Thornton Runs Six Minute Mile

[PeinItachi]

My mile-time is 3:12 and I'm 3 years old..

[AwesomePossumVids]

Don't try to brag about how you think your probably made up mile time is impressive. I'm 6 years old and run a mile in 73 seconds.

[thegodofyou666]

Most people college cross country teams can do 5 miles in less than 30 minutes... Do that.

[TennisPlayer1922]

5:48 is pretty good for a 7th grader. My mile is around 4:40 and im 13

[mgymnast99]

My fastest is 5:48 but I'm only 4 foot 9 and 84 lbs.....I'm in 7th grade.

[ThatDunneKid190]

Why was there a crowd to watch this?? im a junior in high school 6 ft 3 in 190 pounds and i ran the mile in 5:54, where is my fucking crowd!!?? lol

[imeeting]

my fastest is a 5:18 and im 14years old, 5'6", and 117lbs :) 

[CrisNIN15]

@imeeting That's good

[ninjaboyjeff]

How the hell does someone run a mile in 3:43? That's the world record ..

[TheBaseballrocks23]

@ninjaboyjeff Lol i have NO idea its probably their life and they train so much

[scrumpymanjack]

Hardly an achievement.

[DunkelBurg]

my fastest is 6:04

[tjtheplay]

A six minute mile isn't that hard even for a person who hasn't been training.

[cobrien1977]

@tjtheplay : BS!!! If you randomly selected 100 people off the street, MAYBE 2 or 3 could run a 6 minute mile. FACT!

[tjtheplay]

@cobrien1977 Well I guess you're right considering the fact that 70% of Americans are obese.

[cobrien1977]

@tjtheplay : unfortunately, you'll have the same results in any country. even if you select 100 in-shape people off the street, only 2-3 could run a 6 minute mile. smokers are skinny. drug users are skinny. weight tells you nothing. if they're not training, they're not going to break 6 minutes, and most dont train.

[tjtheplay]

@cobrien1977 For basketball tryouts I ran under a 6 minute mile.

[cobrien1977]

@tjtheplay : well if you run under 6 minutes then I'd say you're in that top 2%!!! I ran 7:07 last night and I'm 33 years old. Not out of shape at all. 5'11" 175 lbs. Congrats on that time.

[tjtheplay]

@cobrien1977 Lol 7:07 at 33?!

[cobrien1977]

@tjtheplay : no, 7:07 at 93. sorry, my keyboard buttons are hard to hit right at my age.

[tjtheplay]

@cobrien1977 lol?

[tjtheplay]

@cobrien1977 If that's the case, I guess I should do some research then.

[cobrien1977]

@tjtheplay : I haven't done research either - its just my educated guess. I know a lot of IN-SHAPE people who could never run 6 minute mile. Its a very tough standard. That's my only point.

[LMaster1]

@cobrien1977 Your right that most people aren't going to break 6 of no training. That said, most (males) CAN break 6 is they were to train hard and do what it takes to lose the weight, some hard workouts, etc.

That said, I disagree with the "if they aren't training, they aren't going to break 6". Sure, for the person with normal running ability thats true, but there are people out there that can touch 5 flat off no training.

[cobrien1977]

@LMaster1 : "there are people out there that can touch 5 flat off no training"? you let me know when you find them. do they exist? maybe 1-2 in a million, sure. but you'd never find them if you spent your whole life looking, even if 1-2 do exist somewhere in a rural suburb of the U.S.

[LMaster1]

@cobrien1977 First off I should have clarified no training. By no training I mean no formal running training, i.e. the person is not going out and running X mpw and certainly not doing any sort of workouts. I'd count someone who has played soccer or b-ball for several years as someone with no training. And there is a BIG difference between coming off the couch and having some athletic background.

And yes, certainly anyone breaking 5 with no training is a VERY rare breed, but there are a fair

[LMaster1]

@cobrien1977 number of people who run under 6 with no formal running. If you take 10 kids from a typical basketball, lacrosse, and certainly soccer, I'd bet 3 at a minimum can run sub 6.

If you take random sample from ALL males though, I'd be surprised if you got 1 in 100 that can break 6.

[cobrien1977]

@LMaster1 : great, then we agree. my previous posts were arguing with some dude who said most people could run a 6 minute mile. i said hell no and said that 2-3 out of 100 could.

[LMaster1]

@cobrien1977 Yea, I agree as long as we are using could as in right this moment if you grabbed and hauled em to a track. Could as in have the potential/can with training and weight loss then I'd have to say most. Probably 90% or more.

[cobrien1977]

@LMaster1 : yes. I was talking about randomly grabbing 100 people off the street and taking them to a track. some may be olympians. most will be overweight couch potatoes. my point. I've done non-running cardio training for over a year, 3 times per week and have gone from a 10 minute mile to 7 minute mile. i can see how shaving time off gets harder the lower you go. hopefully i'll get to 6 minutes but its not a critical goal for me. just one that would be cool to meet.

[linglingjr]

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[LiLWazzaap]

LoL That Guy is about 18 Its Suppost To be easy For him !

Im 12 And Run Mine Is 6:02

[Miksta2006]

@LiLWazzaap You are really dumb. Just because someone is 18 does not mean they can easily run a 6 minute mile with no training. Also nobody really cares about your mile time.

[LiLWazzaap]

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[Miksta2006]

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[blacksonic228]

im 13 and i tried this but i couldnt do it. i ended up getting 6:14. But i had lunch right before the mile so maybe thats what slowed me down. Idk but it harder than it looks in the video.

[athenakitty3]

so what should my half mile time be if i want to do a 5:40?? like a 2:40 or something??

[sidescrollin]

@athenakitty3

if i were perfectly paced, but you aren't likely to do that. You will probably run a quicker half and your second half will be slightly longer.

[Chocosizzles]

2:45 about. You will slow down on the third lap, but give your best lap on the final lap.

[nfshaw1]

@athenakitty3 well, all of your laps arent gonna be the same pace, the first half should probably be the pace you would run it if it were a two or three lap race. Then the mental toughness kicks in for your third lap, you will slow down but you cant slow down too much. Really, in competition i always find the first 2 1/2 laps to be easy because of the adrenaline rush. Anyway, you should speed up again on the 4th lap and i guarantee you will run faster than a 5:40

[ANDREWMON22]

im 13 and can do a 5:20 mile. is that good for my age?

[sidescrollin]

@ANDREWMON22

no, you weigh nothing, run 4s.

[BrigHamYun]

darn it i can do a 2:50 half mile but on the second half I do a 3:13 =(

[theburg520]

what was that thing the person used to measure the track at the beginning?

[bagofrocks30]

The wheel was used to measure the extra 9.344 meters since the track is 400 meters (as most are now) and a mile is actually 1609.344 meters.

[theburg520]

@bagofrocks30 no what is it called

[bagofrocks30]

It is called a wheel or measuring wheel. You can get them in many increments (feet, meters....)

[sweetburlap]

@theburg520 its called a trundle wheel as far as i remember

[lnordbyrobbie]

my freind is 10 and he runs the mile in 6:23

[Ethanbat]

Some tricks for fast long distance--

1) No alcohol

2) Carb/veggie/protein diet

3) Run four or five times / week

4) Train at a 6 mile pace on a treadmill for 1/4 mile stints over several miles, running at a comfortable pace on the alternate 1/4 mile segments.

5) On alternate days, run at alternating speed on a grade.

6) Keep strides fast and short, and try to avoid leaping or bouncing up and down as you run.

7) Continuously hyperaerate

8) Pace yourself with a stopwatch

[domirules28]

@Ethanbat: agreed 100% i quit alcohol 2 years ago, and at that time was running a 7:30 mile, now i'm averaging around a 5:10 and am just 8 seconds from my fastest time in high school..

[dowhatyoufear]

Didn't look fast enough. 5:48 is awesome. I will attempt the same Sat. Oct. 3 on the road. Coastwise mile in La Jolla California!

[angelicupstartt]

ROCKY IV FTW

[Dcavolli]

For you to break a minute mile you will have to cover eevr 100 metetrs within 22.5 secs but you have to do that 16 times over rough gestimate also theers 9 meters left as 1 mile = 1.69 miles

[soonerman94]

anybody any training methods to train for a 6 minute mile?

[johnnyu3]

I ran a 4:56 in highschool as a sophmore. It was the only year i ran track. I'm 32 now and probably couldn't run an 8 minute now.

[milkfilk]

I'm 32. 7:30 min mile and I'm dying at the end. Working to break my all-time best of 6:05. I like this video for an idea of pace. He sprints at the end. I'd love to get sub 6. Man, gj.

[Tim120t]

its really harder then it looks

[TheArkansasshuffle]

Good job, Thornton. I'm working on the six minute mile myself.

[tpcardoso]

i wish i could run a 6-minute mile ;_;

[Limbsy]

I'm a quarter mile away... trust me, if i can do it... YOU CAN lol. Of course, with conditioning...

I'm jus a typical portuguee lol.

[tpcardoso]

portuguese? verdade?

[tpcardoso]

my PR is 5:45

[aloyhgtrf]

fuck u thorton i can run a 4 minute mile

[FightFlood]

post a video please.

[Cowgirlbaby18]

Hehehehe...Charles is in this one!!!

[HotaruTheWaveMaster]

Hehe!! Is this going to become a tradition? xD I can see it now. "Next Year!! Thornton tries to beat BOTH his records!! Will he succeed? No one knows..."

Hehe! See ya!~ :3

[truehaven]

hahah mr thornton rocks!!! HE WILL WIN THE NEXT RACE!111