I want to improve my mile pace to 6:00 minute mile consistently. Is the treadmill the answer?

Question

I want to be able to run a 6:00 minute mile just once right now. I just recovered from an injury and now I want to get my times back. My PR for a mile is 5:45. Since recovered from my injury I can only get a 7:20. To get my pace back I am doing intervals of 400s and 800s. I know I can keep up with a treadmill. So is it a good idea to do pace work on a treadmill because I run faster on treadmills than I do on regular surface. So if I ran a 5:30 mile on a treadmill do you think that translates that I can do the same pace on the roads?

Answer 1

You need to do distance work to improve your cardiovascular conditioning. Then you can do intervals to help your stress levels.

Running on the treadmill is okay, but I prefer to run outside when possible.

If you can run faster on the treadmill I would guess it is because it forces you to run at a consistent pace.

If you can do 5:30 inside you should be able to do 5:30 outside.