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#31
10-28-2007, 11:53 PM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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[ QUOTE ] 10 minutes is impossible unless you are an experienced speed walker. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] I don't know if this is just a fun bet or a real bet, but if your friend is willing to bet an amount that's a lot of money to him, my guess would be that he has some experience speed walking. 
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#32
10-29-2007, 12:59 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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I'd like to change my vote to impossible. Tommy Lee Jones can explain... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNilnrbgwg [/ QUOTE ] Obv not impossible: According to the World Book Encyclopedia, an expert walker can walk one mile in 6.5 minutes. I am guessing the ratio of fastest walk mile to your fastest run mile is on the order of 1.65. There's no way it's more than twice as much imo. So, a world-class miler runs in about 4 min while a world-class walker is closer to 6:30 min (probably less, so 1.65 might be a tad conservative for elite racewalkers). For a 6-min miler, that would mean they'd be near 10:00 for a walking mile at fastest pace. People who are responding here who can't run anywhere near a 6-min mile obv will believe 10 min walking mile to be impossible. But someone who runs sub-6 min has the leg turnover and endurance to walk much faster than these people. And sub-6 min mile runners are not that uncommon.
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#33
10-29-2007, 01:11 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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World class race walkers can do major distances at 6:30 pace. [/ QUOTE ] At first i was shocked there was such a thing as "world class race walkers". then i was shocked somebody seemed to know official stats about them.
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#34
10-29-2007, 01:16 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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[ QUOTE ] World class race walkers can do major distances at 6:30 pace. [/ QUOTE ] At first i was shocked there was such a thing as "world class race walkers". then i was shocked somebody seemed to know official stats about them. [/ QUOTE ] Brace yourself for this next shock: http://www.google.com
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#35
10-29-2007, 06:27 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
good old videlectrix.com's 50k racewalker suggests the prop bet is doomed to fail:
   
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#37
10-29-2007, 09:19 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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And sub-6 min mile runners are not that uncommon. [/ QUOTE ] What percentage of sub-6 minute milers fits this description? [ QUOTE ] friend was in the army for 3 years but has been out for 2 years now and has been smoking and drinking not stop as hes now a college student with no job. He got out of the amry early because he blew out his knee [/ QUOTE ] Nobody saying that this can't be done. We're just saying that it's impossible for the OP's friend.
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#38
10-29-2007, 09:19 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
You should win. 10 min/mile is a pretty slow running pace but I think it is still far faster than the average, untrained person can walk.
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#39
10-29-2007, 09:35 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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[ QUOTE ] I'd like to change my vote to impossible. Tommy Lee Jones can explain... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNilnrbgwg [/ QUOTE ] Obv not impossible: According to the World Book Encyclopedia, an expert walker can walk one mile in 6.5 minutes. I am guessing the ratio of fastest walk mile to your fastest run mile is on the order of 1.65. There's no way it's more than twice as much imo. So, a world-class miler runs in about 4 min while a world-class walker is closer to 6:30 min (probably less, so 1.65 might be a tad conservative for elite racewalkers). For a 6-min miler, that would mean they'd be near 10:00 for a walking mile at fastest pace. People who are responding here who can't run anywhere near a 6-min mile obv will believe 10 min walking mile to be impossible. But someone who runs sub-6 min has the leg turnover and endurance to walk much faster than these people. And sub-6 min mile runners are not that uncommon. [/ QUOTE ] I like the attempt at logic to explain the problem. But I think you are probably wrong. My credentials, I was a "world class" miler and I can still with effor run under 6 minute miles, but I don't believe I have the technique/fitness combination to WALK anywhere close to 10 minute mile. I believe that walking at 6 mph without running while somewhat cardio-vascularly taxing would be massively muscle taxing to someone who was not training for it. OUT OF CURIOUSITY-- WHAT WOULD THE OVER/UNDER BE FOR SOMEONE RUNNING BACKWARDS FOR A MILE?
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#40
10-29-2007, 09:41 AM
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Re: Could you speed walk a mile in 10min??? Drunk Prop Bet.
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OUT OF CURIOUSITY-- WHAT WOULD THE OVER/UNDER BE FOR SOMEONE RUNNING BACKWARDS FOR A MILE? [/ QUOTE ] OMG this would suck so much. I think I can speed walk faster then I can run backwards, but I could be wrong on this. I think I could run a backwards mile ~12 min but this is pretty hard to estimate. I think I'd wear a helmet, as it's almost a sure thing that I'd fall on my ass several times during the run.
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