a 15 minute three mile, that's like African Keyan level
Jose White
doesnt really make me feel better, but thanks for trying lads
you don't stay consistent for the whole three miles, the first mile will end up being your best while the next will drop.
5 minutes would go to 6, and then later 7 if you werent prepared for the 5k
Zachary Harris
How long does it take to build endurance?
Need to get 4 miles under 30 minutes for special forces.
Samuel Russell
doesnt take long, just take mile runs 5 times a week, and run up hills for like 3 months, then you'll hit a 5 minute mile
Lucas Gutierrez
Splits are 72, 74, 70, 98 You went after it really hard on lap 3.
On paper that doesn't look like "not having a kick". It looks like dying pretty hard at the end.
Most people slow down on the 3rd lap, you really went after it, and that probably cost you.
Next time try consistent 74s.
Colton Wood
> you don't stay consistent for the whole three miles, the first mile will end up being your best while the next will drop.
you're describing what people tend to do, not what they should do... right? right?
Colton Lopez
You shouldn't be running your fastest times in March. keep training hard and you will break 5 in a couple of months time.
What kind of training are you doing?
fwiw here's my training when I ran 4:08 many years ago
M: 40 minutes easy + drills and strides. strides = 5x80m @ 95% effort T: long tempo. 10 miles hard. my least favourite training session W: long intervals eg 6x1000m T: 40 minutes easy + drills and strides F: day off S: short intervals eg 4x400 and 4x300 S: long run. about 12 miles
