Anyone doing 9/8/19 NYC 5th Avenue Mile?
If I quit triathlon in the next 30 days, I’d totally go back to running middle distance.
But no, not running
What’s your 1 mile PR?//
I know we have some low 3;50’s guys on here, not sure if anyone faster than that. Does anyone know if Alan Webb ever posted in his short switch to pro triathlon? Suppose that would count as our fastest if he did.
I think I could eek out a 6:45. I’m not very fast.
I may since it’s around the corner from me… think I could knock out a 4:50. Might be able to see my AG winners off in the distance if I squint.
Probably will go race… Just as a lark. Guessing it will be in 5:30s… Pr in high school 4:48
I’m going to be somewhere in that range … I did 5:19 last year. PR is 5:18 from high school.
I’m hoping to break 5 in the NYC mile and then break 5 at Augusta 70.3 in September to have 4:XX times the whole month.
I feel more confident about Augusta than breaking 5 in the mile right now. Even if I bonk the 1 mile, its still a fun race. Very well organized.
around 5:40… back in high school… no way I could sniff that with current condition of my knee.
The last time I tried it was around 5:40ish (can’t remember the exact time)
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4:25 in another lifetime. Won’t even try now.
About 20 seconds faster than Fishbum’s
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4:25 in another lifetime. Won’t even try now.
Similar:
High School - 4:27
Age 31 - 4:03 1500m on the track (about 4:23)
Santa Barbara State Street Mile (downhill) - 4:09 Yeah, that’s my PR!!
FYI - that was about 3 decades ago!
4:17 in college - 1973
4:32 corporate track - 1986
5:35 age group mile at 60 years old - 2014
was hoping to do the 5th avenue mile as a 65th birthday present to myself, goal was 5:50
Torn quadriceps tendon 10 weeks ago has killed that dream… Maybe 6:10 in 2 years???
4:25 in another lifetime. Won’t even try now.
Similar:
High School - 4:27
Age 31 - 4:03 1500m on the track (about 4:23)
Santa Barbara State Street Mile (downhill) - 4:09 Yeah, that’s my PR!!
FYI - that was about 3 decades ago!
Yep.
10 years ago at 48 I did 5:48 on a point to point road race similar to the 5th ave mile.
In high school on a cinder 440 yd track I ran 4:35.
Today I would be happy with anything in the low 6’s.
Ran a 4:20 before baskeball practice in high school once which was ~20 years ago… our coach picked up some conditioning stuff he called the ‘Virginia program’ and we’d run a timed mile before practice even started. I didn’t mind it so much and could go sub 5 pretty easy but the team in general didn’t enjoy it. Didn’t run track and played team sports.
I ran a 5:10 two years ago, would be fun but briefly painful to see if I could maybe go sub 5.
Sub 4 is crazy fast btw!
4:44, but that was 30+ years and 20 lbs less ago…
My last 5th avenue mile in 2017 remains my PR of 5:23, even now with better running fitness I did a track mile and hit 5:23. I imagine the 5th ave mile is faster because of both being in a straight line and having the slight downhill on the back half.
HS PR 4:32 1988
Now- SLOW
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My last mile race I crushed it in about 10 minutes…but it was also a beer mile.
Ran 4:20 my senior year of high school off of cross country training before I re-injured my foot. I really think I could have been a decent miler if I commited to 1500/3k rather than long distance stuff. Body just couldn’t handle the miles needed to compete.