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Originally Posted by BWillie
I have a question about running. My girlfriend has been working out 5 days a week, following some fitness videos by Autumn Calabrese. She doesn't run, but she's been getting cardio in for a few months now. I'm a piece of shit when it comes to cardio. I lift with some free weights in my basement about once a week and do some pull ups here and there. That's it. I haven't ran more than a block for about 12 years since college.
Well we decided to go run a mile. I didn't think I would be able to do it. I was really worried I Would have to walk 90% of the way but I was very surprised I was able to do it. It took me about 9 minutes and I did walk towards the end a short while with her as she couldn't keep up but by far and large I ran it. Felt pretty invigorated after and once I rested a 15 minutes I was motivated to do some grunt work around the house, cleaning, organizing etc. Endorphins I guess.
How long would it take a normal person to get down to a sub 6 minute mile? How hard is that? I know in high school I used to run the mile in 5 min something.
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Do you mean for one mile or do you mean for like a 5k or 10k? If you mean just one mile, it's doable. Maybe 6 months or a year, depending on what kind of shape you are in - if you really tried, stuck to it, and were able to force yourself to go true all out for 6 minutes.