What can I do to decrease my mile time by two minutes?

Question

Last time I ran, my mile was 7:40 minutes, but it might have been because I had expired honey on my toast for breakfast and wasn't feeling well. My best time, though, is 7:00 minutes a couple of weeks ago. I have two months to get down to around 5 minutes. What can I do to make that possible?

Answer 1

My second deflating answer in the last 3 minutes: "You almost certainly can't."

One day soon, on a day when you're really fresh, try the following session at the track: 8 x 200m in 40" with 1' recoveries.

If that's manageable, you *might* be able to hit 5:15/mi by the end of the summer.

To do so, you'll need both to train your 200m speed (through 50m-250m repetition training) and your speed-endurance (through tempo training and 30/30s). Managing this kind of intensity in training while staying free from injury will NOT be easy.

Good luck!

Answer 2

run every day and push yourself harder every time. when you're running, a good trick that always works for me is to pretend something really scary is chasing me. also, i always start off at a sprint. before you run, i wouldn't have any dairy products or anything acidy. make sure you stretch a lot before you run. don't put too much pressure on yourself or else it will be harder. don't be frustrated if it doesn't work at first. try running five miles a day and doing sprints. you could also try changing your diet to make you run better. and i don't know if this works for running because i've never tried it, but i've heard that swimmers shave their entire bodies to go faster. i don't know about the last one, but it might work.

Answer 3

You can try doing 2 miles in short sprints, maybe 100 meters at a time then slowing to a jog. Thats just for practice not for the actual run. Also stay away from citrus before you run.