Reduce mile time

[Mvick07]

whats a good speed building exercise...or running method i can use to increase my speed

[AuroraPsycho28]

I think a speed building exercise would be pointless, its not like your gonna be able to sprint the mile.


I think you should pretty much just try and push the pace every time you run a mile.

[Mvick07]

I think a speed building exercise would be pointless, its not like your gonna be able to sprint the mile.


I think you should pretty much just try and push the pace every time you run a mile.

i seeee...good point lol

[upper90farpost]

find a teadmill. run faster. repeat.

[steeez]

seriously guys WTF!
how do i run faster??!?!?!? RUN ! DUH

[upper90farpost]

seriously guys WTF!
how do i run faster??!?!?!? RUN ! DUH

lol reps. i love the insight

[steeperdolphin]

whats a good speed building exercise...or running method i can use to increase my speed

Non issue!

[Hyperfreezer]

find a football field, sprint to one end, jog back, sprint back, jog back... do it untill you puke. it will build your endurence. Swim underwater, its a good way to build your lung capacity. Lastly since your trying to control your breathing while you run, on the exhales say a phrase or sing a song. I sing marine corp cadances. Im prepping for bootcamp and this is all stuff my sargeants have told me to do. My mile time has gone from 12 minutes to under 7 mins.

[Wolf-Baron]

set goals to run faster the next session

[danmanxx]

run + weight train your legs. TADA.

[Mbucks7]

find a teadmill. run faster. repeat.

nooo!!!! just dont do this.

id say doing 400s 800s 1600s 3200s will help.

try doing 4 400s under 70 second pace (4:40 mile)
not consecutively

your pace is very important, i have no idea what shape youre in but regardless you want to start the first 100m of the race fast ...wait idk know if you want to do this for a race anyway just run distance more...

[oreoremix]

Do squats. It has been proven that when it comes to endurance running that weight lifting on legs have lengthened strides and dropped times.

[Uberwaffle]

lose weight if possible
HIIT
just keeping running

[Ryang20]

run your ass off til you throw up and keep running, then do it agian the next day and the next.. and eventually you will get faster times.. if your not throwing up at the end of the run, run harder next time

[beast..]

run some gomers a gomer is when u run 100 yards back pedal 100 yards the runn 95 back pedal 95 run 90 and so on al the way down to 5 we did that alot for football

[Mbucks7]

run some gomers a gomer is when u run 100 yards back pedal 100 yards the runn 95 back pedal 95 run 90 and so on al the way down to 5 we did that alot for football

ya but you dont want to be in football shape to run a mile.... thats like having a cross country runner recruited to play running back

[TheLefty]

could always crack the incline up on the treadmill which will obviously make it harder, and will make the time seem slower but would benefit when track running or road running time wise..

[DoubleD_1990]

whats a good speed building exercise...or running method i can use to increase my speed

Do speed/tempo runs and do long runs. www.runnersworld.com <--will fill in the rest.

[Darrian]

whats a good speed building exercise...or running method i can use to increase my speed

If you have the money buy a weight vest or if u cant afford that go to a sport store and get a Sparq parachute and run your miles with that continously, that should help quite a bit, and like these other guys are sayin weight train

[jensen]

you can try running 800's
also mix in some runs that are longer than a mile

[AirChair]

If you have the money buy a weight vest or if u cant afford that go to a sport store and get a Sparq parachute and run your miles with that continously, that should help quite a bit, and like these other guys are sayin weight train

That might be some of the worst advice ever.

Do squats. It has been proven that when it comes to endurance running that weight lifting on legs have lengthened strides and dropped times.

Despite the poster's strong red, this is actually true. There was a study done in Europe that compared 5k times of runners in a control group who did nothing but traditional endurance work to runners who were put on regimented explosive lifting programs for the same amount of time; the latter group improved significantly more.


As for the advice about running 400m repeats in under 70 seconds, that's wicked fast for a repeat workout. It's been years since I've run competitively, but I remember my repeats were supposed to be around 72 seconds and I clocked a few 4:4x miles.