How fast is a mile???

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  • bregalad5
    bregalad5 Posts: 3,965 Member
    I disagree w/all of you.
    It should be 10-12 max
    Most ppl can run a mile in 9mins.
    I run a mile in 6 mins. It used to be 4 mins

    Well, I'm overweight, have knee problems and have some muscle atrophy in both of my quads (due to my knee problems). My walking speed is about 20 minutes for a mile (on a good day I can get it down to 18 but that's nearly a jog). My average running is 15 minute miles... I'm elated if I can run a 12 minute mile! 'Course, 2 years ago I could barely walk half a mile and couldn't even run to the end of my street, but I guess I should just give up because I'm nowhere near even average (most "ppl") :sad:
  • kathyvstephan
    kathyvstephan Posts: 41
    Emily, I so agree with you. I struggle to walk fast....between jogging and walking, I"m about a 20 minute mile. My daughter, at 25, walks with me as I jog (I'm 58 years old and struggling to lose weight - at about 180 now). She's proud of me...I couldn't even jog a little bit before my C25K training. It's not as easy for some of us as it is for others. We just keep moving forward :) It's all good. I love these boards. It asks the questions that I didn't know I needed to ask :tongue:
  • TheBeerRunner
    TheBeerRunner Posts: 2,777 Member
    The Men's record holder for Race Walking has a pace just north of 6 MPH. Though, I hardly consider race walking to be "walking."

    20,000 m Race Walk 1:17:25.6 Bernardo Segura MEX (24) 1994-May-07 (http://www.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=world&location=outdoor track & field&age=open&sport=RW)
  • ApocalypticFae
    ApocalypticFae Posts: 217 Member
    I disagree w/all of you.
    It should be 10-12 max
    Most ppl can run a mile in 9mins.
    I run a mile in 6 mins. It used to be 4 mins
    I was a Champion runner in High School and College. :bigsmile: 4.55

    As a fellow track and cross country champ, I should make it clear that *most* people cannot run a mile in 9 minutes. Most people cannot RUN a mile in 10-12 minutes either, let alone walk it. And VERY, VERY few of us can run (or walk, for that matter... :laugh:) a mile in less than 4 and a half minutes.

    Someone should be able to WALK a mile in 15-20 minutes, as stated previously in this thread, 15 minutes if you are walking at a quick pace, 20 minutes if you are not in the best of shape or walking at a more leisurely pace.
  • Cp731
    Cp731 Posts: 3,195 Member

    As a fellow track and cross country champ, I should make it clear that *most* people cannot run a mile in 9 minutes. Most people cannot RUN a mile in 10-12 minutes either, let alone walk it. And VERY, VERY few of us can run (or walk, for that matter... :laugh:) a mile in less than 4 and a half minutes.

    Lets be clear it was never suggested anyone could walk a mile in 4.5 mins. So maybe take some time to read b4 you try to make a dig @ someone. So your "burn" has been officially denied.
    Also, if the Plus sized girl on Biggest Loser ran the mile in 9mins this year. What does that tell you? :huh:
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    Depending on where you look the speed for a brisk walk is different it can also depend on personal factors. Such as what is brisk for one person may not be brisk for someone else. However it is somewhere around 3 mph depending on what level of brisk you are talking about. When I looked it up it was supposed to be done in about 20 minutes.
  • Doodlewhopper
    Doodlewhopper Posts: 1,018 Member

    As a fellow track and cross country champ, I should make it clear that *most* people cannot run a mile in 9 minutes. Most people cannot RUN a mile in 10-12 minutes either, let alone walk it. And VERY, VERY few of us can run (or walk, for that matter... :laugh:) a mile in less than 4 and a half minutes.

    Lets be clear it was never suggested anyone could walk a mile in 4.5 mins. So maybe take some time to read b4 you try to make a dig @ someone. So your "burn" has been officially denied.
    Also, if the Plus sized girl on Biggest Loser ran the mile in 9mins this year. What does that tell you? :huh:

    "When you find yourself in a hole, quit diggin."

    Will Rogers
  • SerenaFisher
    SerenaFisher Posts: 2,170 Member
    109.9mph my car shuts down at 110 :D
  • SerenaFisher
    SerenaFisher Posts: 2,170 Member
    Walking at a brisk pace how long should how long should it take to complete a mile???
    And to answer this I would actually log the walk with my car and see how long it took me. Ie if its four miles and you did it in an hour 4 mph.

    The website also offers a brisk pace walk stating the speed.
  • HollisGrant
    HollisGrant Posts: 2,022 Member
    Walking at a brisk pace how long should how long should it take to complete a mile???

    It varies. You can easily figure out how fast you walk if you time yourself at the start and finish. I don't have a pedometer, but I can tell how fast I walked by looking at the clock (my cell phone) when I begin and end the walk.
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    2 MPH is a slow walk
    3 MPH is a moderate pace (walking dog according to MFP but my dog usually demands stops along the way)
    4 MPH is considered a brisk pace and is usually about where I set the treadmill for a brisk walk @ my gym

    I have seen people with shorter legs actually start jogging at about 3.5 but my jogging pace usually starts about 5.0 and I am pretty comfortable @ a jogging pace of about 6.5...
  • vtmoon
    vtmoon Posts: 3,436 Member
    I disagree w/all of you.
    It should be 10-12 max
    Most ppl can run a mile in 9mins.
    I run a mile in 6 mins. It used to be 4 mins

    I always wondered if you were all there, this post just prove that you are special.

    What kind of people walk a mile in 10? or was it a reading comprehension fail on your part?

    Also world record for running a mile is 4:12 for women, surprised I never heard of you before with your 4 minutes.
  • Doodlewhopper
    Doodlewhopper Posts: 1,018 Member
    I disagree w/all of you.
    It should be 10-12 max
    Most ppl can run a mile in 9mins.
    I run a mile in 6 mins. It used to be 4 mins

    I always wondered if you were all there, this post just prove that you are special.

    What kind of people walk a mile in 10? or was it a reading comprehension fail on your part?

    Also world record for running a mile is 4:12 for women, surprised I never heard of you before with your 4 minutes.

    Uh....well, uh....you see....I really shouldnt talk about it, but she ran the 4 min mile in Russia....yeah, that's it, well, really it was East Germany. You see, she was a covert agent. Her mission was to infiltrate the E Germany Olympic training program...yeah, that's it....Verrry top secret, on a need to know basis......and when she walked the 10 min mile she was, lets see, oh yeah, in Siberia, on an iceberg....and....a big ole hungry polar bear was following her ....and all she had to defend herself was her expertise in pontification...but the bear, being a foreigner, couldnt understand english......
  • HappyElizabeth
    HappyElizabeth Posts: 231 Member
    My idea of a "brisk walk" is a 15-16 minute mile on pavement, a little slower on grass or trails.
  • xALEXANDROx
    xALEXANDROx Posts: 3,416 Member
    my mile is 14 minutes.5 minute walk then rest running.
  • MinnieInMaine
    MinnieInMaine Posts: 6,400 Member
    "Brisk" is definitely a perceived thing but if we're talking the difference between 2mph, 3mph and 4mph, I would definitely lean towards 4mph has being brisk.

    After reading Stephen King's The Long Mile where the contestants have to keep up a pace of 4mph, I decided to try walking at that speed more often and it was hard the first few times! Even now it's a bit faster than I'd normally go (natural pace is about 3.5-3.75) and I have to push myself to keep up that pace. However at the time I was talking about it with a friend and he disagreed that 4mph was fast. To him that was more of a normal pace and it's not even like he's long legged or anything...I'm 5'7" and he's only an inch or so taller than me. Then there's my mother who struggles to walk 3mph so to her 4mph is quite speedy.

    Best thing to do is to map out how far a mile is and time yourself then you know exactly how fast you're going. For example, let's say you went 1.4 miles in 24 minutes. Divide 24 by 1.4 and you get just over 17 - that means your walking pace is about 17 minutes per mile. Then divide 60 (minutes per hour) by 17 and you get 3.5 which is your mph
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    IDK what brisk is but I have short legs and walking fast for me is like a slow walk for my taller friends. If my taller friends power walk I have to jog.

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