OP thinks he can run like Robocop and refuses to get a bike. What a thread.
I don't refuse to get a bike, it's just not for me for going to work on. I have too much respect for motorists, being one myself, to clutter the road up with a bike.
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OP thinks he can run like Robocop and refuses to get a bike. What a thread.
I don't refuse to get a bike, it's just not for me for going to work on. I have too much respect for motorists, being one myself, to clutter the road up with a bike.
I don't refuse to get a bike, it's just not for me for going to work on. I have too much respect for motorists, being one myself, to clutter the road up with a bike.
If you're taking as long as you claim to go 3.5 miles in a car, you're not going to be doing it slower on a bike, and your car takes up a lot more space.
Then again, you've basically started a thread asking (unwittingly, I appreciate), how long it would take to you get up to the pace of top amateur runners. The pace you're talking about over 3.5 miles is roughly a 17:40 5k. If you can ever run that fast, you'll be lucky and you'll be winning prizes more than occasionally.
I think you're off your tits if you think you'll be doing 3.5 miles in 20 minutes!
Just slightly.I just thought with roger bannister doing a 4 minute mile about 60 years ago, around about 7 minute miles weren't ridiculous.
Like i said earlier, i can walk it in 50 minutes, so i was assuming jogging it would be more than twice my walking speed
So it would seem Zig. I'm clueless when it comes to this. Obviously majorly over estimated it.
I just thought with roger bannister doing a 4 minute mile about 60 years ago, around about 7 minute miles weren't ridiculous.
Like i said earlier, i can walk it in 50 minutes, so i was assuming jogging it would be more than twice my walking speed
I don't refuse to get a bike, it's just not for me for going to work on. I have too much respect for motorists, being one myself, to clutter the road up with a bike.
3.5 miles in 20 minutes is not a 7 minute mile, it's a 5:43 mile. That's an absolutely enormous difference in terms of real-world running. I'm also a very fast walker (as you apparently are if you walk 3.5 miles in 50 minutes) who walks several miles to work every day and am both reasonably young - early 30s - and fit, and I think what you're proposing is absolutely insane. 28-30 minutes (roughly an 8 minute mile pace) is much more realistic, and even that would take a fair amount of training. From where you're starting, months, possibly years. At that point, walking would be much more comfortable.
If I'm not being slowed by kids or the wife, i walk at 4 miles an hour no problem. Also according to S Health, my top speed sometimes hits 6mph. I'm not flustered after walking into work in 50 minutes.
As stated earlier in the thread, I'll cover loads of ground on foot round the site at work. Depends if I'm on days or nights. Regularly hit 30,000 steps in a day. I'm a good walker and quick.
Hence my insane assumption i could run at better than twice my walking pace!
I don't refuse to get a bike, it's just not for me for going to work on. I have too much respect for motorists, being one myself, to clutter the road up with a bike.
If we were supposed to run we'd have four legs.
As a bit of random trivia, running slowly for a very long time is one of the main human superpowers. Many animals have something that sets them apart, like big strong jaws, massive teeth, claws, venom, speed etc. We have stamina and can regulate our body temperature better than most animals (though not as well as horses and camels).
One of the traditional hunting methods in Africa (where we originated from) was running down animals over a long period of time. Find a massive antelope and basically jog after it. Keep it on the move, don't let it sleep, eat, drink etc. If the animal can out run the human over the course of 10 hours, it lives and the humans die. Usually they can't, literally keel over and become dinner.
A cheetah has about 60 seconds of very fast running in it, then needs to rest for a long time, lions are slower but can manage a few minutes longer. Wolves can do about 5mph for a number of hours and generally live in colder climates so they do not have the overheating problems of the African predators. So long as you have a very good head start then a fit human can out run lions, cheetahs and possibly wolves. Nice thought, though I'm not tempted to test it.
As a bit of random trivia, running slowly for a very long time is one of the main human superpowers. Many animals have something that sets them apart, like big strong jaws, massive teeth, claws, venom, speed etc. We have stamina and can regulate our body temperature better than most animals (though not as well as horses and camels).
One of the traditional hunting methods in Africa (where we originated from) was running down animals over a long period of time. Find a massive antelope and basically jog after it. Keep it on the move, don't let it sleep, eat, drink etc. If the animal can out run the human over the course of 10 hours, it lives and the humans die. Usually they can't, literally keel over and become dinner.
A cheetah has about 60 seconds of very fast running in it, then needs to rest for a long time, lions are slower but can manage a few minutes longer. Wolves can do about 5mph for a number of hours and generally live in colder climates so they do not have the overheating problems of the African predators. So long as you have a very good head start then a fit human can out run lions, cheetahs and possibly wolves. Nice thought, though I'm not tempted to test it.
probs be useful for me couldn't run to the end of my street atmGet the Couch to 5k app. Pretty good and takes you from being shit at running to being able to run 5k easily. I used it before my colour rush event thing and got around it no probs and I was unfit as fuck.