<p>Hopefully chipset has registered on dyestat, where much more reliable information on the subject can be found.</p>
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<p>im joining track wednesday. (kind of late, i know)
im a freshman and my best time is 6:20.
im overweight, eat unhealthy, and dont exercise.
hopefully if i turn things around i can break 6 minutes.</p>
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<p>Because this thread is for track/ cross country people, silly. Of course the standards are gonna be super high. </p>
<p>Also I’m pretty sure most of the people posting are guys, because girls just don’t break 5 minutes… well I suppose we could… but that would be like a guy breaking 4. Or something.</p>
<p>My fastest was 5:35. This was in track.</p>
<p>running a fast mile is more complicated than just one or two things you can do to improve. i would say though, the most important are:</p>
<p>1) decent distance base in the off season, running at least 5 days a week
2) strength training
3) speed work specific to the mile.. your coaches should be guiding you here.
4) listening to your coaches</p>
<p>My one friend told me imagine their is a hot girl waiting for you at the finish line. That should get you to break the 4 minute mile.</p>
<p>i bet you have to have a good work ethic. :D</p>
<p>Whenever I would run, the guy that I liked would always be watching me (he runs, too) so I wouldn’t slow down because I wanted to impress him. Ha, ha.</p>
<p>I ran six quarters in 75-80 range yesterday with like three mins rest. I was recovering very quickly but couldn’t drop it under 75 
I mean I could, but that would be an all out sprint. Hope to fix that by teh end of season.
Plus a 10 miler today :)</p>
<p>Heh, my fastest mile is somewhere around 6:10-6:20. I’ve never been in shape in my life though. And… I’m the type that can eat ice cream everyday for a week and not gain any weight. = )</p>
<p>I’m a pole-vaulter, but I joined distance this year. I’ll be doing half and half. I wonder how that’ll work out…</p>
<p>As a vaulter you should be doing a lot of sprinting drills and such. </p>
<p>Most good vaulters have a lot of speed.</p>
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<p>I do my mile run in 17 minutes!</p>
<p>HA! I BEAT EVERYONE!!!</p>
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<p>!!! As stated above, I could never, ever, run a mile in less than 17 minutes. lol</p>
<p>I also never learned how to ride a bike. (I’ll be turning 18 this August)</p>
<p>But hey, at least I have something in common with Bill Clinton. ;)</p>
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<p>Yeah, but since this is my final year here, I figured that I should try doing something that I’d be able to continue my whole life. Distance I can do forever, at any age. In contrast, PV… lol.</p>
<p>But I know, PV + Distance is a weird combination. = )</p>
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<p>lol a lot of xc people can run 3 miles in 17 minutes or less</p>
<p>haha, yeah, my mile time duing xc season was 6:15…i’m still in middle school and it was my first year, so i’m hoping to get faster :]</p>
<p>@blddrake: there’s a girl at my college that’s doing that, but IMO you’re just setting yourself to be mediocre at both. i think it’s better to really focus on one or the other</p>
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Haha, how is that even possible?</p>