<p>Hi.
I'm running 5:55 now and for the hell of me I can't understand how you damn track runners can hold 75 second splits for four laps?
Am I supposed to train for speed (200m repeats,400m) or overdistance with 10-milers and 3-4mile tempos? Both?
Thanks.</p>
<p>… by running really fast.</p>
<p>^ Haha, I really wish I could help, but personally I can’t break 6:30. But I really could care less, that time is good enough for me. Sorry.</p>
<p>Oh yeah? I got 10 minutes. Beat that.</p>
<p>Yeah, that’s what I thought, walk away.</p>
<p>haha</p>
<p>For me, it was simply being in shape and my genetics that helped me break a 5 minute mile.</p>
<p>running form, cardio, and diet is what really allows you to run at those levels…</p>
<p>One foot in front of the other, then the next… :-)</p>
<p>As for training, “both” is right, plus everything in between. 10-milers would be stretching it somewhat if your focus is the 1600 though… mixing it up is good (not only day-to-day, but also over longer periods), just keep the distance range reasonable. Doing 400 repeats now and then is certainly a good idea. If you do 200’s, be sure not to treat it like an aggressive all-out sprint and not to do it too often.</p>
<p>For the record, I haven’t broken 5 myself… come fairly close though, maybe this year it’ll happen. (My focus is XC, I do track mainly to stay in shape.) Plus I’m kind of a physiology/sports sciences nerd, so I can at least sound like I know what I’m talking about. :-)</p>
<p>COREEE. i hit a wall around 5 and it started going back towrads 6.. but if you strengthen your core, your physical peak will become increased.</p>
<p>good luck :D</p>
<p>Get in a car.</p>
<p>Ride a bike. I can do a mile in under two minutes!</p>
<p>I wish I knew but I quit running after middle school when I had ~5:30. Florida is just too hot to run in.</p>
<p>it is difficult to get down under 5 unless you are naturally gifted at running. I run cross country and have dropped my mile from 5:30 freshman year to 5:05 last year but this year it went back up to 5:06.</p>
<p>You don’t break it. You rip it.</p>
<p>lol, this is kind of funny because my best friend just told me that he he got 5:15 and was hoping to get it to 4:45 by track season. I didn’t even know he was going to do track this year…</p>
<p>u need to be an olympian to break 5 mins -_-</p>
<p>I’ve been down to 5:34 as a freshmen, but there are a lot of fast runners at my school that are close to breaking 5 minutes as freshmen. Some of them are in varsity soccer, so I’m guessing involvement in another sport besides XC or track will help.</p>
<p>Wrestling is what I do when Iam not in XC or Track…</p>
<p>5:24 is my best mile
11:42 is my best 2 mile</p>
<p>Diet totally helps, and that is what slows me down…</p>
<p>Ya starve yourself to make weight (119 this year and I am a senior), so your diet goes outta whack and yuo eat tons of unhealthy foods, not to mention I am addicted to pop!!!</p>
<p>Back in 8th grade I ran the mile with two guys who could both break 5. At districts I think the better of the two got 4:52, it’s crazy. I know that two things are certain: we had tough practices during track season and both of them ran “for fun” every day. My record was 5:30 but then I didn’t do track or exercise at all in 9th grade (well I studied my ass off because I thought getting a B during a quarter would kill me, stupid myths) and that was the end of my running career. Now I run the open race in cross country :P. Oh wait, I quit halfway through this year because of college apps… :-</p>
<p>Doesn’t your school have a track coach to ask?</p>
<p>I’m trying to break 5 minutes too this year. Ran a 5:01 last season.</p>
<p>Where do you guys all live though? I guess people really do run faster in California.
We got a guy on my team who ran a 4:18 and he still has this upcoming track season to beat it.</p>