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While that's a good plan, you'll get up to far higher mileage with periodisation and rest days. You could quite comfortably only run 3 days a week and hit the same mileage. Or do 5 days with down weeks and hit much higher figures.
My current training plan is a 6 month build and will see me completing around 1,200 miles... and I'm doing that with a full time job and a toddler.
Periodisarion?
I’m new to running. Last month I started running 3 times a week on the treadmill and my goal in those sessions was just to complete a mile fast. Got to like 9min/mile before I tried running 2 miles at a time instead.
Now I just run 2 miles at 10min a mile and I’m trying to get that time lower too.
Just basically means that if you're upping mileage then it's good to make every 4th week a "down" week. So you keep the same running schedule but just do lower mileage on that week. Helps with recovery, adaption, and staying injury free.
If you're starting out though, I'd highly recommend a couch to 5k programme. In the UK there is an NHS backed one that'll get you to running 5k (3 miles) in about 9 weeks but there are plenty others that follow the same/similar format.
In the beginning you want to go for longer exercise instead of more intensive. Build up stamina and strength by going slower but for longer and longer, interlacing running with marching if needed. The time for building speed will come later. Look up training programmes for beginners. There's plenty and you're sure to find something you will like.
Source: I'd be a multimillionaire in this scenario.
So what you're saying is to take the 1k per mile and then hire a trainer to help develop a training plan that allows me to become filthy rich.. got it. 😁👍
Yeah but after a while you'll be able to run farther and faster for the same level of effort, likely doubling or tripling this amount for the same time investment.
And it doesn’t specify once a day. So i could run 5 miles a day in different intervals and make 5000 a day, thats 35k in a week. If im really lazy i could do a years earning in 2 weeks. Then dont run for the rest of the year.
I'd start every morning off with a 5 mile or 10 mile run -- I imagine I'd be nowhere near 1 hour (for 5 mile) or 2 hours (for 10 miles) to start, but within a couple months, I bet I'd be making $5k-$10k/day.
The repetition injury can't really be predicted beforehand. A physical could reveal if you are at risk for some seriously bad stuff like heart problems, but how your body handles the wear and tear is something you discover as you go.
What you could afford is supplementary training and trainers to help you with your stretching, weightlifting, diet, etc. That will help with your recovery and help with the injury problems - but it's not a guarantee, I had decent resources in those departments, but it wasn't enough.
Best believe I'd have a dedicated team after my first few months of paychecks to make sure I'm performing at the top of my game. The savings you get from preventing an injury would be massive and easily be worth the cost.
Lol, bro a doctor isnt going to be able look at you and say 'yea, this guy can work up to 64.5 miles a week before developing shin splints/knee/back problems.'
People are different but also if you’re just trying to hit an 11:30 mile for 10 miles you don’t exactly have to train hard, because you’re just doing endless LISS without speed work. I suspect most people could sustain that pretty easily — jogging 10 miles/day is a very different proposition than 70 miles/week of competitive training.
Define most people. I’m not even sure most people could actually run a full mile right now, let alone in 12 minutes. Besides elderly who can barely walk, there’s just a ton of out of shape people, in the US at least.
Yeah, I was a fairly decent amateur runner back in the day. A daily 10k was never a problem for me but anything more than that resulted in a lot of injuries
It's not even really running. That kind of pace is what half decent power walkers manage. Anybody even slightly close to average fitness should be able to easily do 5 miles a day with very little training. Do that every other day and you're getting almost a million dollars a year.
Why even run twice? Just hit a 3 mile run once a day. If needed get into running shape. You'd have to do it in under 36 minutes. That would give you over a million dollars every year which would mean you'd never have to worry about inflation and you would be quite healthy even though running isn't the best for the joints.
I'm skinny but not in good shape and I can run at a 7-8 minute pace for 4 miles so I'd be able to do it at an easy pace in half an hour and still have time to spare and I'm not even in good shape.
Even if you are not in good shape unless you're obese you probably wouldn't have any problem running a singular mile in 12 minutes so if you did that once a week you'd have enough to live almost anywhere in the world and would be able to quit your job so you could get in better shape as fast as possible so you could go on longer runs at under a 12 minute pace.
I'm not 100% sure if they would always investigate it, but just jumping in to say a use case for requiring people to disclose illegal money on their IRS forms is so that they can charge you with tax evasion if you don't. This is famously how Al Capone was arrested. IIRC they weren't initially able to prove his crimes traditionally, but they could prove he had a bunch of money that he was not disclosing to the IRS and arrested him that way instead.
It was really hard to get organized crime figures conventionally pre rico. In fact, i'd say some of the big ones were possibly set ups. Luciano and Genovese's convictions seem really dodgy although Genovese was probably set up by other mobsters, not the police.
This is very wrong. The IRS has a criminal investigative unit that has broad powers and can be armed. They also have a separate tax court system, and can call on other agencies for support serving subpoenas, etc if they need to.
The government depends on the IRS for most of its revenue, it’s foolish and naive to think that they rely on what, the honor system?
The best way to lose weight isn’t to exercise more, it’s to track your calories and make sure you’re running a deficit. Running a mile burns roughly 100 calories. That’s really not a significant amount.
It's true, I've been running steadily since June, currently logging around 25 miles per week. I've gained 6 pounds since I started, and I still have a chubby belly lmao.
You could get a food measurement scale and track how large your meals are. Another helpful thing is switching from sugary drinks to diet or zero sugar versions if possible
I've definitely gained muscle, but I also have a horrendous diet. I was only 185 to start so I was never really that big. I bet if a 230 lb person trained as much as me they'd be shedding lbs left and right
Just imagine someone signing up for the running one and immediately getting hit by a car or something and being in a wheelchair the rest of your life. The possibility of that makes me second guess my gut reaction to run the mile...
Yeah, a 12-minute mile is only 5mph, and the average walking speed is 3mph. For the majority of people, it would be a lot closer to a jog than a run, even if you're out of shape and haven't run in decades
I started running 12 weeks ago (3 months ago). I went from being able to run for 15 seconds, now I can run for almost 10minutes. Im also pretty thin too, so its not a weight issue.
I dont know how you got to an hour and a half so quickly
I think a 12 minute mile is faster than a brisk walk, more like a slow jog, a fast walker will walk at like 13-14, normal walking pace is a 20 minute mile.
I remember in middle school you had to finish within 12 minutes. The kids who did a brisk walk usually had to do a little more of a jog the last lap to make up the time. Most people would have to do a pretty intentional power walk to get 12 minutes but even doing half as a brisk walk and the other half a jog to start you could do it.
500k now. I would have to run at least 500 miles to break even, assuming I can build up to running one in less than 12 minutes. My joints and bouncy bits do not consent to running unless it’s for my life.
I appreciate the enthusiasm but most people are not fit. I would say the average run time for people is closer to 13-16 min for ppl who don’t work out. They may get better as they run, but they also have to like running to want to do it. And if they could just get 500k without running, they’ll probably do that.
Edit: I’m fairly fit (4-5x a week) and get very bad shin splits from running so had to switch to a low impact sport (ex. Spinning). I’ve also ran off the treadmill during the pandemic because gyms were closed and know my personal times the best. Running at a 6m pace consistently hurts. I would love to love running if I can but I do not. I also live in a walkable city and walk about 20 mins/mile. I time everything on my watch so I appreciate ppl not giving me advice.
Also to the person who said people “should want to get healthy”. Healthy looks different to everyone. Not everyone needs to run in order to be “healthy”.
The average for a beginner is 10-12 minutes. Unless you have severe health issues, running for the money should not be a problem. And the running will only get easier as you continue. In a year you can easily get double the money with only having ran pretty casually.
I hate running and when I did the cooper test (12 min run) in the start of the military I was overweight and in crap condition. I easily did more than mile alternating between fast walking and jogging. It’s definitely easily attainable if you don’t have serious health issues.
Yeah I was an obese kid who started doing cross country and I started out capable of doing 10 minute miles and became able to do that for 6 miles pretty easily after a few months of practice. After a few years even while I was still a little fat I still did a half marathon at a 10 minute pace pretty casually. Now I'm back to being more obese than I've ever been after living a sedentary life for several years, and I'm trying to get back into running and I'm still capable of making this time. I also dont even like running in the first place.
Lmao no way. I'm out of shape and don't run but I can probably do a 10 minute mile (multiple miles would be hard though). Sixteen minutes? You can almost walk a mile in sixteen minutes.
You are absolutely correct. In the US at least, the "average" man is early 40s 1.75m (5'9") and weighs 86kg (190 lbs) that's a BMI of 28.1. The average woman is smaller but with a similar BMI. The idea that "average" people can easily and regularly run a sub 12 minute mile is ridiculous and really just shows the age skewed perspective of the average redditor.
I'm in my mid 50s and run about 7-10 miles per week. I can run 1 mile sub 12 minutes but probably not 2 miles at that speed. Right now I could run enough to exceed my salary but I don't know how many years I could keep that up for.
On the other hand, the median time for a senior's marathon (aged 60-64) is 4.5 to 6 hours. 6 hours is 360 minutes. 360minutes/26.2miles is 13.7 minutes per mile. The seniors on the lower end aren't making the grade. But at 4.5 hours it's 10.3 minutes per mile. These above average marathon seniors are theoretically getting paid $26,000 every day they run a marathon.
A senior marathon has all the participants pacing for the whole 26 miles. All the average participants for a senior marathon would be capable of running a singular mile in under 12 minutes if they are capable of running the full 26 miles in the first place.
Me too. 500 times feels like a lot of effort when I am as unfit as I am now. I would have to start couch to 5k to even begin to run again. The no-effort $500k sounds amazing
I run anywhere between 20 - 60 miles a week, for fun, and for free currently. All of those under 12 m/miles, unless particularly hilly/technical terrain. That's while working full time. If it could be my main focus, then I'd be loaded!
The lump sum would need to be much larger for this to even be a question. I've had a year of injury and have a toddler that's just turned two and I will have made more this year alone.
Very similar here haha. If the lump sum was, say, 2-3 million or more I'd be tempted purely because it insures against the unlikely possibility of a permanent injury in the near future and would basically set me up for life anyway.
You have to make the lump sum way bigger to even make it close. An average person can get to 3 miles under 30 minutes with almost no training I know people 80lbs overweight who can do it and people in their late sixties who can do it.
To answer your question I’d take the $1000 a mile 3-5 miles a day be done and showered in under an hour making $1m a year
Yeah I think a good amount of people don’t realize humans are biologically built for long distance running. And 5 mph isn’t really that fast, a few weeks of training and the majority of people could do it consistently
Definitely the latter. Literally just gotta run a mile a day for under 2 years to get the 500k. After a while you could even do 5 mile days. My high school cross country coach would run like 20 miles a week. Do that for a year and you've got a million dollars. The 500k makes sense if you are old or have a disability, but otherwise all you would need to do is run and you could be set for life
I'm not even sure lazy would really qualify. The average salary is less than $70k a year. You could make significanyly more than that by simply running 2 miles a week. That is way less effort than actually going to work for 40+ hours a week.
I get running is hard. But unelss you are actually physically unable to do it, I think the majority of people would happily run a few miles to get out of work forever.
I think people who haven't done any sort of distance running also just have a horrible frame of reference for this. I've seen a bunch of people commenting about how their running mile would be around the 18-20 minute mark, but like, that's equivalent to the average walking speed. Meaning that a 12-minute mile would realistically be a light jog for the majority of people
One mile run in 12 minutes is absolutely doable, train for like a couple of months, and after that you'd be able to run it multiple times per day, overtaking 500k option in less than a year.
My first instinct was 500k because its a lot of money without running. But 1 mile takes about 8 to 10 minutes to run with decent effort iirc. I can easily make more than enough to make a comfortable living running.
I'd make that 500k in a few months of running a mere 4 miles a day if I have my math right.
There's concern about getting injured or old but I'm still young enough to save up a ton of money in several years to come(assuming I avoid a tragic incident).
when my heart was stronger i did run 1.4 miles under 12 min. that was 2011.
back then i look like a madman, hitting my chest during a run when i feel the chest pain gripping my heart.
but i dont think i have it in me to fight when my heart stops again.
i could train for speed again but the risk of it happening is way higher now.
i still kept my endurance up though.
when it’s not the winter time, i run my local forest preserve track which is 3.6 miles and i do it in like 32 minutes-ish, which definitely qualifies. i’d add that .4 miles and make it a clean $4,000 per run and i have an extra 16 minutes to do it since i have 48 minutes total if it only needs to be 12-minute miles. easy peasy.
just doing that twice a month would be great money for me but i would probably do it more like once or twice a week. i’m only 30, so in the long run (pun intended hehe) i’d make so much more than 500k. hell, i’d make that in two years.
$1,000 a mile easily. In under 12 min is like a light jog or brisk walking pace. I’d go for a jog for an hour every morning to shooting for 5 miles. 1/3 of the way through the year I’m at break even. By year end I’m at 1.5 mil (even with taking 65 days off). Do that for a few years and retire early, this would be a dream. Not to mention the longer you do this the easier and faster you’d accomplish this daily
12 in a mile is easy. Give me that 1k/mile. Doc told me to exercise more anyway to get my cholesterol down. Massive win/win. I keep my job and run 5-6 miles a week to supplement and supercharge my income and retirement.
Does it have to be a run? Because I can walk a mile in 12 minutes and usually walk about 5 miles a day. I’d happily slightly pick up my usual pace and take home $5k a day.
I was gonna go with the 500k but seeing everyone else's opinion I think I've been swayed to the 1k, if I only do it once a day or every other day it'd still end up being mega worth
I will take the money now. I have never been able to run a mile that fast in my life and now that I have had back surgery, there’s no chance of it happening in the future.
500k. Unless I have a breast reduction to like an A cup or just take it all off, the running ain't happening. Not super large at a C cup, but I still have to strap em in 2-3 bras or it hurts. It's also extremely uncomfortable
12 minute mile, I'd be rich and in great shape. I'm not in very good shape but I could easily do a 12 minute mile right now. If had had a huge financial incentive I'd work up to being able to do five to ten miles a day with each mile being under 12.
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Every time I run the mile would mean I don't have to work and I have great incentive to exercise.
I'm 6'2" at 5mph I'm pretty sure that's barely a slow jog. Would be easy to build up to 3 miles every morning for $1,095,000 per year.
While that's a good plan, you'll get up to far higher mileage with periodisation and rest days. You could quite comfortably only run 3 days a week and hit the same mileage. Or do 5 days with down weeks and hit much higher figures.
My current training plan is a 6 month build and will see me completing around 1,200 miles... and I'm doing that with a full time job and a toddler.
Periodisarion? I’m new to running. Last month I started running 3 times a week on the treadmill and my goal in those sessions was just to complete a mile fast. Got to like 9min/mile before I tried running 2 miles at a time instead.
Now I just run 2 miles at 10min a mile and I’m trying to get that time lower too.
Just basically means that if you're upping mileage then it's good to make every 4th week a "down" week. So you keep the same running schedule but just do lower mileage on that week. Helps with recovery, adaption, and staying injury free.
If you're starting out though, I'd highly recommend a couch to 5k programme. In the UK there is an NHS backed one that'll get you to running 5k (3 miles) in about 9 weeks but there are plenty others that follow the same/similar format.
In the beginning you want to go for longer exercise instead of more intensive. Build up stamina and strength by going slower but for longer and longer, interlacing running with marching if needed. The time for building speed will come later. Look up training programmes for beginners. There's plenty and you're sure to find something you will like.
Source: I'd be a multimillionaire in this scenario.
If you're going all in every time your revocery will suck and your progress will be really slow compared to what it can be.
So what you're saying is to take the 1k per mile and then hire a trainer to help develop a training plan that allows me to become filthy rich.. got it. 😁👍
that seems like way too many miles for a toddler to run
I’m convinced that throwing in the “I’m 6’2” was jut a flex
i'm 6'4 and i agree
I'm 6'7" and there's no reason y'all should know
I'm 6'6" and can't run at all. Height isn't an advantage. Notice how the slowest players on the basketball court are typically the tallest.
That's usually because they don't run enough in practice. Nothing like watching a Centre just job while all the Guards are running.
I’ve got a 12” dong and I would find this challenge easy
Ehh just decades of people saying I walk too fast / a longer stride due to my height.
Yeah I'm not a fast runner at all but I average about 11 minutes per mile.
Hiring a professional running coach and finding a good physio could be the best return on investment in your entire life!
Yeah but after a while you'll be able to run farther and faster for the same level of effort, likely doubling or tripling this amount for the same time investment.
And it doesn’t specify once a day. So i could run 5 miles a day in different intervals and make 5000 a day, thats 35k in a week. If im really lazy i could do a years earning in 2 weeks. Then dont run for the rest of the year.
Or just do a whole year and be set up for life.
I run a sub 1 hour 10K daily lol and I pay for that experience lol, sure toss me $2 million a year for no reason lolol
A marathon in 3:58 brings in 26k :D
Why do you pay for that every day?
Coaching to improve my times and endurance
Very awkward if you hurt your legs in any permanent way though.
Yes but your source of income is dependent on you not being injured
Then you break your ankle 2 days after accepting that offer
You'll take a few months to recover and then be ready to go again.
Quit my job and become a full time runner and get in great shape. God that would be the life.
I'd start every morning off with a 5 mile or 10 mile run -- I imagine I'd be nowhere near 1 hour (for 5 mile) or 2 hours (for 10 miles) to start, but within a couple months, I bet I'd be making $5k-$10k/day.
5/day is likely sustainable. 10 is really pushing it and depends on your genetics.
Source: ex-competitive runner who always had injury problems when training loads hit 70 miles/week.
Well I suppose I can afford to consult with a physician first to get a professional opinion on what my body can safely handle.
I hope you don't take that as me dismissing you; it's more that you bring up a good point that I have no idea what's safe.
The repetition injury can't really be predicted beforehand. A physical could reveal if you are at risk for some seriously bad stuff like heart problems, but how your body handles the wear and tear is something you discover as you go.
What you could afford is supplementary training and trainers to help you with your stretching, weightlifting, diet, etc. That will help with your recovery and help with the injury problems - but it's not a guarantee, I had decent resources in those departments, but it wasn't enough.
Best believe I'd have a dedicated team after my first few months of paychecks to make sure I'm performing at the top of my game. The savings you get from preventing an injury would be massive and easily be worth the cost.
Lol, bro a doctor isnt going to be able look at you and say 'yea, this guy can work up to 64.5 miles a week before developing shin splints/knee/back problems.'
People are different but also if you’re just trying to hit an 11:30 mile for 10 miles you don’t exactly have to train hard, because you’re just doing endless LISS without speed work. I suspect most people could sustain that pretty easily — jogging 10 miles/day is a very different proposition than 70 miles/week of competitive training.
Define most people. I’m not even sure most people could actually run a full mile right now, let alone in 12 minutes. Besides elderly who can barely walk, there’s just a ton of out of shape people, in the US at least.
I suspect the “you can get $5k for an hour’s work” would provide significant incentive to get in shape. Couch-to-5ks are a thing.
Yeah, I was a fairly decent amateur runner back in the day. A daily 10k was never a problem for me but anything more than that resulted in a lot of injuries
Yeah. I'm not an ex-comp runner but I've done my share and injuries creep up as soon as I pass 40/week.
It's not even really running. That kind of pace is what half decent power walkers manage. Anybody even slightly close to average fitness should be able to easily do 5 miles a day with very little training. Do that every other day and you're getting almost a million dollars a year.
would be amazing. Could run once or twice a day and make in a week what others make in a month
Why even run twice? Just hit a 3 mile run once a day. If needed get into running shape. You'd have to do it in under 36 minutes. That would give you over a million dollars every year which would mean you'd never have to worry about inflation and you would be quite healthy even though running isn't the best for the joints.
I'm skinny but not in good shape and I can run at a 7-8 minute pace for 4 miles so I'd be able to do it at an easy pace in half an hour and still have time to spare and I'm not even in good shape.
Even if you are not in good shape unless you're obese you probably wouldn't have any problem running a singular mile in 12 minutes so if you did that once a week you'd have enough to live almost anywhere in the world and would be able to quit your job so you could get in better shape as fast as possible so you could go on longer runs at under a 12 minute pace.
I think $1000 for every mile. I need to lose some weight and I wouldn’t have to explain the cash to anyone.
Our IRS forms have an "Ill Gotten Gains" check mark so you can just get taxed normally rather than feeling the need to launder it.
Does that not get you investigated though?
I'm not 100% sure if they would always investigate it, but just jumping in to say a use case for requiring people to disclose illegal money on their IRS forms is so that they can charge you with tax evasion if you don't. This is famously how Al Capone was arrested. IIRC they weren't initially able to prove his crimes traditionally, but they could prove he had a bunch of money that he was not disclosing to the IRS and arrested him that way instead.
It was really hard to get organized crime figures conventionally pre rico. In fact, i'd say some of the big ones were possibly set ups. Luciano and Genovese's convictions seem really dodgy although Genovese was probably set up by other mobsters, not the police.
Nope! The IRS isn't the FBI or any state based entity with the responsibility to do that.
They just collect money and redistribute it
This is very wrong. The IRS has a criminal investigative unit that has broad powers and can be armed. They also have a separate tax court system, and can call on other agencies for support serving subpoenas, etc if they need to.
The government depends on the IRS for most of its revenue, it’s foolish and naive to think that they rely on what, the honor system?
From my understanding everything you just described is used for Audits when things don't come back right. That's it.
They're not some police force like your pretending they are.
And your honor system comment is just naive. No one said that or implied anything like it.
Are sick gains same as ill gotten gains?
Say you’re a personal trainer
That's brilliant!
The best way to lose weight isn’t to exercise more, it’s to track your calories and make sure you’re running a deficit. Running a mile burns roughly 100 calories. That’s really not a significant amount.
It's true, I've been running steadily since June, currently logging around 25 miles per week. I've gained 6 pounds since I started, and I still have a chubby belly lmao.
You could get a food measurement scale and track how large your meals are. Another helpful thing is switching from sugary drinks to diet or zero sugar versions if possible
That gain is probably muscle
I've definitely gained muscle, but I also have a horrendous diet. I was only 185 to start so I was never really that big. I bet if a 230 lb person trained as much as me they'd be shedding lbs left and right
I would walk 500 miles for 500k, and I would walk 500 more.
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Well you'd probably have to jog to finish in 12 min per mile, but I like where you're heads at.
My first car had that cassette stuck in it and it was the only song it would play
Marshall?
But you wouldnt be the man that walked 500 miles to lay down at my door. . . . . .
This sounds like an age and mobility question.
Young and able bodied? Take the $1000 per mile
Old or disabled? Take the 500k
Exactly. I'm disabled. Please give me the life changing money now, thank you
Yep. I'm unable to walk a mile in a day. I'll just take the money thanks.
And then maybe we can afford them medical bills
Just imagine someone signing up for the running one and immediately getting hit by a car or something and being in a wheelchair the rest of your life. The possibility of that makes me second guess my gut reaction to run the mile...
Thank you for the reflection, one assumes and the Universe says otherwise
$1000 for every mile.
Doing it in 12 minutes is a brisk walking speed. Do it every 2 days for a couple of years and you're already at the 500k point
If it's cumulative (run two miles back to back in less than 12 minutes each) it's even better
Could very easily do it on a treadmill too
I started Cardio a few months ago and in like a two weeks I was doing an hour and a half at the lowest intensity.
It's way easier than people realize. Most of us just don't have a personal frame of reference though.
Yeah, a 12-minute mile is only 5mph, and the average walking speed is 3mph. For the majority of people, it would be a lot closer to a jog than a run, even if you're out of shape and haven't run in decades
I started running 12 weeks ago (3 months ago). I went from being able to run for 15 seconds, now I can run for almost 10minutes. Im also pretty thin too, so its not a weight issue.
I dont know how you got to an hour and a half so quickly
First time training running is wild.
You go from struggling to run for 90 seconds to being able to run for 30mins straight pretty quickly.
Well the problem from my experience/perspective is most people met running in gym class for the mile run done once or twice a year.
Suddenly thrust into sustained running was a huge turn off and I get why everyone hates it.
I think a 12 minute mile is faster than a brisk walk, more like a slow jog, a fast walker will walk at like 13-14, normal walking pace is a 20 minute mile.
My mile took a lot out of me when it was 12 minutes…… maybe everyone here has really long legs
a 12 minute mile is 5mph, which is about as fast as I can walk before before having to lightly jog.
I remember in middle school you had to finish within 12 minutes. The kids who did a brisk walk usually had to do a little more of a jog the last lap to make up the time. Most people would have to do a pretty intentional power walk to get 12 minutes but even doing half as a brisk walk and the other half a jog to start you could do it.
Haha yeah... I was thinking man I walk that in 10min... No I don't. I walk a kilometer in 10min 🤣
12 minutes is a little more than brisk walking speed. Im not saying I cant walk a 12 minute mile, but it would probably be easier to jog.
This. I’m 6’2” with pretty long legs and a 15 min mile is a pretty rapid pace. If I could race walk, maybe? But a 12 min mile is a jog.
500k now. I would have to run at least 500 miles to break even, assuming I can build up to running one in less than 12 minutes. My joints and bouncy bits do not consent to running unless it’s for my life.
In Highschool I used to Walk them in 16.
The running record was like 5 or 6 something and most people run a 8-10.
You'd probably be fine!
I appreciate the enthusiasm but most people are not fit. I would say the average run time for people is closer to 13-16 min for ppl who don’t work out. They may get better as they run, but they also have to like running to want to do it. And if they could just get 500k without running, they’ll probably do that.
Edit: I’m fairly fit (4-5x a week) and get very bad shin splits from running so had to switch to a low impact sport (ex. Spinning). I’ve also ran off the treadmill during the pandemic because gyms were closed and know my personal times the best. Running at a 6m pace consistently hurts. I would love to love running if I can but I do not. I also live in a walkable city and walk about 20 mins/mile. I time everything on my watch so I appreciate ppl not giving me advice.
Also to the person who said people “should want to get healthy”. Healthy looks different to everyone. Not everyone needs to run in order to be “healthy”.
The average for a beginner is 10-12 minutes. Unless you have severe health issues, running for the money should not be a problem. And the running will only get easier as you continue. In a year you can easily get double the money with only having ran pretty casually.
I hate running and when I did the cooper test (12 min run) in the start of the military I was overweight and in crap condition. I easily did more than mile alternating between fast walking and jogging. It’s definitely easily attainable if you don’t have serious health issues.
Yeah I was an obese kid who started doing cross country and I started out capable of doing 10 minute miles and became able to do that for 6 miles pretty easily after a few months of practice. After a few years even while I was still a little fat I still did a half marathon at a 10 minute pace pretty casually. Now I'm back to being more obese than I've ever been after living a sedentary life for several years, and I'm trying to get back into running and I'm still capable of making this time. I also dont even like running in the first place.
I looked pregnant when I started.
You spread the runs apart. 20 minutes here and there and build up to it. Super easy!
Oh yeah. I can't run without music, it feels like everything slows down and I wanna die. Lol.
Lmao no way. I'm out of shape and don't run but I can probably do a 10 minute mile (multiple miles would be hard though). Sixteen minutes? You can almost walk a mile in sixteen minutes.
You are absolutely correct. In the US at least, the "average" man is early 40s 1.75m (5'9") and weighs 86kg (190 lbs) that's a BMI of 28.1. The average woman is smaller but with a similar BMI. The idea that "average" people can easily and regularly run a sub 12 minute mile is ridiculous and really just shows the age skewed perspective of the average redditor.
I'm in my mid 50s and run about 7-10 miles per week. I can run 1 mile sub 12 minutes but probably not 2 miles at that speed. Right now I could run enough to exceed my salary but I don't know how many years I could keep that up for.
I'm disabled with a heart condition. I'd do the 1k a mile.
Most people aren’t running 8-10 without some training, more like 12-15 if they can move for a mile faster than a walk.
My knees suck. I'm with you, friend.
On the other hand, the median time for a senior's marathon (aged 60-64) is 4.5 to 6 hours. 6 hours is 360 minutes. 360minutes/26.2miles is 13.7 minutes per mile. The seniors on the lower end aren't making the grade. But at 4.5 hours it's 10.3 minutes per mile. These above average marathon seniors are theoretically getting paid $26,000 every day they run a marathon.
Maybe I could make this work.
A senior marathon has all the participants pacing for the whole 26 miles. All the average participants for a senior marathon would be capable of running a singular mile in under 12 minutes if they are capable of running the full 26 miles in the first place.
Yeah, better to look at 5k times maybe.
Yeah, my bank account says take the $1k/mile and try, but my knees and back say "take the lump sum you idiot".
Yeah if I could walk the mile I'd do it. Not running tho.
I run 50 miles a week so obviously the $1000/mile option.
Anyone who is capable of using their legs and don’t have a health issue that prevents them from running should be choosing this option.
Me too. 500 times feels like a lot of effort when I am as unfit as I am now. I would have to start couch to 5k to even begin to run again. The no-effort $500k sounds amazing
Same, I was sadly born with fragile knees will need replacement before my mid 40s. I would basically need to destroy my body to make the money.
I run anywhere between 20 - 60 miles a week, for fun, and for free currently. All of those under 12 m/miles, unless particularly hilly/technical terrain. That's while working full time. If it could be my main focus, then I'd be loaded!
The lump sum would need to be much larger for this to even be a question. I've had a year of injury and have a toddler that's just turned two and I will have made more this year alone.
Yeah, I would break the 500k in 84 days at my current (while working full time) running.
Very similar here haha. If the lump sum was, say, 2-3 million or more I'd be tempted purely because it insures against the unlikely possibility of a permanent injury in the near future and would basically set me up for life anyway.
$1,000 every time I run an 11:59 mile or better.
My ass about to become a Cardio Fiend.
You have to make the lump sum way bigger to even make it close. An average person can get to 3 miles under 30 minutes with almost no training I know people 80lbs overweight who can do it and people in their late sixties who can do it.
To answer your question I’d take the $1000 a mile 3-5 miles a day be done and showered in under an hour making $1m a year
Yeah I think a good amount of people don’t realize humans are biologically built for long distance running. And 5 mph isn’t really that fast, a few weeks of training and the majority of people could do it consistently
Humans are the best long distance runners in the animal kingdom, especially in hot weather.
Fun fact - There's a 50 mile man versus horse race in Arizona. Apparently it's actually competitive, and sometimes the man wins.
https://radiolab.org/podcast/man-against-horse/transcript
https://managainsthorse.com/
Make it 100 miles and the human wins every time
Don’t underestimate the laziness of Redditors
500k. I’m a delicate little flower I don’t wanna run 😭😭
As someone who runs a 10k for their morning run I'd take the one mile for $1000 every damn day lol
Definitely the latter. Literally just gotta run a mile a day for under 2 years to get the 500k. After a while you could even do 5 mile days. My high school cross country coach would run like 20 miles a week. Do that for a year and you've got a million dollars. The 500k makes sense if you are old or have a disability, but otherwise all you would need to do is run and you could be set for life
3x 5k a week would put you basically at $500k in the first year. You’d have to be extremely lazy, or disabled, to not choose the $1k/mile.
I'm not even sure lazy would really qualify. The average salary is less than $70k a year. You could make significanyly more than that by simply running 2 miles a week. That is way less effort than actually going to work for 40+ hours a week.
I get running is hard. But unelss you are actually physically unable to do it, I think the majority of people would happily run a few miles to get out of work forever.
I think people who haven't done any sort of distance running also just have a horrible frame of reference for this. I've seen a bunch of people commenting about how their running mile would be around the 18-20 minute mark, but like, that's equivalent to the average walking speed. Meaning that a 12-minute mile would realistically be a light jog for the majority of people
Had a colleague that was proud that she ran 5km in an hour. Thats less than my walking speed.
Im disabled but can walk most days and I'm still taking the 1k a mile.
One mile a day would have me pretty set and its good for the heart.. this one is a no brainer
I'm pretty unfit but even I could manage 1 mile at 5mph... Do it twice a day on average and you get to the pot in 250 days.
Not needing a paid job anymore gives you plenty of time to jog.
Run
Great song.
Run. Id probably try and run 3 miles a day
I have some disabilities that would make this difficult, so $500k please.
One mile run in 12 minutes is absolutely doable, train for like a couple of months, and after that you'd be able to run it multiple times per day, overtaking 500k option in less than a year.
One mile in 12 minutes isn’t even a run, it’s a slow jog. It’s just faster than a brisk walking pace.
Yeah I have a bad sense of distance and speed, I just figured that it's not like big
For a quick frame of reference, a 12-minute mile is a 5mph pace. The average walking pace is 3mph
Miles for sure. I'm already at 1000+ miles that are faster than 12:00 this year.
So my choices are 500k, or 0 dollars + muscle pain + chafing?
I'll take the 500k.
I can't run so $500k right now
My first instinct was 500k because its a lot of money without running. But 1 mile takes about 8 to 10 minutes to run with decent effort iirc. I can easily make more than enough to make a comfortable living running.
I'd make that 500k in a few months of running a mere 4 miles a day if I have my math right.
There's concern about getting injured or old but I'm still young enough to save up a ton of money in several years to come(assuming I avoid a tragic incident).
500k, I'm not running.
Unless you're physically unable to run this is a no brainer.
I would rather have $500k right now.
500k now
$500k right now.
I have a lung condition, so i heavily doubt my abilities to run a mile, especially a mile in 12 minutes
That sucks, but at least you get an imaginary 500k
A weeks pay for 1 mile of running?
500k.
when my heart was stronger i did run 1.4 miles under 12 min. that was 2011.
back then i look like a madman, hitting my chest during a run when i feel the chest pain gripping my heart.
but i dont think i have it in me to fight when my heart stops again.
i could train for speed again but the risk of it happening is way higher now.
i still kept my endurance up though.
500k is enough for me to semi-retire,
I run about 25 miles a week (and that’s around work) So I can net 100k a week without changing my routine.
Without work I would probably get 30 miles a week in.
I’m taking the miles.
If I did the second I’d already have over 500k from this year alone. And I’m not such a fast runner
1k a fast mile sounds good
At that pace, I’d probably run 15 miles a day. I’d probably make the 500k in just over a month
How far is a mile in normal measurements?
1.6kms
when it’s not the winter time, i run my local forest preserve track which is 3.6 miles and i do it in like 32 minutes-ish, which definitely qualifies. i’d add that .4 miles and make it a clean $4,000 per run and i have an extra 16 minutes to do it since i have 48 minutes total if it only needs to be 12-minute miles. easy peasy.
just doing that twice a month would be great money for me but i would probably do it more like once or twice a week. i’m only 30, so in the long run (pun intended hehe) i’d make so much more than 500k. hell, i’d make that in two years.
$1,000 / mile for the sole reason of it might be enough motivation for me to actually do it.
Always take the money
Id take the running. I have friends who regularly run 2k a year in addition to their work.
This would turn me into an ultra marathon runner real fast.
$1k per 12minute mile
$1000 per mile would make me fit and I don’t have to work. If I ever need money I’ll just go run/fast walk a mile
I would run 500 miles. And I would run 500 more. Just to be the man who ran 1000 miles & I now I am not poor.
1k everytime I run 1 mile.
I can run 2 in less than 15 min and that will only get better with time 😎
{laughs from a wheelchair}
I'm thinking.
500k because I can run but I hate it with every fiber of my being. I hate it so much that even 1k isn't enough to entice me.
I'd take the 500k. I'm very conscious about not fucking up my knees.
500k thanks. I'm not built for speed.
I’ve never run a mile in 46 years. Pretty sure it won’t happen in 12 minutes. I’ll take the $500k.
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That's at a pace of a lap every 3 minutes, this is barely above walking pace
Wow the army here considers it a pass if you do 2.4km in 14mins and a mile is 1.6km, I'll take that 1mile, its a really great incentive to exercise
Mile. I’d probably make that 500k in about a year already
I walk at a rate of 1km/10mins on average; id only need to mildly increase my pace to reach 1.6/12.
Getting paid to exercise sounds like a good deal to me, regardless if I will make the 500k or not (I probably will)
Run
Incentive and motivation for exercise
Gimme the 1000 per mile
$1,000 a mile easily. In under 12 min is like a light jog or brisk walking pace. I’d go for a jog for an hour every morning to shooting for 5 miles. 1/3 of the way through the year I’m at break even. By year end I’m at 1.5 mil (even with taking 65 days off). Do that for a few years and retire early, this would be a dream. Not to mention the longer you do this the easier and faster you’d accomplish this daily
12 in a mile is easy. Give me that 1k/mile. Doc told me to exercise more anyway to get my cholesterol down. Massive win/win. I keep my job and run 5-6 miles a week to supplement and supercharge my income and retirement.
Does it have to be a run? Because I can walk a mile in 12 minutes and usually walk about 5 miles a day. I’d happily slightly pick up my usual pace and take home $5k a day.
$500K now, please and thank you. I’m neither young nor healthy, and running a mile of any sort is not going to happen.
I was gonna go with the 500k but seeing everyone else's opinion I think I've been swayed to the 1k, if I only do it once a day or every other day it'd still end up being mega worth
Right now I'd be making 8k a week, and I'm sure I could build up with that kind of incentive.
Gimme the instant money. Maybe I can still run now, but the day I can't anymore, I'd be stuck.
I will take the money now. I have never been able to run a mile that fast in my life and now that I have had back surgery, there’s no chance of it happening in the future.
Give me the $1k per mile. I’ll turn my morning jog into a full-time job. If I can run from my problems, I can definitely run for the money.
It's about time that my arthritis earns me half a mil.
500k
im not good at running. Might've chosen the 1000 if it was cycling instead.
I’d prob take the lump sum just because my left legs never been the same after I broke my ankle and I fucking hate running now.
500k
I run about a thousand miles a year for free so I'll take the 1k/mi.
500k. Unless I have a breast reduction to like an A cup or just take it all off, the running ain't happening. Not super large at a C cup, but I still have to strap em in 2-3 bras or it hurts. It's also extremely uncomfortable
1k per mile. I quit my job and just run a mile every day as my whole job. I do that and I have 365k a year and I’ll be in shape.
Easily the run a mile. Could run a mile in under 12 so easily right now. Run 10-20 miles a day while I’m young
I'm more than okay with someone paying me to exercise. If I get my stamina up, that's what, $26000 to run a marathon? I'm in.
I would not run 500 miles by The Recliners.
500k today
12 minute mile, I'd be rich and in great shape. I'm not in very good shape but I could easily do a 12 minute mile right now. If had had a huge financial incentive I'd work up to being able to do five to ten miles a day with each mile being under 12.