What is your 1 mile run time?

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  • swaymyway
    swaymyway Posts: 428 Member
    It generally takes me about 11 minutes running outside, I'm not the fastest - but I have never really concentrated on my speed, just simply doing it is enough for me hehe
  • CyclingDiva
    CyclingDiva Posts: 492 Member
    I'm 39 and proud to say I run a mile at around 8 minutes and always working on improving my time. I ran the all Women's 5k at the state capitol in Sacramento and came in 227th place out of 2854 participants and 37th out of 469 in my age group. I kind of screwed myself, but putting myself right in the middle of the LARGE crowd at the beginning, but it was still fun and I was proud of where I finished! :D
  • WattsJA
    WattsJA Posts: 160 Member
    Started running / jogging in early June .. I am up to 11:19 seconds for a mile (5.3mph). I might could run a single mile faster, but that is average for the 3.5-3.75 miles I run.
  • barbiex3
    barbiex3 Posts: 1,036 Member
    7 min and 45 sec =[

    lol now i can do a sub 6 min mile. wow! improvement :D !!!!
  • Rayman79
    Rayman79 Posts: 2,009 Member
    Just came across this thread and thought it could do with a revival. I'm really keen to see how many of the original posters here are still running and how they have improved on their times.

    Of course everyone else can post their times too.

    I did my 1 mile time check for the first time ever last night and did it in 8:15. I look forward to coming back here in a couple of months and laughing at my old time :laugh: :tongue:
  • Shannonigans84
    Shannonigans84 Posts: 693 Member
    Running is not my favorite thing to do as my shins hurt almost immediately, but if I can get a treadmill (wish they weren't so spendy) I've vowed to try running again. (I haven't ran since I had to in the Army Reserves over 6 years ago) I'm pretty sure my time will be awful, but I'm definitely curious to see where I'm at.
  • jillybeanruns
    jillybeanruns Posts: 1,420 Member
    I could run a 5:50 mile in high school. So let's say 5:49 or better...

    I can definitely run a sub-7 mile now, I don't do mile runs or time trials ever though.
  • LeanMeanFitnessMachine
    LeanMeanFitnessMachine Posts: 659
    10 min mile for me - I'm more of a sprinter than a distance runner, so even that meager 10 min is tough for me.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    My BEST time, when I was running competitively, was 6:00ish. Now, it's more like 9. Heart condition makes it hard to push enough to go faster. 5K time is about 40 mins.
  • Elzecat
    Elzecat Posts: 2,916 Member
    I just found this thread...I'm kind of a turtle...my fastest mile was was 10:40 during a recent 5k race...my average is probably more like 11:30-11:45...I'd like to break a 10 minute mile someday ;)
  • pandasand
    pandasand Posts: 133 Member
    My mile time is around 6:40, give or take 20 seconds.
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    My fastest mile was 6.57 but thats not sustainable and was speed work.

    I usually pace myself based on event.

    For a 5k, I'll run around 8:30-9:00 miles.

    For a 10K, I'll run a 9:30-10 minute mile

    For a half marathon or longer, I pace myself out to 10:30 - 11:00 miles
  • hllamaster
    hllamaster Posts: 137 Member
    I've had two heart attacks one was so bad that they used an AED on me..I have had a knee replacement ...I started trail running this summer...my goal is how many miles I can run not the time it takes me...I have already won the race by doing it...
  • wmlpd6
    wmlpd6 Posts: 135
    My fastest mile that I timed was 7:55. Right now I am doing 5miles in 45 mins on the treadmill, my pace actually running outside is a bit slower but never really timed it. Hoping to try to do a 10k or maybe a half marathon next yr if my knees hold up and I feel i can
    A) Run it all the way
    B) Finish in a respectable time.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    High school cross country (oh so long ago!) - 5:05
    28 yr marathon pace - 8:00
    29 yrs half-marathon pace following half ironman swim/bike legs - 8:30

    Current (for just a mile on treadmill @ 1% grade to mimic outdoors) - 7:30
    I should test up at the high school track though.

    If you are going to test yourself on a treadmill, there is a great submaximal VO2 max test so you can see where your fitness goes over time. Need a HRM and treadmill.

    http://www.exrx.net/Calculators/Rockport.html

    After a brief warm up, the subject walks as briskly as possible for one mile (1609 meters) with a heart rate monitor. Tester records heart rate (beats per minute) and time to completion. Evaluates cardiovascular fitness for adults.

    It is important to accurately measure exercise heart rate. Heart rate was electronically monitored in the original study. A 10 second (Rockport) or 15 second (ACE) pulse may be used if the tester is very proficient but an electronic heart rate monitor is recommended. See post-exercise palpation of pulse rate study.

    This test can be administered outdoors on a track or on a treadmill and will give similar results (Nieman, 1999).
  • allenpearcy
    allenpearcy Posts: 227 Member
    8:45 pace for a 4-miler (on Pavement).
  • allenpearcy
    allenpearcy Posts: 227 Member
    8:45 pace for a 4-miler (on Pavement).
  • jturnerx
    jturnerx Posts: 325 Member
    Last time I did a time trial was over a year ago and I did a 7:55 mile. I hated it. I'd much rather run a half marathon than a fast 5k. My sustainable pace, at least for the half marathon distance, is more like 8:45.
  • EricNCSU
    EricNCSU Posts: 699 Member
    Thanks guys for your input I seriously think I'll be struggling like the girl in the show I always get a headache when I attempt to run Like I said after about 1 minute *literally 1 minute* I'm back to walking I'm gonna push myself and we'll see what happens I'll update you all on my time regardless of if its horrible or not :)

    Baby steps... don't feel bad. I've been "running" for over a year now and I'm not to a 10 minute mile yet. I'm still doing run/walk interval training. My absolute best was a 12:36 but my "normal" mile time for my training is a 13:20. But I am training for my first half marathon and so I am training for distance, not speed. I'm increasing my distance but staying slow. Up to 4 miles now in a little under an hour.
  • sonnyless
    sonnyless Posts: 142 Member
    11-12 minutes. I would like to increase my pace so that I'm running a 10 minute mile. My running is done on a treadmill though.
  • ejohndrow
    ejohndrow Posts: 1,399 Member
    Recently did a mock PRT for work. Finished the 1.5 mile run in 14:26 with my time at the mile mark being 9:20. Goal is to finish my next real PRT in 13:30 or less in April.
  • bens_momma
    bens_momma Posts: 47
    For me, it's all about settling into a rhythm. My current mile time is 13:52, but that's for someone who's overweight and out of shape, and it's my first mile run since high school. I'm going to be back at the gym tomorrow, and it'll be a miracle if I can last the mile. :laugh:
  • hamncheese67
    hamncheese67 Posts: 1,715 Member
    When I was 26, I ran a half marathon in 1 hr 48 min (about 8.25 minute mile) and then stopped running. I just started again (18 years later) after being really out of shape. Last Saturday ran about 8.5 minute mile for 3.5 miles.
  • momtozmc
    momtozmc Posts: 418 Member
    Wow! Really some of you are my heros!!!!

    I ran on Saturday 5.63 miles at an avg of 6.5 mph which is 9 min 14 second average.
    Sunday ran 5.84 miles at an avg of 5.76 mph which is a 10 min 25 second average. Both Saturday and Sunday were outside with two rather large hills...

    Today... on the treadmill... crap!!! 4.08 mph which is a 14 minute 42 second mile...on an incline (my treadmill is so old, it just goes up and down...don't know what %grade it's at) I hate running on the treadmill, but is gets so dark early!!!

    So had a great weekend... not so good treadmill runs...
  • 1FitMomof4Girls
    1FitMomof4Girls Posts: 202 Member
    bump
  • KimmieBrie
    KimmieBrie Posts: 825 Member
    I usually try to run about 5k with no breaks... longer if I can but usually I stop at 5k.
    I am 5'2. Inside on the treadmill I jog/run between and 11 and 12 min mile.

    Outside I am slightly faster - fastest was a 5k race at 10 min mile pace - that was when I was smoking a lot more - but running more frequently.Trying to quit entirely and then hoping to better my times and get up to 10k. I much prefer outdoor running.
  • keldawm
    keldawm Posts: 35 Member
    I think the fastest I have run, in a 5k, was a 9.15 min mile. When I do longer runs, 5 miles + I usually average 10.15. I do take a walk break at every mile. Not a long one, 30 seconds or so. When I first started running my goal was 12 min miles. It has taken me awhile to build up to where I am. I am focusing more on distance now.
    Good luck! You have to start somewhere. It does get easier.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    My 5k times are about an 8 minute mile now. 8:30 for a 10k. The fastest mile I've run was a 7:36, but I only ran really fast for the first half mile (3:23), then slowed down for the rest, with a few pauses for traffic to cross busy streets.

    Maybe that'll be my goal for the day. Time myself running fast as I can for one mile. It was exactly one year ago today that I started C25K, so it'll be a good way to celebrate! :smile:
  • SassyCalyGirl
    SassyCalyGirl Posts: 1,932 Member
    my best time right now is 10mm-but I am working on it!
  • stylistchik
    stylistchik Posts: 1,436 Member
    About 9:30-10 mins. I run outdoors so its hard to tell. My goal is just to go as far as I did the last time without stopping, if not a little further.
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