Running a Faster Mile in 30 Days - NEW PR!!!

Races have been canceled due to the pandemic so I made up a goal to train for! It was tough, but I'm pretty happy with the result :)

Let me know in the comments if you try it too!

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Referenced Videos:

HOW TO RUN A SUB 5-MINUTE MILE! | Sage Running Training and Tips

THIS AEROBIC WORKOUT WILL IMPROVE YOUR MILE TIME!

How to Run a FASTER MILE!! Ft. Spencer Brown (The Athlete Special)

How To Improve Your Mile Time In 6 Weeks

How to Run a Faster Mile: 7 Training Tips

[NaturalEnglishListening]

There’s so many fake and clickbaity “30 day improvement” videos. Yours is real, and it was cool to see you come back and get it in the end, thanks for the inspiration!

[mason]

one of the issues is that you had increased your mileage and staued aroud there a month is not long enough for your body to adapt and it would still be fatigued from the training. Often, athletes will taper towards the end of their seasons, meaning they will decrease their mileage and workout volume. 5x1k is too much to be doing 2 days out from a bug effort. If you want to find more speed 200s and 400s with more rest faster paces and less reps are the go to. If I were you I wouldve taken about 5 days after the 30 days to decrease mileage do one day of relatively easy speed work and rest up

[cindyliu]

Great video & fantastic editing :) Congrats on the new PR!

[getplayed]

You definitely have the potential to go faster. I ran around the same time 2 years ago in high school, but could never really lock in to go even faster, never felt like my aerobic capacity was aligned with my legs. Maybe you could try a pacer if you ever wanted to try this again? Or switch up routine?

[akagatorr]

as a 1600m runner myself (4:29) this video is amazing!!! keep it up brother

[Hunyongjo]

Happy to see that you got a new Personal Record (PR)!!

[freememeskids]

What highschool wouldn't take you for a 5:20 mile? that's insane for a beginner

[blastedpotato]

Nice video brother. I’ve also bailed out on a race half way to go because I bit off more than I can chew. I was on pace for sub 16 for a 5k but I was falling horribly off pace after 6 laps and I dnf’d. However, 2 weeks later I came back and smashed my goal. It’s important to not get discouraged when things don’t go according to plan because consistency trumps everything. 🤙🏼

[S-Hammer]

How does this guy only have 348 subscribers?!

[chbill]

Great video and inspiring!! Hope your running journey is going well

[Spaminator]

Nice video! Did you consider tapering (taking a week or so off from hard training) before your final mile test? I think that time for your legs to recover would have led you to a much faster final mile time.

[eriklynch]

Amazing video! you really put a lot of work into it and in your training!! Thanks for posting this!

[gyo]

Yo, totally gonna try starting Monday! I'll update u when it's completed

[xrplambslyfe]

nice job man really consitant on that form

[fatcat]

Hey man! I think it’s pretty cool that you’re still responding to people commenting even years after the vid came out. Hope you’re doing well!. If you don’t mind though I have a question I want to ask you. You seem more like a middle distance guy to me but do you have any advice for running the 2-mile? Right now my pr is 5:20 for the mile and 12:00 flat for the 2-mile that I ran for the first time last week. Honestly I kind of held back because I had to run both events in the same day and I wanted to save something for the mile. Realistically right now I can probably run an 11:40. I’m just asking for any general advice or tips you may have for me to better perform and cut down on my time. Anything will help especially since my race is like 2 days from now but I’m only doing the 2 mile event, not the mile. Thanks again.

[miroslavkowalski]

Only amateurs can break their PR easily on such a short period of time. It only proves that your form is solid. Thank you for this honest video!

[sidecar]

My age graded times put me in the low 70% bracket. That being said, I’m reminded those times are in the 99th percentile of the general population 👍

[SURAJPANDEY]

It's so inspiring to see you bro .. ❤

[BVD_INFLUNC]

Wow you make me want to start running again

[scratchandwinner]

Good work... You did say at the beginning that you felt you had more in the tank.