Running Times

astonaidan

Hey guys just wondering what a good running time is for 1 mile, for a guy whos starting back training after a year not doing anything, 750 metres of the mile is steep hill which Im sure effected my time, just wondering what i should be aiming at

Pisco Sour

astonaidan wrote: »

Hey guys just wondering what a good running time is for 1 mile, for a guy whos starting back training after a year not doing anything, 750 metres of the mile is steep hill which Im sure effected my time, just wondering what i should be aiming at

How long is a piece of string?

Are you overweight or healthy?

Do you have a background in running?

Are you planning on running a mile on the track, or on a road?

Your question can't be answered unless you give more information, and even then, what is a good time is all relative. A sub 5 mile would be a good time for a club runner, a sub 6 would be good for a recreational runner, but both these times would be useless at the elite level.

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RayCun

astonaidan wrote: »

Hey guys just wondering what a good running time is for 1 mile, for a guy whos starting back training after a year not doing anything, 750 metres of the mile is steep hill which Im sure effected my time, just wondering what i should be aiming at

You should be aiming to be faster next time you run that route (don't do it every week, just once a month is enough for a progress check). And faster the time after that. And faster the time after that...

astonaidan

Pisco Sour wrote: »

How long is a piece of string?

Are you overweight or healthy?

Do you have a background in running?
Are you planning on running a mile on the track, or on a road?
Your question can't be answered unless you give more information, and even then, what is a good time is all relative. A sub 5 mile would be a good time for a club runner, a sub 6 would be good for a recreational runner, but both these times would be useless at the elite level.

5.10 weigh 11 stone, have asthma and only recently found out the doctor has been prescribing me an inhaler too weak for me by a mile, so id say im healthy to a certain level

well ive been training soccer for past 4 years but because of my asthma never really been a runner

on the road, basically first half of my run is all hill of which half is up and half is down

im defintly not going for elite looking more towards recreational and trying to get fit for laps in soccer , sad thing is I now know I need to cut 2 mins off my run to get to 6

Pisco Sour

astonaidan wrote: »

5.10 weigh 11 stone, have asthma and only recently found out the doctor has been prescribing me an inhaler too weak for me by a mile, so id say im healthy to a certain level

well ive been training soccer for past 4 years but because of my asthma never really been a runner

on the road, basically first half of my run is all hill of which half is up and half is down

im defintly not going for elite looking more towards recreational and trying to get fit for laps in soccer , sad thing is I now know I need to cut 2 mins off my run to get to 6

They had some sort of SPAR mile challenge a few years ago in Ireland where loads of people ran a mile on their nearest track and I think only 1% ran sub 5 and 10% ran sub 6. A mile in 8 minutes would probably be average enough for a healthy man on the street, but that doesn't say much, so get training.

astonaidan

Pisco Sour wrote: »

They had some sort of SPAR mile challenge a few years ago in Ireland where loads of people ran a mile on their nearest track and I think only 1% ran sub 5 and 10% ran sub 6. A mile in 8 minutes would probably be average enough for a healthy man on the street, but that doesn't say much, so get training.

Hah TBH I wasnt expecting much, had to walk home which I didnt think about when I was running the mile, but plan on being the 10%