running question.

Amprodude

Is running 4 miles in 45 mins slow? To me it is but can I get other people's opinions on here.

career_move

Amprodude wrote: »

Is running 4 miles in 45 mins slow? To me it is but can I get other people's opinions on here.

It depends if you're a tortoise or a hare

RayCun

Compared to these people, very fast


compared to these guys, very slow

huskerdu

Its not fast, but depending on the person, their age, general well-being and how long they have been running, how much and what type of running and training they do, it might be a good time, or a slow time.

Its all relative. For most of us, running is what we want it to be and all goals are personal.

eliwallach

Amprodude wrote: »

Is running 4 miles in 45 mins slow? To me it is but can I get other people's opinions on here.

4 miles in 45 mins = 11min 15 sec per mile.

Most people will walk a mile comfortably in 15 min, while the elite of the elite will run a mile in under 4 min. You are closer to the walking pace than to the fastest pace.
But you can get faster.

rom

RayCun wrote: »

Compared to these people, very fast


compared to these guys, very slow

You could at least have posted a picture of an actual fast race

Amprodude

eliwallach wrote: »

4 miles in 45 mins = 11min 15 sec per mile.

Most people will walk a mile comfortably in 15 min, while the elite of the elite will run a mile in under 4 min. You are closer to the walking pace than to the fastest pace.
But you can get faster.

Its not me who im talking about here, but a person I work with and this person was boasting about it too and been cocky too. Funny thing is I am relatively fit and I ran 7 miles in 40mins before on a beach and I wasnt going around telling people how great it was. I always just wanted to improve next time.

rom

Amprodude wrote: »

Its not me who im talking about here, but a person I work with and this person was boasting about it too and been cocky too. Funny thing is I am relatively fit and I ran 7 miles in 40mins before on a beach and I wasnt going around telling people how great it was. I always just wanted to improve next time.

So you ran an approx. 35min 10K on a beach which would be approx sub 33 mins on road and you are complaining about this person boasting ???

Amprodude

rom wrote: »

So you ran an approx. 35min 10K on a beach which would be approx sub 33 mins on road and you are complaining about this person boasting ???

Not complaining but i did tell this person it wasnt a good time.

rom

Amprodude wrote: »

Not complaining but i did tell this person it wasnt a good time.

You wouldn't have any actual race results to back up the time other than that epic beach run ?

eliwallach

You say in your first post that you think that 4 miles in 45 mins is fast, and then you follow that up with ( to quote rom) the epic beach run of 7 miles in 40 mins; you must then consider yourself truly supersonic.

jayo99

So I have this friend that has a problem.....

Amprodude

rom wrote: »

You wouldn't have any actual race results to back up the time other than that epic beach run ?

Unfortunely no. I hope you arent joking me here because that was the fastest i did it. Im trying to be serious but Il let you make up your own mind for yourself. I am training 4-5 times a week and mix the training up to keep me going. The only running I do is on beaches as its better for my fitness. I take part in alot of different type of sports.

Amprodude

eliwallach wrote: »

You say in your first post that you think that 4 miles in 45 mins is fast.

I never said that. Read my post again. I asked for an opinion to confirm what I believed was correct. Why is everyone jumping down my throat so quickly?

eliwallach

Amprodude wrote: »

I never said that. Read my post again. I asked for an opinion to confirm what I believed was correct. Why is everyone jumping down my throat so quickly?

Ah, so you did.
Didn't jump down your throat, I was genuinely confused. Read my post again - the smilies are the giveaway.
Incidentally, that is a great time that you ran.

ger664

Whether its your mates 11 min mile or your sub 6 min mile beach run they both fall somewhere between Rays 2 pictures and FWIW no one gives a ****e.

Amprodude

ger664 wrote: »

Whether its your mates 11 min mile or your sub 6 min mile beach run they both fall somewhere between Rays 2 pictures and FWIW no one gives a ****e.

Ok.

Thanks for your input.