13 year old male-mile time good?

Question

hey guys last spring i ran a 5:31 mile but never trained other then track practice.i know thats not going to cut it next year. so im going to try to dedicate my self for all of fall,winter and a little bit of spring to training and see what time i get next year. now for the question. is my time very bad and i have no chance of ever going far in distance. and what would be a good workout for mostly every day. my neighbor hood constists of quite a few hills so maybe that will help? idk :D anyway answer away

Answer 1

I'm 14 years old and when I was 13 I was some where around there. It is a great time. Don't stop running because after 2 weeks you'll be almost out of shape.

Monday- Run 4-5 miles at easy pace.

Tuesday- Run 4-5 miles at easy pace.

Wednesday- Run 3 minutes at all out pace and see how far you go. Also try to be consistent. Run it 3 times with a 3:45 minute rest.

Thursday- Run 3-5 miles at easy pace.

Friday- Run 4-5 miles at easy pace.

Saturday-Run 6-7 miles at tempo pace on a hilly course. Tempo means hard and comfortablee.

Sunday- REST NO RUNNING!!

Answer 2

For your age that is pretty good... you do have a ways to go though...  your going to be in 8th grade next year right?? i would shoot for a time of around 5:10 a 5:15 wouldn't be bad either.. all is I got to say is with hard work you can get to where ever you want to be trust me on that one.

Answer 3

Good time. My friend was a miler in middle school and he always got 1st at every middle school meet and he usually ran a 5.00 -5.10