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I’m pretty sure right now, in my forties and untrained, I could run that 1.5 mile distance in about 8 minutes, which would leave me 6 minutes to complete 15 pushups and 32 situps.
Or, the other way around, I could do 15 pushups and 32 situps in under 3 minutes, which would leave me with 11 minutes to run a mile and a half at a little more than normal walking speed.
These requirements are pathetic, and people are failing them anyway.
If you don’t run regularly, I doubt you could run 1.5 miles in 8 minutes. Unless you’re really fit from some other exercise like swimming or rowing.
The average beginner pace for a 45 yo man in a 5k is about 11 minutes/mile. 8 minutes would be an elite pace over 1.5 miles. Even if you did it in 8 minutes you’d be winded as hell. You’d basically have to give sprint effort for 1.5 miles.
Agreed, for everyone who is very confident they can easily hit 1.5 miles in 8-10 minutes but hasn’t run more than a block or two since high school, please go try it! I’m biased as an asthmatic who’s also physically disabled, but sustained running is a lot harder than you think.
Yeah that’s some armchair confidence there. I’m not sure what “trained” means here, but I have been distance running for a long time and 12-13m for a 1.5 mile is pretty comfortable for me. I’d be genuinely shocked if an inexperienced runner, even if physically fit otherwise, could even do a mile in under 6 minutes.
I’m a nearly middle aged woman who walks everywhere. My back hurts right now.
I could do this. I couldn’t do anything but lay there wheezing or maybe begging for painkillers after, but I could do it. The pushups might give me trouble since i broke my shoulder last year, the sit-ups is half my daily without weights/a ledge.
A single pullup would exclude me, but those are notably absent.
No reasonably fit adult should fail this if they’re taking it seriously. No athletic adult under 70 should blink at the effort.
I’m pretty sure right now, in my forties and untrained, I could run that 1.5 mile distance in about 8 minutes, which would leave me 6 minutes to complete 15 pushups and 32 situps.
Or, the other way around, I could do 15 pushups and 32 situps in under 3 minutes, which would leave me with 11 minutes to run a mile and a half at a little more than normal walking speed.
These requirements are pathetic, and people are failing them anyway.
If you don’t run regularly, I doubt you could run 1.5 miles in 8 minutes. Unless you’re really fit from some other exercise like swimming or rowing.
The average beginner pace for a 45 yo man in a 5k is about 11 minutes/mile. 8 minutes would be an elite pace over 1.5 miles. Even if you did it in 8 minutes you’d be winded as hell. You’d basically have to give sprint effort for 1.5 miles.
Agreed, for everyone who is very confident they can easily hit 1.5 miles in 8-10 minutes but hasn’t run more than a block or two since high school, please go try it! I’m biased as an asthmatic who’s also physically disabled, but sustained running is a lot harder than you think.
Yeah that’s some armchair confidence there. I’m not sure what “trained” means here, but I have been distance running for a long time and 12-13m for a 1.5 mile is pretty comfortable for me. I’d be genuinely shocked if an inexperienced runner, even if physically fit otherwise, could even do a mile in under 6 minutes.
Additionally, average walking speed is ~3mph, so 1.5mi in 11min is 2.7x the speed — not just slightly above.
I’m a nearly middle aged woman who walks everywhere. My back hurts right now.
I could do this. I couldn’t do anything but lay there wheezing or maybe begging for painkillers after, but I could do it. The pushups might give me trouble since i broke my shoulder last year, the sit-ups is half my daily without weights/a ledge.
A single pullup would exclude me, but those are notably absent.
No reasonably fit adult should fail this if they’re taking it seriously. No athletic adult under 70 should blink at the effort.
When I was running regularly I was doing seven minute miles and not super comfortably but if challenged I could have brought it down a bit.
1.5 in eight mins would suuuck. Under 14 minutes however is quite doable, pretty sure I could do it now.