How I Ran a Mile in 6 Minutes
I can remember the day very clearly, even though it was over a decade ago. I was in gym class, and we had just run a mile. I had a goal of seven minutes, and I had finally achieved it. I was thrilled, to say the least, and I was excited to continue to improve.
Unfortunately, I had to stop there for quite a while. I had a knee sprain during the next track meet and this sidelined me for the year. It took me a while to get better, and I moved on to other activities.
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.
I was determined to figure out a way to make it happen and I’m happy to say that I did. This is all because of something I did that it wouldn’t have been possible without.
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.
Believe me, it’s not much fun running two laps at such a fast pace. If you’re serious about breaking that six minute mark though, you’ll want to do this in order to get there.
Next goal on my list is 5:30 and I’m sure I’ll be achieving it.
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