When I was younger and in high school, I can remember running my first seven minute mile. I felt like I was in great shape back then and while it was hard, I knew there was room for improvement. I was determined to get there though.
Fate dictated otherwise, and I ended up getting hurt during a lacrosse game the following week. I was unable to run for the rest of the year and I wasn't happy about this. I never got back into running again.
After a twelve year hiatus, I decided to give it another go. There was no good reason not to run anymore, and I've been trying to lose some weight. Anyway, seven minutes happened pretty easily for me. I guess I'm stronger now, and I wanted to try for six minutes from there.
After about ten attempts, I was forced into stopping early every time I tried to run the six minute mile. My body simply couldn't handle it and it almost felt like I was sprinting by the end.
Thankfully, I eventually got there. I attribute my success to a newer strategy that I find really effective.
I decided to gradually work my way toward six miles, but I wanted it to feel easy in comparison to something else I was doing. I went with shorter runs at a faster pace to get to the level I needed to be at, running half miles in 150 seconds. This was a five minute mile pace, and running at a six minute pace was easy once I tried it out.
Believe me, it's not much fun running two laps at such a fast pace. If you're serious about breaking that six minute mark though, you'll want to do this in order to get there.
Am I ready to stop at this point? Absolutely not, I'm shooting to shave another minute off of my time. - 30552
Fate dictated otherwise, and I ended up getting hurt during a lacrosse game the following week. I was unable to run for the rest of the year and I wasn't happy about this. I never got back into running again.
After a twelve year hiatus, I decided to give it another go. There was no good reason not to run anymore, and I've been trying to lose some weight. Anyway, seven minutes happened pretty easily for me. I guess I'm stronger now, and I wanted to try for six minutes from there.
After about ten attempts, I was forced into stopping early every time I tried to run the six minute mile. My body simply couldn't handle it and it almost felt like I was sprinting by the end.
Thankfully, I eventually got there. I attribute my success to a newer strategy that I find really effective.
I decided to gradually work my way toward six miles, but I wanted it to feel easy in comparison to something else I was doing. I went with shorter runs at a faster pace to get to the level I needed to be at, running half miles in 150 seconds. This was a five minute mile pace, and running at a six minute pace was easy once I tried it out.
Believe me, it's not much fun running two laps at such a fast pace. If you're serious about breaking that six minute mark though, you'll want to do this in order to get there.
Am I ready to stop at this point? Absolutely not, I'm shooting to shave another minute off of my time. - 30552
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