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How fast can you run/walk a mile?

medlaura
medlaura Posts: 282 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I am new to running (started running 3 weeks ago:drinker: ) Started off doing 20 min/mi and am now doing 15 min/mi.
I am so proud on myself. Although i am still slow compared to other, slow progress is better then no progeress.. So tell me, How fast can you do a mile? :happy:
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  • whomoovedmydonut
    whomoovedmydonut Posts: 7
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  • SMKing75
    SMKing75 Posts: 84 Member
    I can run a mile in about 14 min. I have never in my life wanted to or been able to IMO, run a mile. So, for me 14 min is good ;-)
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    It depends. My mood makes a big difference. Also, if someone is chasing or racing me. And, of course, terrain. On a flat terrain I can walk or run a mile in 15 min pretty easy. On a good day, I can probably do 11-12 min run. But I think I could do it fastest with a mix of running and walking.
  • missiontofitness
    missiontofitness Posts: 4,059 Member
    With a mix of walking and running, I've gotten myself down to a 10-11 minute mile. :)
  • tomcornhole
    tomcornhole Posts: 1,084 Member
    I'm going to say well done, congratulations and awesome for you. Now that you've done a mile, what's next?
  • jrline
    jrline Posts: 2,353 Member
    I did my first 15k this past Sunday run/walk and was done in 1:26:29 averages out to 9:18 a mile. Good Luck

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  • fishgutzy
    fishgutzy Posts: 2,807 Member
    My wife says I walk too fast. Between 14.5 and 15 minute mile uninterrupted by traffic light or street crossing.
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member
    When I was in High School I ran the mile in 5 minutes and change. 35 odd years later, my old knees and feet keep me from running any length of time, but I walk two miles in 27 minutes at least two or three days a week. That is 4 1/2 mph. When I was losing, I did a lot more cardio than I do now. I worked myself up to a mile at 5 mph, or 12 minutes. I haven't done it in months, so I doubt I could do it now without a couple of weeks of gradually increasing.

    Larro
  • ponycyndi
    ponycyndi Posts: 858 Member
    It depends on what's on fire.
  • Bluwaves1
    Bluwaves1 Posts: 191 Member
    Fast enough to look cool! (at least in my own mind) :laugh:
  • klkwak529
    klkwak529 Posts: 7 Member
    7 min 17 sec
  • larrodarro
    larrodarro Posts: 2,512 Member

    I'm not that great at figuring out math problems though, so not sure how fast a mile would be.

    3.8 mph is a mile in 15 minutes 48 seconds.

    Here are some other times.

    12 mph 5 minutes
    11 mph 5 minutes 27 seconds
    10 mph 6 minutes
    9 mph 6 minutes 40 seconds
    8 mph 7 minutes 30 seconds
    7 mph 8 minutes 35 seconds
    6 mph 10 minutes
    5 mph 12 minutes
    4.5 mph 13 minutes 20 seconds
    4 mph 15 minutes
    3.5 mph 17 minutes 9 seconds
    3 mph 20 minutes
    2.5 mph 24 minutes
    2 mph 30 minutes
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    I am new to running (started running 3 weeks ago:drinker: ) Started off doing 20 min/mi and am now doing 15 min/mi.
    I am so proud on myself. Although i am still slow compared to other, slow progress is better then no progeress.. So tell me, How fast can you do a mile? :happy:

    You're making good progress on your speed. Never compare your speed with others. It's so individual that it really is all about you.

    After 2 years of running, I currently run about 7:30 minute Kilometer (12 minute mile?....something like that).
  • fleetzz
    fleetzz Posts: 962 Member
    I have been running for a year and a half-started running at 14-15 min per mile, I now run under 9 min per mile for a 5k. I haven't timed a single mile run as fast as I can for a year but I imagine it is about 8:40 or so (it was 8:55 September of 2013). My half marathon pace was about 11:10 per mile in June of this year. It takes some time, longer for me because I am 46, and I had a 26 year hiatus from running, but the more you run the faster you get:smile:
  • runeatrunlive
    runeatrunlive Posts: 79 Member
    If it was just a single mile I had to run I can run it in around 8:45. In a 5 or 10k race I'll run at around a 9:30 to 10 minute mile and around an 11 minute mile for a half marathon (hopefully this will improve in time though!).
  • ScottH_200
    ScottH_200 Posts: 377 Member
    You are to be commended for just getting out and walking! Who cares how fast or slow, you're doing it and that's excellent! BRAVO!
  • campellini
    campellini Posts: 6
    I ran the Mile 5 times this summer with my best being 5:30 and slowest being 5:46 and I'm 53 years old. That said, you guys ROCK! Instead of trying to go farther why not try to get faster? I think a targeted training plan to reduce your mile time will pay big dividends in weight loss.
  • bradsbaby1996
    bradsbaby1996 Posts: 154 Member
    When I started running I could barely run 5 seconds without thinking I was gonna die! My first nonstop mile was 19:1 and I was so proud that I ran it without stopping.. Fast forward a few weeks of improving.. yesterday it was 12:01 and I vowed that today would be better.. so.... this morning my time was 11:54!!! Under 12 minutes for someone that weighed 264 a year ago and was never active! I'm pretty proud of myself. . Running rocks:-)
  • sphkhn
    sphkhn Posts: 456 Member
    I'm around a 9:30min/mile for running less than 3 miles over 3 miles I slow it down and go about 11min/mile walking I'm usually between 14-16 min/mile. Good luck!
  • sarieth05
    sarieth05 Posts: 313 Member
    I'm still a beginner with running (I started late July and could barely walk fast at all!) and the last time I timed myself, my mile was sitting around 14:42. Considering my mile time was around 12 minutes in HIGH SCHOOL, I figure I'm doing okay. :tongue:
  • StrawberryJam40
    StrawberryJam40 Posts: 274 Member
    I started at 20 minute miles and now walk around 17 minute miles (in a 3 month time frame).

    I went to the track and timed myself one day pushing myself to try and go as fast as I could...and was so proud of myself for completing a mile in 14 minutes and 33 seconds.
  • civilizedworm
    civilizedworm Posts: 796 Member
    In March my average mile was 11.30 a minute. Now 9 minute mile. I only run or do cardio once a week.
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  • tjsoccermom
    tjsoccermom Posts: 500 Member
    I ran 3.2 miles today at 10:17 minute miles. Not where I want to be, but I'm working on it. Like someone else said, don't compare yourself to others. I started out around 15 min miles. I run off and on, have been biking a lot more than running and still have 40 lbs to take off. Just keep plugging away, you'll get faster in no time!
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    So tell me, How fast can you do a mile? :happy:

    It depends on what my session is and what sort of terrain I'm running on, although last night walking back after dinner I was walking at a 13 min/mile

    For a short fast session I've been down to a 6:30 mile, but I can only sustain that for one mile. For a longer session I'll be slower than that. Last week I averaged a 9 minute mile for 6 mile sessions, and I've held that pace for just over 13 miles in the past.

    On hilly trails I'm slower than that.
  • cw106
    cw106 Posts: 952 Member
    cant yet run a mile, doing fast walk then jog for intervals of 200 metres then recover!
    trying to build up speed/ stamina on treadmill doing 5k every other day.
    1600m ( metric mile) time currently about 15 m, total 5k in 46 mins but reducing weekly.
  • thepandapost
    thepandapost Posts: 117 Member
    It really depends. If I went all out in a run/walk I could probably be around 10-11 min/mile. However, I am marathon training right now so my runs, almost all of runs, are done considerably slower. I am training now around 13:30 - 14 min/mile average for a run/walk.

    However, my speed is definitely improving as the pounds go away :smile:
  • euronorris
    euronorris Posts: 211 Member
    I currently walk a 15 minute mile, with a full backpack on my pack (contains lunch, water, jacket, umbrella etc). Earlier in the year though, I was doing 13 minute miles, but that was at the height of my power walking training for the MoonWalk.

    I have no about how long it would take me to run a mile. I don't even know if I could run a full mile without collapsing in a heap on the floor! lol
  • Missjulesdid
    Missjulesdid Posts: 1,444 Member
    The absolute fastest I can complete a mile is 16 minutes. My normal pace for walking is 21 minutes. I'm a slow poke.. always have been.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Faster that the bear that's after me!!

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