How long would it take to get a 5 min mile down to a 4 min mile?

Question

maybe a couple of year or what?

Answer 1

tempted to say "4 minutes if you run fast enough", but that would be just wrong......

Answer 2

It depends on how old you are and how much you train.  Keep in mind that a 4:00 mile can win a high school state meet, and do very very well in college.  Less people have a mile under 4 minutes than those who have climbed Mt. Everest, so it's no easy feat.  You really need to want it to get it.

Answer 3

Three years of hard training. That is what I'm going for, so by the time I'm a senior I want to be sub 4.

Answer 4

if you're like me never

Answer 5

From a 5-minute mile down to a 4-minute mile would take about 60-seconds!

Answer 6

it depends on your training and motivation as well as genetics. not everyone is physically capable of running a 4 minute mile no matter how much they train. Also it gets more difficult to take time off the closer you get to 4 min. you can shave big chunks off a 5 min pretty quickly, like 5-10 seconds at a time, but once you get to like 4:20-25 it starts to be taking a few seconds or less than a second off each time so it is difficult to say exactly how long it would take. I ran 4:54 half-way through my sophomore track season and now (summer after senior year or about 3 years) I have just gotten under 4:20.