I am about a 6:50 and my best is 6:40. How can I improve my mile time?
2007-12-15 07:43:01 · 8 answers · asked by kool-gurl 2 in Sports ➔ Running
As far as running, my coach has us run 1 mile as a warm up, then run 2-3 miles at a jogging pace at least 3 times a week. The other days we run sprints, and we run hills. Over about a 2 week period my mile went from 5:59 to 5:27. This is excluding the weightlifting we did. Its sort of like a cross country work out, but the long distance you run at a stead pace, the faster you will be able to run at a short pace. After running the 5:27 i still had a lot of energy left to run an 800m and a few relays.
2007-12-15 15:24:16 · answer #1 · answered by ♫♪2 kids+1 wife=magical♪♫ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 or 2 days per week at the track doing 10x100s. Run the straights hard, fast, controlled, good form; then recover, jog, walk, on the turns. Start with a half-mile warmup & end with a half-mile warmdown.
Also, calculate and memorize your splits so you can run each portion of races evenly. Your quarter-mile splits for a 6:40 would be 1:40.
Be sure to take AT LEAST 1 day off each week.
Good Luck
2007-12-15 11:36:31 · answer #2 · answered by snvffy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HILL WORK!...doing hill work will make running the mile easy. Also running distance. If you are running 3 or 4 miles a day, the one mile will become easier for you, and you will be able to run it faster! good luck
2007-12-15 10:13:02 · answer #3 · answered by Macy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Work on your upper body strength and run 6 to 10 wind sprints of 40 yards after you have finished your normal practice.
2007-12-15 07:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
each day run a mile and on top of that run another 1/4 of a mile. increase each day. take 2 days off per week to replenish muscles.
2007-12-15 07:51:24 · answer #5 · answered by Padambi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are training to run the mile in track
i would do cross country in your off season
i did and my mile time went from 7:24 to
6:18 so imagine how much better you could do!
hope this helped you out! =]
2007-12-15 09:54:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
run with a resistance chute on, you can buy them from the internet they are cheap and really help build all important running muscles up
if you dont know what a resistance chute is, its just a small parachute which when you run with it on creates alot of drag making it hard to run, which builds up muscles, increases lung capacity and works on your bursts
2007-12-15 08:26:09 · answer #7 · answered by Capodastaro 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use a bicycle.
2007-12-15 07:53:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋