The headline maybe makes you go, meh…but, can you do that? There is no indisputable evidence on ‘average’ time to run one mile, but evidence says that a normal in shape person can run a mile in 7- 10 minutes. That being said, add to the conditions that it’s -4 degrees F -20C and you’re flat our running!! Paul Robinson now has the record for the fastest time on both poles. On November 25th, Ireland’s Paul Robinson ran an astounding time of 4 mins 17.9 seconds for 1 mile at Union Glacier camp, Antarctica and now he’s done it again this time at the North Pole. This has me thinking about the people who are coming here to run in the St Jude Rock N Roll Marathon. The fastest times for last year were set by Allie Mac in the female category at 1:22:51 and in the men’s, the fastest time was Tyler Andrews at 1:10:58. If you break it down, if Paul Robinson could keep the pace he ran in the below freezing temps in the North Pole and Antarctica, he could run and win the St Jude Rock N Roll Marathon In like 1.73333. This has me also thinking; how fast can I run a mile? I’m going to time myself this week at the gym…on the dreadmill….to see how long it would take me to run a full mile. Oh the downside to Paul’s run is the suffered frost bite on his ears. Imagine what his lungs felt like
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