running 2414.016 metres

Today I ran 1.5 miles (2414.016 m) in 15 minutes, 14 seconds. I'm preparing for USMC boot camp, and my goal is to be under 13.5 minutes by next week. Lots of fun.

Wow, that's a pretty slow time. I've managed a 15 minute two mile run, and I'm slow and out of shape. :wink: Good luck though.

Stop me if I'm wrong here - don't they train you in boot camp?

yeh but you have to be of a certain fitness before hand cos I'd like to
get in to the Royal Engineers but im 5 Kg over the minimum weight and I
have to start training so I can run 1.5 miles in under 10 mins.

Wow, that's a pretty slow time. I've managed a 15 minute two mile run, and I'm slow and out of shape. :wink: Good luck though.

Circles on the floor don't count buddy.

Alien_Sniper said:

Wow, that's a pretty slow time. I've managed a 15 minute two mile run, and I'm slow and out of shape. :wink: Good luck though.

Circles on the floor don't count buddy.

Owned.

But anway. I deserve the 2003 record for slowest 1 mile runner ever. 18 minutes. About 17 of those minutes consist of me trying to catch my breath. Strangely, I'm not over weight

Hope your not in High School cause it is required that you run 6 laps (1.5 miles) in under 14 min. (16 min for females), but good luck anyways. Heres a hint: breath through your mouth not your nose, unless your nostrils are as big as a horse.

You all must be fat asses if it takes you 10-15minutes to run a mile and a half.

I ran 1 mile in 5 minutes when I was in junior high.

I'm in 8th grade. Thing is, I can run real good. Just not on endurance running.

You all must be fat asses if it takes you 10-15minutes to run a mile and a half.

I ran 1 mile in 5 minutes when I was in junior high.

i doubt that severely, i imagine cutting down from 5:30 minutes is bad
enough, considering also the 4 minute mile was only like 50/60 years
ago? :razz: Probably more like 6 minutes, without being rude.

Still better than me to be fair, i'd manage a yard or two ( 1 yard =
about 92odd cm for those who dont use em..) before i'd need to stop for
a cigarette :razz: LOOKA ME AND MAH ADDICTIONS MAW!

:biggrin:

Spartan 34 said:
You all must be fat asses if it takes you 10-15minutes to run a mile and a half.

I ran 1 mile in 5 minutes when I was in junior high.

:rolleyes: What sport do you currently play?

And A_S, do laps around a track count? :razz:

G.Ballblue said:
I'm in 8th grade. Thing is, I can run real good. Just not on endurance running.

Your're not so good with grammar though. :razz:

G.Ballblue said:
I'm in 8th grade.

You wish.

It took me three years of track in high school before I hit a 5:30 mile. I've seen faster at my age, I wasn't a superstar or anything. But that was amongst seasoned track and fielders in high school. A 5 minute mile in junior high is nothing short of prodigal. You're either full of wheels or full of s**t.

I'm not understanding how being 5 kg over the minimum weight is a problem - unless you meant maximum.

I'll have to agree that 15 minutes is slow for 1.5 miles. Not that I
was ever very fast or anything; maybe around a 6:20-ish mile time. And
yeah, I also agree that a 5 minute mile in junior high means you're
essentially some sort of superstar in the making.

My unprofessional and utterly useless yet obvious advice is: Try to
develop a tempo for breathing (usually 2 steps / 2 steps with most
people) and make sure you use both your nose AND your mouth. Good luck
with that training. Make sure you stretch a lot before and after too -
I would forget sometimes and be aching all over the next day.

I'm going to swim 950 metres this saturday, in ice cold water ... triatlon :smile:

I did the 100m in 13 seconds, so about average, that was in year 11, I'm now in 1st year of college.

<DIV>Am a useless sprinter, around 14s for 100m. On the endurance, I'm a little better - around 15mins for 4km. The course we usually get herded around is fairly hilly, though, so my height kinda helps out a little there. Oh yes, I'm 16, if you're comparing anything.</DIV>
<DIV>.</DIV>
<DIV>Mmm... swimming. I used to swim all the time, but have recently become somewhat lazy and developed a girlfriend. So, yeah.</DIV>

In 8th grade I tried to run track (outside school), and I ran a 5:40 mile which I thought was pretty good. However, I got to the first practice and not only did I get last place, but people were f**king LAPPING ME. I was probably the only kid who got over a 5:20. I quit after that.

So anyways my point is that jr. high track runners are faster than you think and I find it believable that spartan ran a ~5 min mile in jr high.

I'm not understanding how being 5 kg over the minimum weight is a problem - unless you meant maximum.

yeh I did mean maximum it was late and I was tyred and my brain wasnt working good. But atleas you got it.

children, you're all the same :rolleyes:

not one of you picked up on the fact that he mentioned the marines.. :sad:

after being in the military, i suppose i would be though.

i highly recommend the military, but explore your options please, there is a reason they call them "Jar Heads"

if you have the education for it, look toward the air force, if not,
the army is the best runner up, assuming the proper MOS is chosen.. i
myself was an engineer, i wouldn't trade that experience for nothing in
the world, it was the only job i ever truly loved.

whatever branch you finally opt for, i bid you good luck..

the military has bare minimums in distance running, you are not even close, but they will fix that up for you soon enough.

this, is a life choice, research it...please.

heh I did 3.5k in 14 mins a couple of weeks ago ... I reckon I'm
better at short distance though, but I've gotten really out of shape
recently so my best time is like 13.5s :/

I once ran 2.4 km in 7.57 min. I'm not 100% sure about the distance though ^_^

I can walk a mile in 3 hours :sad:

I used to swim all the time, but have recently become somewhat lazy and developed a girlfriend. So, yeah.

You make it sound like a disease.

I'll also mention that my MOS in the Marines will be Data Systems, which involves small computer systems maintenance and computer programming.

I don't understand why you think the running a mile in 5 minutes is "prodigal".

I'll admit that it was hard as hell and I felt like my heart was about to bust out my chest but I did manage it. I managed it only twice though and that was after many tries. After that I decided to take my time it was too much. We had to run the mile once a week. That was about 5 years ago though so I could never run that fast anymore.

Tracer Bullet said:

G.Ballblue said:
I'm in 8th grade. Thing is, I can run real good. Just not on endurance running.

Your're not so good with grammar though. :razz:

:rolleyes:

Besides; I don't see anything wrong with my grammar.

"real good" is the part that's killing that sentence.

"very well" is what I'm sure you meant.

G.Ballblue said:

Tracer Bullet said:

G.Ballblue said:
I'm in 8th grade. Thing is, I can run real good. Just not on endurance running.

Your're not so good with grammar though. :razz:

:rolleyes:

Beestides; I doesn't see anything wrong wit my grammeair.

Ur dum lololol

To be quite frank, Blue Balls, Tracer is a very intelligent man; you are neither intelligent nor a man.

Hahahaha! :biggrin: I ran/walked a mile in 12 minutes, I think it was... horribly out of shape, teacher figured I smoked. 14s in a 100m.

Hmm... Oddly, I find the best type of excise is the most abstract. Every year, the entire middle school (for my my school) gets to go on a Six Flags trip. It's kinda like a reward for not shooting the teacher, not pissing off the safety patrol... ... and generally doin' good in school. Last year, I did about 5 - 6 hours worth of hikin' around the park. It didn't make impact on me physically.

Strangely, my exercise came from me playing an arcade game simply called "Police 911". The game had a floor that was presure sensative -- if you crouched, your screen crouched. If you leaned left, your screen leaned left, etc. By the time I was finished with about 1 level of that game, I swear I felt like I had done 45 minutes worth of power training :biggrin:

I did a 60 km bike run one day. Man was that draining

Strangely, my exercise came from me playing an arcade game simply called "Police 911". The game had a floor that was presure sensative -- if you crouched, your screen crouched. If you leaned left, your screen leaned left, etc. By the time I was finished with about 1 level of that game, I swear I felt like I had done 45 minutes worth of power training :biggrin:

That game f**king rules. I never knew thats what it was called, since, I only played a Korean version ... and I don't know Korean.

But, there are sensors all over the thing, man, not just the floor. In fact I don't think there are any on the floor.

There are also bars on the side to grab onto so you can get up and down really fast. The only bad part about the game is the gun isn't incredibly accurate (more accurate then any Time Crisis game though).

i can run 2 kilometers in 6 minutes

Isn't 1km equal to 2/3 of a mile. If so you are horribly missguided. Either that or your that one Olympic runner. Wasn't his name Jessy Jackson.

1 km = roughly 0.42 miles

So, 2 km is not even a mile.

...and Jessie Jackson is a civil rights activist.

Yes, shouldn't all our lives be rainbows.

. Wasn't his name Jessy Jackson.

old person steps in

Owens .. Jesse Owens..

Biological Component said:
1 km = roughly 0.42 miles

So, 2 km is not even a mile.

1 km is 1000 metres, 1 mile is about 1600 metres. Hence, 1.6km to the mile or 1km being about 2/3 of a mile... :rolleyes:

so 2 kilometres is over a mile :smile:

Run 3000 meters or more in 12 minutes and you are in good shape.

Cooper test->

http://www.brianmac.demon.co.uk/gentest.htm

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=1+km+in+miles&btnG=Google+Search

Orpheus said:

. Wasn't his name Jessy Jackson.

old person steps in

Owens .. Jesse Owens..

Awwwe yes that is the one.

... i meant 0.62 :argh:

All of my exercise comes from walking the hills on campus to class and playing lots of DDR.

Today we had a test in school were we where supposed to run 3,000 metres. I did it in 12:30, and the last year in 11:12.

All of my exercise comes from walking the hills on campus to class and playing lots of DDR.

DDR, Dance Dance Revolution, right? Now that's what I'd like to call a
game! I haven't played the real thing, just Step Mania which is some
kind of open source DDR game thing. If I had a the money, I'd buy a DDR
arcade machine right away!!

I recommend Step Mania to all of you!!:

http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/

Yeah, that DDR s**t doesn't count as exercise...