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BlueMatWheel123 t1_irba8m8 wrote

Reply to comment by CalgaryChris77 in Eliud Kipchoge's New Marathon World Record, Visualized [OC] by chartr

I run 5-10 miles per week, throughout the year. My sprint is nowhere close to 4:37/mile.

Most people won't be able to sprint at half that speed for even 1 mile.

Kipchoge is truly superhuman.

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LOTRfreak101 t1_irbkr6s wrote

Back when I was in peak shape running 8 miles a day for cross country back in high school I maybe ran a 5 flat once (the first leg of my best ever 5k). 5:08 was my fastest official mile time. The state I lived in would have a small number of kids able to run a mile under that 4:37 (my brother being one of them at a 4:36 years and years ago) and almost none that could run that fast for 2 miles (i think i saw it 1 time when a kid smashed the 2 mile state record). I'm in way worse shape now and can only begin to imagine how incredible of shape he's in.

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adkayaker t1_ircfdvj wrote

Yeah I was like the exact same. My best mile was like 5:08 and I could keep under 6 for a 5k but that was like only once. I can’t imagine holding this pace at all.

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LOTRfreak101 t1_ircgxc6 wrote

I was never able to sprint very fastso my mile time stopped there, but I was able to run my top pace for a pretty good distance. I managed a 16:49 5k (once in perfect conditions at my favorite course also a 5:25 pace), but beside that generally mantained ~17:20. So my typical best all out run for over 3 miles was still a minuts slower than him.

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danbtaylor t1_ircw6su wrote

I ran an 11:40 2mi for Varsity Soccer and felt like I was hauling ass. Also thought my lungs would explode by the end of it

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LOTRfreak101 t1_ircxlrs wrote

That's a decent time for a guys 2 mile. Varsity track would typically run low 11s (i only ever ran below 11 twice, once at a big meet and once for part of a 5k). You'd need to consistently run below an 11 to have a shot at winning the 2 mile in track and if you run sub 10 then you're pretty much guaranteed the win. I cone from a midwest state though, so there's a lot less competition than somewhere like texas where the tine I listed are probably wrong. 11:40 is a solid time for soccer though since you were probably running in your cleats instead of spikes.

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