Best time for the mile run?

doubledragon

In high school we had to run the mile every year, and my fastest time was 5:52 what was your best time for the mile run?

doubledragon

Come on ducklings, tell uncle Dragon you're fastest time, you're on the clock people!

craig44

I wasnt an athlete, i played baseball.

craig44

seriously though, I cant remember. i did baseball and basketball. it was probably sub 7. I was definitely not the distance runner you were DD

doubledragon

They made us run the mile every year in high school gym class and timed us with a stop watch and told us our time, and for some reason I always remembered my fastest time.

countdouglas

5:40 mile when I was 15 years old. Then, I started driving at 16, and as a result, I haven't really ran since.

MsMorrisine

I can walk it in about 16 minutes.

Does that count?

perkdog

My best timed run was for a PT test while I was working for the sheriffs department but it was for 1.5 miles and my best time was 9:10

Tabe

I would guess about 7:15 or 7:30. I've never run a mile. When I was training to possibly go into OCS, I had to run 1.5 miles in 12:00 or less. I could do that but I only ever ran the 1.5 miles - never any less. Maybe when I was a swimmer in high school, I could have been sub-7.

thisistheshow

Let me tell you something that may explain how little running I actually do, or possibly explain how my brain works/doesn't work. When I read the title of this thread, before opening it, my first thought was that DD was asking what time of the day was bet to attempt to run a mile. As in, before sunrise, or after an evening meal for example. But to my surprise, nope, we're talking about something quite different.

doubledragon

@thisistheshow said:
Let me tell you something that may explain how little running I actually do, or possibly explain how my brain works/doesn't work. When I read the title of this thread, before opening it, my first thought was that DD was asking what time of the day was bet to attempt to run a mile. As in, before sunrise, or after an evening meal for example. But to my surprise, nope, we're talking about something quite different.

No sir, I couldn't run a mile like I used to back then, I'm way past my prime. Interestingly, the current world record for the mile run is 3:43:13, set by Hicham El Guerrouj of Morrocco back in 1999. The record has stood for over 20 years.

galaxy27

5:33 at a meet in middle school

never ran after that (played baseball & golf in high school)

Tabe

Man, if you didn't know he'd just run a mile, would you think that guy was healthy? He looks very, very thin.

MsMorrisine

Lots of those distance people are super thin

thisistheshow

I have been (trying to) do more walking. Listening to something, at the park, a mile is about 15 minutes. Feels good.

In HS, I was not a runner. Looking back on it, I might have been a nine minute guy, or even a double digit fella.

doubledragon

Roger Bannister of England was the first person to break the 4:00 mark when he ran 3:59.4 back in 1954, before that it was thought impossible to break the 4:00 mark. He trained relentlessly and after he broke the record he collapsed from the sheer effort it took out of him, pushing his body that hard, and he said he felt like "an exploded flashbulb".

Steven59

Give me a break - I was in high school in the late 70's and I'm still running it - I'll let you know when I finish.

3stars

PT test - two miles in 11:15, but it was -10F out so I was in a hurry...

Canes8387899101

Teaching Middle School PE about 20 years ago I ran the mile with the kids, and ran it in 5:21. I was 28 at the time. I'm not sure I could break 7:00 now. I'll run it at the Y on Monday, and see how I do.

MCMLVTopps

I went through Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA, (6 month program), we ran EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE for 18 weeks, this was from June to November. We became Senior Candidates in the 19th week, and for the last 6 weeks, we were allowed to walk/march to class. I can't tell you how humid and hot it was in middle Georgia then. I swore to myself that if I survived, I'd never run again, and I never have. We had to break starch (change uniforms) 3-4 times a day because of inspections.

If you ever get near Columbus, Georgia and visit Fort Benning, just find the jump towers, and you'll see 4 grooves in the grassy sidewalks, these from countless thousands of candidates who trod heavily there day after weary day.

So, my mile time is probably well into 45 minutes++

perkdog

@MCMLVTopps said:
I went through Infantry Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA, (6 month program), we ran EVERY DAY, EVERYWHERE for 18 weeks, this was from June to November. We became Senior Candidates in the 19th week, and for the last 6 weeks, we were allowed to walk/march to class. I can't tell you how humid and hot it was in middle Georgia then. I swore to myself that if I survived, I'd never run again, and I never have. We had to break starch (change uniforms) 3-4 times a day because of inspections.

If you ever get near Columbus, Georgia and visit Fort Benning, just find the jump towers, and you'll see 4 grooves in the grassy sidewalks, these from countless thousands of candidates who trod heavily there day after weary day.

So, my mile time is probably well into 45 minutes++

🇺🇸

fergie23

5:32 and felt like I was sprinting the entire time.

I did some speed training after college and got my 1/2 mile under 2:30 but never tried a full mile at top speed. Didn't seem to be any point once I was out of college and not competing for anything.

Robb

pocketpiececommems

4:36 in High School I’m 1967. 4:15.2 in College in 1971. My grandson ran a 4:11.8 as a Junior in HS last spring.

Saw Jim Ryan run in person one time. Never will forget how smooth and effortless he ran

Canes8387899101

Just ran it in 7:46. I was hoping to be closer to 7:00, but father time is a bleeping pop tart! That 5:21 I ran 20 years ago is a distant memory.