Planning to join army.

[PaintYourTarget]

Jog/run most of the course until the final stretch, then sprint flat out.
It totally kills you, but it knocks time off and often takes people by suprise.
I've been doing cross country for a while and it works.

[Evescence]

i swear people can run a mile in like 5/6min?

and don't you have to be able to do 80 sit ups in 2min or something..?

Not really sure.. dont mind about them

[RedStratocas]

Thats just stupid though, because if he runs faster,
he will get out of breath quicker and once he is out
of breath he will slow down, then it will take him longer.

Also, just do jogs around the block etc and time yourself.
You will gradually improve.

But obviously he's not running fast enough if he cant make it under 12 minutes. He cant run at the same pace he has been and make it, because he wouldnt make it. It would be against all laws of science. So technically, he's right.

[Sammeth.]

i swear people can run a mile in like 5/6min?

Those are professional athletes who do long distance running like marathons, and they have to do '5 Minute Miles' to try and keep out infront.

[FlyingJesus]

Those are professional athletes who do long distance running like marathons, and they have to do '5 Minute Miles' to try and keep out infront.

If a person who's trained in running can do a mile in 5 minutes (and it's less than that for a lot of people - remember the one-minute mile?) then surely someone who believes themself fit enough for the army can do it in 12 minutes.

[le harry]

Thats just stupid though, because if he runs faster,
he will get out of breath quicker and once he is out
of breath he will slow down, then it will take him longer.

Also, just do jogs around the block etc and time yourself.

You will gradually improve.

You have to centre and black / bold everything..

It annoys me

[:Hazel]

try fartlek training or interval traning this will help. (google it)