Conquering A Mile In Six Minutes

When I was a teenager in high school, I ran my first six-minute mile

. It was a great accomplishment and even though I felt that I was in good physical shape, I knew that I could still be faster. I challenged myself to make those improvements and I knew I'd get there.

Unfortunately, I injured my knee not long after that. I tried to continue running for awhile but my performance just wasn't the same. My knee had recovered within a year, but I wasn't even trying anymore by that point.

Recently, I decided to start running again and I challenged myself to beat my best times as a teenager. The seven-minute mile was a great accomplishment back then, but this time I was determined to run a six-minute mile. I knew it would be difficult, but I believed that I could do it.

I tried for weeks to run that six-minute mile, but I just couldn't quite get there. I could easily run a seven-minute mile, and even six-and-a-half, but my body just gave out when I pushed it harder.

I continued practicing, however, and soon I accomplished my goal of running a six-minute mile! Here are a few tips that illustrate how I achieved that goal.

You'll not only want to master a 1:30 lap (running four of these laps will equal a six-minute mile), but a 1:15 lap as well. That may sound quite difficult, but if you can complete two 1:15 laps back-to-back, you'll find it quite easy to complete the six-minute mile.

Try it yourself and you'll see that it's not easy running two laps at this pace. However, if you really want to run the six-minute mile, it will help greatly to practice until you achieve the back-to-back 1:15 laps. Accomplishing this feat will increase your endurance to the point where you can successfully run a six-minute mile without too much trouble.

Now that I've successfully run a six-minute mile, I've set my sights on the 5:30 mile. I plan on meeting that challenge as well!

by: Stephan Mckenzie

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