Most of the CrossFit instructors in my gym would be hard pressed to run that in a workout and i’d consider them much fitter than the ppl I ran with in d3
If you're a male in your 20s, then anything outside 5:00 isn't good to me. Others will disagree, however.
What if LeBron busted out a 5:05? That wouldn't impress you? What about watching Victor Wembanyama do it?
It is all about body-type. If a NFL linebacker ran a 5:30 mile it would look awesome. If a running nerd ran 4:59, it would look a lot less awesome.
A greyhound running a 4 flat mile isn't impressive. But if a gorilla did it, then we'd be losing our minds. It depends on the body you are working with.
I just don’t think that basketball players run pure mileage enough outside of scrimmages with a basketball for the top guys to know how to pace themselves well.
Back during my freshman year of high school we’d mostly do line sprints on the basketball court, tons of lifting and jump program, and then just full-court scrimmages.
We did a 1600m TT a couple times, but most of the guys would range in the 5:40-6:20 range, a couple in the 5:40-5:20 range, and then I would just chill for 3 laps and kick it in with a 5:15 or 5:10.
Some of my former “teamates” now play in the NBA, but I’d be surprised to see them break 5:00, mostly because of effort. For most of these guys in HS it was probably just feeling like it was to early in the morning and that they needed to conserve energy for the rest of the day. Still, I would say that the guys in the 5:20-5:40 range had good basketball stamina, and likely could have been up there with me if they went to XC practice in the afternoon.
So to answer your question, I think that a fit non-runner male in his 20s would run around 5:30.
If you're a male in your 20s, then anything outside 5:00 isn't good to me. Others will disagree, however.
What if LeBron busted out a 5:05? That wouldn't impress you? What about watching Victor Wembanyama do it?
It is all about body-type. If a NFL linebacker ran a 5:30 mile it would look awesome. If a running nerd ran 4:59, it would look a lot less awesome.
A greyhound running a 4 flat mile isn't impressive. But if a gorilla did it, then we'd be losing our minds. It depends on the body you are working with.
No it doesn't.
There are no gold medals for the 1,500m +100kg category.
Also, Lebron isn't in his 20s (which is the premise of the original post) and I don't know who Victor Wembanyama is (I'm not American).
But I'll say that I'm impressed by LeBron's basketball ability; something that he is very, very, very good at. However, if he can can only run a 5:05 mile, then that's not very impressive (however, he obviously doesn't need to be able to run a good mile, given that basketball leans heavily towards power over endurance).
You have to discriminate at some point.
I've seen 12 year olds and guys that barely train - with all manner of body types - run much faster than 5:00 for the mile.
"Good" should be a word associated with being far above the ordinary.
Anyone commenting without know your size isn't going to give a helpful number.
If you are a big dude and you can run a 6:30 mile, I think that would be a good mile. It you are 160 lbs and claim to be fit, I think something closer to 6:00 would be a good mile. If you are 145 and play soccer or something, I might think a good time is sub 5:40.
Anyone saying faster than that for a non-runner isn't very good with numbers.
Apparently the 50th percentile for high school 17 year olds in 1985 was 7:04. The 85th percentile was 6:06.
As a high school junior in 1992 who played on the baseball and basketball teams, the farthest I ever ran in one shot that year was the mile run in gym. I ran 6:06. I don’t know why I remember that.