The virtual mile thread

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DoricQuine 25 Jul 9:02am, 25 Jul 2024 10,978 posts	0 DoricQuine I haven't been able to run since middle of May but fighting back yet again! Managed to walk/run at least half of parkrun on Saturday to give me a mile time for this month. 😊
Fenland Flier 25 Jul 9:13am, 25 Jul 2024 12,266 posts	0 Fenland Flier It's great I've woken up the thread having been rather remiss so far this month. 6 times have been entered so far and 16 have the race in their race portfolio (including me) on the race page. We all have various excuses or reasons to do or not do the virtual mile so good luck with your aims or injuries, run well or return strong but if you manage a mile don't forget to let us know how you got on.
Velociraptor 25 Jul 9:21am, 25 Jul 2024 70,072 posts	0 Velociraptor Planning to have a go before the end of this month, although I've left it a bit tight with a race on Saturday too.
FunkyPOM 25 Jul 9:51am, 25 Jul 2024 1,142 posts	0 FunkyPOM I need to improve my mile for utmost so will get to a track in August and give it a crack
Velociraptor 25 Jul 10:08am, 25 Jul 2024 70,076 posts	0 Velociraptor My UTMOST mile benchmark looks poor, but I'm unlikely to improve on it, and certainly not on a standalone flat mile time trial.
Fenland Flier 25 Jul 1:15pm, 25 Jul 2024 12,268 posts	0 Fenland Flier Well that was flipping hard work, 7.00 minutes for my attempt this morning. I used my usual route and know there's always a wind that will affect me somewhere and I wasn't disappointed today 😂 a side head wind for half a mile, a head side wind for 0.3 mile and wind assisted back side wind for the last bit.
westmoors 25 Jul 1:27pm, 25 Jul 2024 9,023 posts	0 westmoors Well done FF.
Velociraptor 25 Jul 1:27pm, 25 Jul 2024 70,080 posts	0 Velociraptor Good work, FF
Bowman 🇸🇪 25 Jul 2:50pm, 25 Jul 2024 3,849 posts	0 Bowman 🇸🇪 Yes you woke me up too FF, and I did one today because of that. Felt pretty nice, so didn’t do it properly But I won’t wait a year to the next time, I hope
riggys99 25 Jul 3:13pm, 25 Jul 2024 3,600 posts	0 riggys99 Probably won’t get a stand alone mile in this month with marathon training but hopefully a 10k on Sunday may produce a quick mile Good work FF

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It's not easy pacing a mile race whether it's virtual or real, be it on track, road, grass or trail. Go out too hard initially and struggle towards the end, go out too soft and regret your finish time.

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