Run an 9 Minute Mile

“I had a terrible run in early October. It was awful - I had gone with the group (it was one of those 4:45am runs) and the guy in front set the pace - this crazy 9-minute mile that went on for what seemed like hours. It was still really dark out, so I kept up with the group more out of fear of being mugged in the dark streets of Summerlin than out of the desire to run fast. And when we finished, I was destroyed. It was a horrible experience. My legs hurt, my head hurt, and I was wiped out mentally.”

“The first mile it was definitely a struggle to not go too fast, but I conquered and ran it in about 8:54. One down, two to go. I started magnet-ing (seeing someone in front of me, attracting myself to them, passing them, picking someone else, etc). [...] Just as expected, around 1.6 it started getting rough. [...] what really got me through was “Expect the pain, manage the pain, push through the pain”.”

“Later my friends ran with me and they are phenomenal runners but they just paced themselves at like a 9 minute mile and i was able to complete it but i genuinely felt like i was going to die if i went any further. I can’t comprehend how people run FIVE.”