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I've just done so on a treadmill and its probably the longest distance I've ever run (slow strolling is more my thing). Quite an achievement for me but probably pathetic for everyone else.
Took about 9 minutes. How would you do?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Define "run". 
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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It's a bit like walking only faster, makes you sweat and leaves you out of breath.
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Sounds vaguely like something I used to do before I got married.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Rob Philpott wrote: makes you sweat and leaves you out of breath
PIEBALDconsult wrote: Sounds vaguely like something I used to do before I got married.
Oh I'm so sorry, I didn't know your married life is so horrible.
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That describes walking out my front door to fetch the mail. I need to take a cold beer with me to ensure I can make it back to the door. 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Should get yourself to the UK then; the Postman puts it through the letter box in your front door here. 
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Insert key.
Start engine.
It is now "running"
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Yeah, I know a few people who have run marathons.
Quite an accomplishment, but I always have to ask, "Your car quit working?"
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When you have two feet on the ground at any time, you're not running. When you're not touching the ground between steps, you're running.
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Ah, I suppose I could hop or skip a mile, but not very quickly.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Whatever you like 
I suppose that still fits the definition by Merriam Webster[^], as long as you can actually walk slower than that:
Merriam Webster wrote: to go faster than a walk; specifically : to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step
GOTOs are a bit like wire coat hangers: they tend to breed in the darkness, such that where there once were few, eventually there are many, and the program's architecture collapses beneath them. (Fran Poretto)
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Yeah, that's a naive definition.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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9 minutes is a respectable time. I've been running off and on for over a year now and I don't go that fast. I could probably break 9 but that would only be for one mile and the end of my running for that day. Usually I go slower and aim for 5K.
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Sweet. That makes me feel better!
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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There are several places that have couch to 5K running guides/apps. You might want to check those out. They can give you a realistic guide on how much to run and rest to build up your endurance.
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Rob Philpott wrote: That makes me feel better!
Yes. If you want to feel better about where you stand physically come to a place frequented by developers. In real world you might be a 5 but here you're a 9.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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I was the same when I first bought my treadmill earlier this year. now, I don't break sweat until round about 1.5miles @ ~7.5 mph (8 minute miles)(which is around my naturally running speed on this thing (Nordictrack T25).
If I'm feeling good and find a nice pace I can usually squeeze out a 7.5minute mile.
Yesterday, I went out for a cycle and ended up doing 28.11 miles see the route here: http://www.mapmyride.com/workout/612272231[^], legs were like jelly after that!
No, bike today, no treadmill today, but a game of 5-A-Side footy, then probably a session in town to watch the footy with work.
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DaveAuld wrote: Nordictrack T25
I broke out in a sweat just looking at the price of that thing.
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Yes, the T25 does look eye-wateringly expensive. Do you have it on an incline at all?
Regards,
Rob Philpott.
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Yeh, I set up routes, or download pre-defined routes via iFit.com Then let it run the program.
I choose a target speed and then it does the incline bit etc as required by the runs. It almost brings you to tears sometimes when it throws in a 12degree (in fact anything over 5) when you are at the stage of breathing through your a$$.
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If you could keep going at that pace you could circle the earth in 156 days.
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Pfft; run around the South Pole.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I'd break after 50 meters.
Then again, I don't come in situations where I would need to run. There's no lions here
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