How fast can you run 2.4km (1.5 miles)?

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Richie said:
That's pretty quick for your age. Not as fast as the 7:26 someone I know did at about the same age but then he used to be a pro runner and one of only a handful of Scots that have done an official sub 4 min mile....


For people that have not done the 1.5 mile but have done other distances, you can use this calculator which does a real good job of estimating different times for diff distances. All you need is an actual time for an actual distance - http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/mcmillanrunningcalculator.htm

I put in various actual times for various distances I have done and its pretty spot on for the others so works well...
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Put in a few of my recent PB's which suggest I should be a lot quicker over the 1-2mile distances - I'd better pull my fiinger out :P
 
On a treadmill I was able to manage 8 and a half minutes..once upon a time, around 7years ago when I was training for the Military! When I had a penultimate fitness test, the treadmill was restricted speed-wise for me and I didn't even break a sweat when I did the same run in just over 9 minutes. When I was training they were only interested in a recruit being able to do 2.4km in 10 minutes.

I normally cycle for 35-45 minutes instead now. I'll have to try it out again though..in fact, I'll try again on Tuesday, see how much worse I am now, and report back!

Kind regards,

David
 
10 minutes, going on my normal pace, but that's across 5k or more. Never run a 1.5 miler flat out to see what I could do it in. Probably a bit faster I guess?
 
just come back from a 2 x 2 mile run and did 10 mins for 1.5 mile and 13 mins for 2 mile.
last 2 mile was 13.09 so not too shabby thankfully.

(thats what i say to people when i was sweating my balls out and couldnt do 4 miles in one go after running up the mile long hill lol)
 
I want to join a gym lol so I can use a treadmill. Would be a lot better way to measure progress. Not to mention listening to music. (I don't like running around the streets with headphones, as I'm too wary to being knocked down!)
 
I did this today at the gym in just under 15 mins but to be honest I wasn't trying for a time just a 15 minute jog. I'm not even going to pretend distance running was a strong point of mine, I was always a sprinter.
 
kenmare said:
I want to join a gym lol so I can use a treadmill. Would be a lot better way to measure progress. Not to mention listening to music. (I don't like running around the streets with headphones, as I'm too wary to being knocked down!)
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The streets are harder work than a treadmill, the undulations in the pavement make your legs work more.Yeh true I only run with 1 earphone in so I can hear mostly. If you've got a blackberry/iphone with gps, you can download adidas micoach for free which is great for running with, better than nike + in my opinion :)
 
flat out I'm about 4'30 kms so about 8 mins 48 for me - thats my sort of flat out short-ish distance sustainable outside

on longer 10k + speed drops to 4'45-4'55 or so
 
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Buckster said:
flat out I'm about 4'30 kms so about 8 mins 48 for me - thats my sort of flat out short-ish distance sustainable outside

on longer 10k + speed drops to 4'45-4'55 or so
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If you are saying your pace is about 4:30 per km yer a bit out on your 1.5 mile estimate.
 
Buckster said:
flat out I'm about 4'30 kms so about 8 mins 48 for me - thats my sort of flat out short-ish distance sustainable outside

on longer 10k + speed drops to 4'45-4'55 or so
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Even if you managed to run at your 1km flat out pace it would take you nearly 11 minutes. I'm not sure where you got your figure from.
 
I really struggle even flat out to get much below 4'00 times - I've tried shorter faster strides, longer strides etc - just struggle to get any faster

yet can run 16k at 4'50 speed

I blame it on my short legs (5'4)
 
Alright ive got 2 times that someone could use to let me know roughly how fast my 2.4km should be.

1.63km - 5:51min

2.83km - 13.51min (This felt real slow!)

Any help would be great :)
 
Probably looking at 8:40 roughly....


On another note - I recently ran on a treadmill. I actually never run on treadmills as I prefer running outside but I needed to try out new running shoes to see if they worked well and the shop said I could take them back provided I didn't run outside with them.

Anyway, my point is I knew treadmill running is easier than outside but I cannot believe how much easier it is. I ran 5K with a incline of level 2 and here is the differences in times:


Outside:
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1 Mile - 6:40
1.5 Mile - 10:30
5K - 22:58


Treadmill:
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1 Mile - 5:37
1.5 Mile - 8:30
5K - 18:51

I probably could have done it quicker given that the treadmill speed was only 9MPH for the first mile or so then I ramped it up to 12.5MPH for the rest of the run.

Amazing that running outside with the hills and the elements has such an effect.
 
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