Am I fit, or is everyone else really unfit?

**Odevans** · 02-06-2011 07:51 PM

I have my PJFT tomorrow, for the RN. This involves running 1.5 miles in under 11 minutes. Out of curiosity, I decided to google "1.5 mile times", to see how other are doing. Most of the people who had been asking for help with their 1.5 miler were struggling to do 12 minutes, some even longer! As I do not have that much faith in myself, I wanted to make sure that I could do it, so I went to the gym today to give it a shot. My time was 7 minutes, which I did very happily - it felt like a warm up.

The reason I am so baffled, is because I have not been doing near as much cardio as I should be. For the last 7 months I have been telling myself, "I'll do more next week", when in actual fact, I still did very little. I started training 'properly' about a month and a half ago (I have been away for two of those weeks). I would not have though that this small amount of training would get me so much fitter than these people who are struggling.

So what gives, am I just very lucky, or is the world rubbish?

**stronglikewood** · 02-06-2011 10:07 PM

You are the same man with an 8-pack without trying and who deadlifted 140ish when you first started? You are naturally fit.

**blackstone** · 02-06-2011 10:12 PM

Well going by a 4 min mile is pro standard, then a 6 min 1.5 mile is pro. And you are not far off this!

**Elvis** · 03-06-2011 12:16 AM

in this thread Odevans learns his gyms running machine has gone metric

**James Copping** · 03-06-2011 12:30 AM

lol, I was about to say the same thing, I bet that treadmill is in kilometers which means you ran just under a mile in that time.

I very much doubt you could run a 7min 1.5mile and it be "comfortable like a warmup". A 7min 1500m still isnt bad though, and if you carried on at that pace you'd get ~11min 1.5 mile.

**Odevans** · 03-06-2011 12:50 AM

I checked! I recall that happening before, so I learned my lesson. Definitely said miles! Maybe my warm up is a little bit more intense than others.

**dope540** · 03-06-2011 08:23 AM

maybe you're just more of a badass athlete.

**Odevans** · 03-06-2011 09:04 AM

I have this horrible feeling that what the treadmill says it measures in, and what it actually does, are two very different things.

Epic fail.

**Elvis** · 03-06-2011 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Odevans

I recall that happening before

"There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee...that says, fool me once, shame on...shame on you. Fool me...you can't get fooled again."

**Odevans** · 03-06-2011 10:11 AM

I phoned the gym this morning to find out. Even the woman at the desk said that the ones that say "MPH" are in fact measuring MPH, so it would appear that the gym staff are actually confused, too. This makes me feel better, to some degree. To avoid shame and embarrassment, I will make sure that I do indeed hit very good times over 1.5 miles.