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Sort of add on to the race for life topic 
I'm doing two of the 3mile race for lifes soon and it's brought out a right little arguement
Basically one of the (know it alls) in the pub has said that if i don't manage to do it in 18 minutes then my fitness is shite yada yada. I tried to say that i thought 6 minute miles were for people in running clubs etc. who were used to running and had high fitness levels. He went on to argue that they should be doing it in 4 or 5. Now surely that's for top level athletes?
Basically i'm trying to give myself a goal timewise but i'd like some sort of help to realistically see what i should aim for. I'm of a pretty good fitness level as used to box quite a bit and i horse ride and walk for about a mile or two every day. I was thinking of aiming for maybe 28 minutes?
I realise it's in the name of cancer research for anyone that says it shouldn't matter but i feel that i should also give it my best shot as well as that's the sort of person i am. :yes:
I'm doing two of the 3mile race for lifes soon and it's brought out a right little arguement
Basically one of the (know it alls) in the pub has said that if i don't manage to do it in 18 minutes then my fitness is shite yada yada. I tried to say that i thought 6 minute miles were for people in running clubs etc. who were used to running and had high fitness levels. He went on to argue that they should be doing it in 4 or 5. Now surely that's for top level athletes?
Basically i'm trying to give myself a goal timewise but i'd like some sort of help to realistically see what i should aim for. I'm of a pretty good fitness level as used to box quite a bit and i horse ride and walk for about a mile or two every day. I was thinking of aiming for maybe 28 minutes?
I realise it's in the name of cancer research for anyone that says it shouldn't matter but i feel that i should also give it my best shot as well as that's the sort of person i am. :yes:
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Maybe they are just winding you up saying that you can do it in 18 minutes, or pushing you into trying harder.
Good luck but remember not to push yourself too hard if you aren't used to too much running as you could just injure yourself.
give yourself a half hour.
I can walk 3 miles in 30/40 minutes. Saying that though, I walk quite fast compared to most people.
walking's different to running though isn't it. i could walk for miles and miles but running would be different!
Whatever you aim for you're likely to be slightly faster on the day because you'll get swept along in entusiasm. Either that or you'll be slowed down by other people
4minute miles were once a world record time
by roger bannister or someone
those of you who think you can run 3 miles in 15 mins are kidding yourselves
i did my race for life yesterday.....out of 11,000 women i came in 188th, with a time of 29.19 - i do train and have been for about 3 months, but before that was ridiculously unfit and have mild athsma. I regularly run 1.5 miles in 13.16 mins is my pb, so i was aiming for under 35 mins, 30 mins would be amazing for me, and under 30 mins is a respectable time. Even under 40 mins is a respectable time.
the best time yesterday (bearing in mind this is 11, 000 women) was 17 mins something, and my mum (who was at the finish line) said she looked like a proper runner.
If you are mega fit then yeah ok, you can do it in 15 mins, but id try it if i were you then post your time.
My friend at work did race for life last year and came in 31:26. She was aiming for anywhere under 40 mins and had been doing training for quite a few months. She also did a three peaks hill walk this last weekend which was around 26 miles in just under 11 hours, so I reckon she must have reasonable fitness.
I'm saying I think I could run each mile in 6-7 minutes which to be honest, I think I could. I'm a good runner.
evidently yes.... (well ok, you said you can do 5 minute miles)
I can walk 3 miles in 37 mins.
Fact.
I think i'll aim for around 30 mins after reading what everyone else has said. The bloke who was trying to tell me to do 18 minutes is someone who's quite handy at talking rubbish to be fair. How on earth could you expect to do it in 18 mins without the training is beyond me, even then by the sounds of it you'd struggle.
That reminds me, the race is at loughborough uni, is the campus far from say the swimming baths etc? Was thinking of parking there then jogging down
For the record my Mum did one the other day. She's doing another in a few months and wants to run it all rather than walking bits