Can you run an 8-minute mile?

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8 minutes?

  1. Yes, I am fit and fast

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  2. No, I am fat and slow

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  1. Arrec Bardwin

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    Fastest in HS was 5:11

    Would need to be chased by an axe murderer to do 8min now probably.
     
  2. kinghill

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    Just got a 2 mile walk in after work. Many bugs.

    6994 steps. I’ll get to 8k by bedtime.
     
  3. kinghill

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    Dumb to even suggest this given Where Eagles Dare marathon daily stepping but has TMB ever done a step challenge?

    Always difficult to decide on a device/app platform. I used Stridekick for a family step challenge for months but the app was kind of a pain.

    Or just do honor system google sheet report steps daily
     
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  4. Lyrtch

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    wed continues to make me think he's wildly over caffeinated/stimulated

    stressing me out thinking of all that pacing around all day
     
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  5. buckwild

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    Especially if you didn't blow out your knee while doing it
     
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  6. buckwild

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    I have seen quite a few people....mainly women...walking with these weighted vests in the neighborhood lately. Appears to be the new fad. I admit that I'm sort of intrigued by it as a daily 10k stepper
     
  7. Simon Templar

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    I’m typically a 15k to 20k steppa
     
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  8. Where Eagles Dare

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    I did one at work with a buddy of mine who liked to walk and we also were both taking public transit. We destroyed the field
     
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  9. Where Eagles Dare

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    I have a 30lb vest I wear often. Daniel Ocean is a vester too

    There are some recent studies showing they are beneficial and you're body has some gravity sensors that trick it to think it is heavier and your body burns more calories. Body builder did it recently in show prep and it apparently helped
     
  10. Where Eagles Dare

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    Probably.... nothing too crazy tho, but walking isn't really taxing on your system so you can kinda just do it while still performing anything else. 10 min here or there adds up over the day

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  11. Daniel Ocean

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    I looked them up a lot before I got one. Everything I read said it’s extremely beneficial. Only thing I hate is the way it feels on my shoulders. It’s a great low impact way to build muscle and burn fat.
     
  12. Where Eagles Dare

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    Mine is all one piece and it's super annoying to get on and off. Wish I got one with straps on the sides. No issues on shoulders. It's like a military vest
     
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  13. bruce bowen

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    Bought this one when covid hit. Started wearing it again for incline walks on the treadmill, it’s pretty comfortable but only 20 lbs
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  14. Truman

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    No but we've had a TMBer run a treadmill 5k for hurricane victims
     
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  15. cutig

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    Lol what the actual fuck
     
  16. Nug

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    Just go backpacking you city slickers
     
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  17. LeonardWashington

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    what surface did you run a under 7 minute mile barefoot on? Good lord. Tyrone biggums feet
     
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  18. blind dog

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    i just swam an 8 minute mile Nug
     
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  19. Daniel Ocean

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    that is called rucking u rube.
     
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  20. Daniel Ocean

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    which one do you have?
     
  21. Nug

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    No
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  22. Nug

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    You don't go "rucking" in the mountains.

    You don't ruck for multiple days.

    Ruck is basically a synonym for elephant walking
     
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  23. LeonardWashington

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    if 6 miles of walking is 25k steps he has baby feet
     
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  24. Daniel Ocean

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  25. Nug

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    Yea but rucking is dumb

    With backpacking you get sick mnt views that you can post on Instagram for likes and get that sweet dopamine hit before shutting the apl down and remembering life is actually meaningless
     
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  26. Daniel Ocean

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    I agree we should travel more and take time to enjoy life. But, we are discussing fitness and weighted vests so that’s why “rucking” was more appropriate than traveling.
     
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  27. Lyrtch

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    if you use chatgpt outside of any work setting I judge you poorly
     
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  28. Lyrtch

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    and at work I only respect it because you might be reclaiming some of your labor surplus
     
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  29. Nug

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  30. IHHH

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    I do 13 000 a Day on average

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  31. IHHH

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    Still fat though because I bring beers and sausages on these journeys
     
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  32. Stone Cold Steve Austin

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    I would never admit to running a sub 7min mile
     
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  33. IHHH

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    I am a 4.5 40

    urban Meyer time

    5.4
    4.5 who knows
     
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  34. TC

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    Nug should start a thread about his resting heart rate next
     
  35. Simon Templar

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    Man if you only saw my sleep score from two nights ago…
     
  36. Where Eagles Dare

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    It's comfortable on, but a pain to get on

     
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  38. Snakes

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    I ruck with a 40 lb vest once a week with the wife and dog. There are a few large hills we work up and it’s pretty challenging and a good off day activity from running/lifting.

    It’s a great activity for someone to get into if they aren’t in great shape and may be intimidated by running a couple of miles.
     
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  39. wes tegg

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    My feet are generally pretty callused, but I ended up with massive blisters on the balls of my feet under the calluses.
     
  40. Goose

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    I have no real opinion on them but the biggest tool that I know just ran a marathon wearing a weighted vest
     
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  41. Where Eagles Dare

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    But he's only a tool for running a marathon
     
  42. Goose

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    He’s a tool for starting an instagram account about working out and Microsoft excel formulas, amongst many other things.

    Motivational quotes while running in the snow kind of guy.

    He deleted the account after not making it as an influencer
     
  43. ~ taylor ~

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    For the soccer team in college we had the 2 miles in under 12 minutes fitness test on the first day of camp. I had never run timed distances and had no idea of pacing. I ran the first mile in 5:15, basically died, and walked/sprinted the second in 6:35 to get in under 12.

    7-8 years and probably 10,000 later I ran a 5K where my best mile was 8+ minutes.

    I’m probably in between those two levels of health now, but I’m far too lazy to find out what that means.
     
  44. Arrec Bardwin

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    Yep, never ran CC, was all soccer. Ours was 1.5 in 9min or you got cut, so basically same thing.
     
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  45. Detlef Schrempf

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    Furthest distance yet this morning, obviously not a speed demon
     
  46. hood b. goode

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    thread got me looking into weighted vests
     
  47. Where Eagles Dare

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    10 mies is a good walk.

    I do 5-6 every Sunday morning
     
  48. Arrec Bardwin

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    Same
     
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  49. Where Eagles Dare

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    idk if matters but ones with the ergonomic plates seem a little more comfortable, but more expensive
     
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  50. Simon Templar

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    I’ve always like the idea of the Mir Shorty