I was 14 years old, and I felt like I was about to collapse. I had just run a mile in less than 7 minutes, and I was thrilled. I wasn’t ready to stop there, however.
Fate dictated otherwise, and I ended up getting hurt during a lacrosse game the following week. I was unable to run for the rest of the year and I wasn’t happy about this. I never got back into running again.
After a twelve year hiatus, I decided to give it another go. There was no good reason not to run anymore, and I’ve been trying to lose some weight. Anyway, seven minutes happened pretty easily for me. I guess I’m stronger now, and I wanted to try for six minutes from there.
After about ten attempts, I was forced into stopping early every time I tried to run the six minute mile. My body simply couldn’t handle it and it almost felt like I was sprinting by the end.
Here are a few tips I’m going to give you that eventually helped me to get to where I was.
I decided to gradually work my way toward six miles, but I wanted it to feel easy in comparison to something else I was doing. I went with shorter runs at a faster pace to get to the level I needed to be at, running half miles in 150 seconds. This was a five minute mile pace, and running at a six minute pace was easy once I tried it out.
You’ll need to be prepared to sweat, and be prepared to pant. The half mile was probably harder than the full mile at six was for me. Still, I accomplished my goal and it felt absolutely great.
Am I ready to stop at this point? Absolutely not, I’m shooting to shave another minute off of my time.
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