I Only Got Four Minutes…
I am by no means a fast runner. Sure, I can run a long ways, but I’m not winning any races. And despite my recent interval runs to increase my speed from 11-minute miles to 10- or 9-minute miles (speeding up this much, for me, has been an ironically slow and arduous process), slow and steady has been and will always be my method. I hear about those who run 8-minute miles like it’s cake and I’m totally awed by them. For the record, running that fast isn’t cake. It’s more like hard, dried fruitcake.
Then there’s the select few people who can run a 4-minute mile. The idea of running a 4-minute mile is just insane to me. It’s so hard that I have absolutely no idea what food to compare it to besides maybe eating dry ice. Recently Daria, a loyal FBG reader (love her name and the Cake song associated with it, btw), brought the below short of “The Miracle Mile” to our attention. The vid chronicles four people who try to break the 4-minute mile barrier. Unlike most of our FitWits, this one isn’t funny but rather awe inspiring. You can almost feel their pain as they’re pushing their bodies to the max.
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Definitely dry ice. Sure makes you want to pick up your pace, huh? —Jenn