The Sub-5 Mile Streak

Every year since 2007, I’ve broken 5:00 in the mile.

This streak is not something I ever consciously kept alive or acknowledged until this week when I realized that I haven’t broken 5:00 in 2021. Vince texted saying he wants to break 5:00 before the end of the year for his personal streak and it brought me to realize my own.

Is this impressive? Honestly, I don’t know. Justin Garavel once said “The day you can’t go to the track and break 5:00 in the mile is the day you should quit running“. I suppose doing it 15 years in a row shows some consistency. It’s kind of impressive but not something to brag about? But here I am writing a post about it?

Fortunately, I think I’m in shape enough to do it again. So, in the next week or so, Vince and I will hopefully continue our streaks.

When will the streak end? I don’t know. I’d put the over / under at 40 years old.

Mile History

2007 – 4:58 at some duel meet

2008 – 4:55 at some duel meet

2009 – 4:34 at Conferences

2010 – 4:40 at Lehigh indoor

2011 – 4:37 at Ursinus indoor

2012 – 4:44 at Lehigh indoor

2013 – 4:46 at Ursinus indoor

2014 – 4:57 indoor time trial at Ursinus

2015 – 4:37 at GA Open Meet