Is a jogging a mile and two tenths in eight minutes horrible?

Asked By: kshix 18-21, F 9 months ago

Just wondering if that is normal or if I am a super fat kid and need to pick up the pace.

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Posted by whowasthatmaskedman Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:21PM

The actual pace is secondary although that seems pretty good to me. For maximum benefit you should be breathing hard at the end of it. Coughing up blood is too much. Able to sing a stanza from Oklahoma is too little. I think your fine.

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Reply by kshix Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:29PM

Awesome.. guess I am exactly where I'm supposed to be according to a strange masked man.. seems legit :)
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Posted by aprilriver Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:18PM

No it is not bad at all. If you keep working you will be faster in no time.

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Posted by JulesInBmore Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:17PM

I can barely make it to my mailbox and back in eight minutes.

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Reply by kshix Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:18PM

so that must mean your mail box is ridiculously far away ?! :D
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Reply by JulesInBmore Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:18PM

It's not at all...that's the sad part.
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Posted by FoggyKoala Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:18PM

It is ok. You should pick up the pace or run a longer distance every single workout. If you don't do this, you don't progress at all.

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Reply by kshix Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:20PM

Well this is the first part of a two hour work out :) but thanks great advice.
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Reply by FoggyKoala Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:23PM

And always mix it up. Don't always make a two hour workout. Sometimes make a really efficient half an hour workout. Efficiency is really the key in exercise. Without efficiency making continuous progress is difficult.
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Posted by Sloppies Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:18PM

You should be ashamed -_-

just kidding.

Doesn't even matter, I've learned not to compare myself to other people in the gym. Where I'm at is where I'm at, and I know that as long as I keep working hard, I'll be passing anyone better than me in no time.

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Reply by kshix Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:21PM

I started like :( but then I was like :D and I have no one to compare with. more of a "beat yourself" type of thing.
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Posted by ChevyVan Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:17PM

I think that's a pretty good time for starting out ... back in the day would run 8 miles into school for my workout, that would take me just over an hour so figuring those were 8 minute miles ... but then again I hated to run and never pushed myself

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Reply by kshix Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:22PM

Well I'm not exactly starting out haha. I'm starting back . So I know I will improve with time. But I remember in High School the Cross Country coach told me that women will always decrease in time whereas men will increase. He said it's just how it goes. :(
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Posted by cisco1968 Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:17PM

it's above average

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Reply by kshix Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:23PM

Well that's good to know. I mean I know most people couldn't do the mileage I do on a daily basis.
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Reply by cisco1968 Aug 4th, 2012 at 10:28PM

keep it up,don't quit
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