run a 10 minute mile

I go to the gym about twice a week and really want to be able to get down to 10minutes without having salt falling out of my pores. I really need to get more water into my system before I hit the machines. I’m hoping to have this one accomplished as soon as I’m able. Then I think I’ll move on to faster times.

I have wanted to do this (actually, aligned with a sub 30 min 5k) for several years now and not been close – I have run 5k – 1/2 marathon all well off a 10 min mile pace (ranges from best at 10:33 to 13:00). The 10:33 was recently and giving me some hope.
I NEED to become a faster runner for tri’s. I consistently give up places after good swim and bikes. I just have no idea how to do this. I run in a very hilly area and it’s silly to think I will be running uphill at 10 min/miles. Yeah, in my dreams.
Oh well, I will find a way.

So many running training plans I see, even the beginner ones, assume that you run a 10-minute mile! I’ve been trying to run for the past several years, have completed 5K’s, 10K’s, and a half marathon, but I have yet to regularly see anything close to a 10-minute mile on my Garmin GPS or treadmill readout.

That’s not to say I haven’t tried. I’ve done running clinics with hill work, tried fartleks, and have even just gone out and tried to do my regular 3 mile run at a 10:00 pace, but I end up winded and exhausted after a minute of running at that pace.

I have come back to running after having my baby last year. I started slow, as a beginner again, and have been doing 2 mi runs at around 12:40/mi. Even though I can tell I have more cardiovascular endurance, since I don’t need to take walk breaks, I still can’t seem to get to even 11:00/mi unless I’m going downhill.

Why does it seem so easy for “everyone” to do 10- or even 8-minute miles?? At this point I would trade in all my running gear to be able to do 3 miles in 30 minutes or less.

I’m not overweight, and I don’t think I am unfit. I just can’t do a 10:00/mi pace if my life depended on it. Sigh. I am hoping that patience is the key to achieving this goal.

A girl can dream.

I did a mile+ on a treadmill 13:something-something…I want to have a ten minute mile by this time next year for the Fall Women’s Rugby season!!! (80 minutes, 15 positions, no protection, wanna ruck?)

I really want to take up running. I have 180$ running shoes and absolutely no will power, but I’ve decided that I’m going to register for the Toronto Marathon in 2009which is 25 miles. I need to start training now if that’s the case.

My Nike+ said I did this long ago as part of a longer run, 9:52. But this was a single mile in 9:58. Not too impressed. Need to set another goal once I can do this every time I run.

the job im trying to get requires me to run a mile in 10min 49sec..So i just got done trying it for the first time..drove my car around the block to measure a mile.I ran it..but stopped at about .8 mile because I was back to my house and I quit.but I made it that far in 6min 14 sec..so I think i can do it..need to stop smoking and try again without wimping out..

He used to have to trick me into running the mile. I would whine, complain, and do my best to annoy my way out of doing it. Now, I wanna do it in 10 minutes.

After months pounding the pavement and the treadmill, I finally nailed the 10 minute mile. No longer a couch potato—now an athlete. Okay, NOT an athlete yet, but I’m working on it.

Happy but slightly ticked. I thought I was going to nail it, but did 10:07 yesteday and I wasn’t even tired. If only I had pushed my self just a little more… Oh well, tomorrow. I’m going to do it tomorrow. Then it’s on to nailing the 9, 8, 7. Whew, I’m getting ahead of myself.