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Feasible to run a 5 minute mile? Can currently do one in 11 minutes

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tan fanboi
  01/21/20
Yes. They key to doing this, perhaps counterintuitively, is...
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
Cr. It was shocking how much faster my 5k time got when I s...
Dashing address preventive strike
  01/21/20
long, slow runs make long, slow runners
Citrine Trailer Park Fat Ankles
  01/24/23
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Heady pistol native
  01/21/20
Lol
Heady pistol native
  01/21/20
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tan fanboi
  01/21/20
if not flame, look up couch to 5k
Heady pistol native
  01/21/20
I am actually in good cardio shape but i get insane shin spl...
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
you just have to run more. i'm currently running like 25 mil...
Heady pistol native
  01/21/20
Run more, do compound weight/body lifting exercises like squ...
Dashing address preventive strike
  01/21/20
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floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
If you’re over 25, then it ain’t happening.
Rusted background story
  01/21/20
lol
Passionate codepig
  06/14/25
5 minute mile is quite difficult and even most good athletes...
Indigo nowag
  01/21/20
I'm gonna do it
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
good luck and god speed, brother.
Indigo nowag
  01/21/20
Is this something unathletic people strive for?? Who fucking...
outnumbered university goyim
  01/21/20
get your 40 yard dash down to 5.0 seconds. then have your le...
Alcoholic forum pisswyrm
  01/21/20
Assuming you're in reasonable shape, and you are not, you ca...
Dashing address preventive strike
  01/21/20
I was joking with 11 mins
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
What's your real 1 mile time?
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
I ran a 6:53
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
How out of gas were you at the end of that? Gasping for bre...
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
Legs hurt is all. I could never max out my cardio running ca...
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
Don't cycle if you want to run.
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
I can do 4-5 hours on the bike but 10 minutes of running fee...
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
People try to cross train but a lot of serious runners think...
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
If you were comfortably trying to do this I'd do something l...
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
I’d add some long runs. If he can run for 60 mins the...
Dashing address preventive strike
  01/22/20
What is it actually? I got into running recently and went f...
Dashing address preventive strike
  01/21/20
Idk i haven't ran in years, ill go see
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
*5 minutes later* "Well, it's a 5 flat. Guess that'...
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/21/20
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tan fanboi
  01/21/20
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Heady pistol native
  01/21/20
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vibrant mother
  01/22/20
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rebellious nursing home sex offender
  01/22/20
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tan fanboi
  01/23/23
How big a boy are you?
Azure feces
  01/21/20
I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me
tan fanboi
  01/21/20
https://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-5-Minute-Mile
Indigo nowag
  01/21/20
https://www.outsideonline.com/2167096/mission-barely-possibl...
Indigo nowag
  01/21/20
yes
Godawful locale generalized bond
  01/21/20
...
floppy impressive degenerate
  01/22/20
i can walk a mile in about 40 minutes give or take
Pale Aromatic Ticket Booth
  01/22/20
wow
Dashing address preventive strike
  01/22/20
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tan fanboi
  06/09/20
My best time was 5:13, and I could run 4 400m intervals at @...
exciting school cafeteria
  06/09/20
That’s really good!
Territorial Wine Theatre
  06/09/20
For a heavy drinker, I guess so, I guess so. If u wanna do s...
exciting school cafeteria
  06/09/20
...
Territorial Wine Theatre
  06/09/20
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galvanic startling indian lodge newt
  06/09/20
I can’t dunk a basketball over an opponent like u, tho
exciting school cafeteria
  06/09/20
Down to 5:40 lol
tan fanboi
  07/18/21
180
Heady pistol native
  07/18/21
180
hairraiser mildly autistic laser beams point
  07/18/21
5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25
translucent electric garrison
  01/23/23


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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: tan fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468275)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

Yes. They key to doing this, perhaps counterintuitively, is to focus first on mileage--you need to be doing at least three runs per week, maybe targeting 10 miles total. Once you have that in place, then gradually up your pace. If you can get your general runs down to 6 minutes per mile, you're within spitting distance of doing a 5 minute mile. None of this is that difficult to achieve. You could probably be at a single 5 minute mile within a year starting at an 11 minute pace if you're dedicated. Good luck.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468288)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:33 PM
Author: Dashing address preventive strike

Cr. It was shocking how much faster my 5k time got when I started running much longer distances and longer times. Adding a 60 min run at a leisurely pace once a week shaved two mins off my 5k time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468370)



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Date: January 24th, 2023 12:00 AM
Author: Citrine Trailer Park Fat Ankles

long, slow runs make long, slow runners

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#45832991)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: Heady pistol native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468442)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: Heady pistol native

Lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468280)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: tan fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468281)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: Heady pistol native

if not flame, look up couch to 5k

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468287)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:16 PM
Author: tan fanboi

I am actually in good cardio shape but i get insane shin splints from running. Any way around this?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468301)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Heady pistol native

you just have to run more. i'm currently running like 25 miles a week but if i take more than like 2 days off in a row i get crippling shin splints

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468306)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:25 PM
Author: Dashing address preventive strike

Run more, do compound weight/body lifting exercises like squats, jumps, pullups.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468336)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468347)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:18 PM
Author: Rusted background story

If you’re over 25, then it ain’t happening.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468304)



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Date: June 14th, 2025 7:19 PM
Author: Passionate codepig

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#49016127)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:22 PM
Author: Indigo nowag

5 minute mile is quite difficult and even most good athletes can never come close. but it's worth trying.

as you do your training cycle, see if you can get someone fast or someone on a bicycle to pace you over 1/8th mile intervals, then build up toward 1/4, etc., so you can see the speed it takes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468324)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: tan fanboi

I'm gonna do it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468337)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: Indigo nowag

good luck and god speed, brother.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468393)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:23 PM
Author: outnumbered university goyim

Is this something unathletic people strive for?? Who fucking cares

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468327)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: Alcoholic forum pisswyrm

get your 40 yard dash down to 5.0 seconds. then have your legs and lungs extrapolate that to a mile. enjoy your 3.7 min mile.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468329)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:24 PM
Author: Dashing address preventive strike

Assuming you're in reasonable shape, and you are not, you can train yourself to do close to a five minute mile in a year or so.

If your current mile time is 11 min, you're looking at more like 2-3 years depending on how much weight you need to lose.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468333)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: tan fanboi

I was joking with 11 mins

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468339)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

What's your real 1 mile time?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468342)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: tan fanboi

I ran a 6:53

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468344)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:28 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

How out of gas were you at the end of that? Gasping for breath? Felt like you could do another half mile? Somewhere in between?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468354)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:31 PM
Author: tan fanboi

Legs hurt is all. I could never max out my cardio running cause shin splints. I was a serious cyclist for years and only there could i really get my HR maxed out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468363)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:32 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

Don't cycle if you want to run.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468365)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:33 PM
Author: tan fanboi

I can do 4-5 hours on the bike but 10 minutes of running feels like forever

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468368)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:34 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

People try to cross train but a lot of serious runners think that cycling is counterproductive because you're engaging the muscles in different, non-cumulative ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468375)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:39 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

If you were comfortably trying to do this I'd do something like:

Wk. 1: 1 mile @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 2: 1.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 3: 1.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 4: 2 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 5: 2 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 6: 2.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 7: 2.5 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 8: 3 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 9: 3 miles @ 7:00 x3

Wk. 10: (1 @ 6:30, 2 @ 7:00) x3

Wk. 11: (2 @ 6:30, 1 @ 7:00) x3

Wk. 12: 3 miles @ 6:30 x3

Wk. 13: (1 @ 6:00, 2 @ 6:30) x3

Wk. 14: (2 @ 6:00, 1 @ 6:30) x3

Wk. 15: 3 miles @ 6:00 x3

Wk. 16: (1 @ 5:30, 2 @ 6:00) x3

Wk. 17: (2 @ 5:30, 1 @ 6:00) x3

Wk. 18: 3 miles @ 5:30 x3

Wk. 19: You can go out and do your one mile @ 5.

So start this next week and you'd hit a 5 minute mile by early summer.

Godspeed.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468395)



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 10:39 AM
Author: Dashing address preventive strike

I’d add some long runs. If he can run for 60 mins then five minutes starts to feel like nothing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39470019)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:29 PM
Author: Dashing address preventive strike

What is it actually? I got into running recently and went from not being able to do an 8 min mile to doing a 6 min mile (on a treadmill) in six months. I can do a quarter to a half mile at a five-min pace so if that was my goal I'm sure I could do it. I'm working on the endurance part rather than speed right now.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468356)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:32 PM
Author: tan fanboi

Idk i haven't ran in years, ill go see

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468366)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:32 PM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate

*5 minutes later*

"Well, it's a 5 flat. Guess that's done."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468367)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:33 PM
Author: tan fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468369)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:47 PM
Author: Heady pistol native



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468439)



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:18 AM
Author: vibrant mother



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 8:04 PM
Author: rebellious nursing home sex offender



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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:43 PM
Author: tan fanboi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#45832905)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:26 PM
Author: Azure feces

How big a boy are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468341)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: tan fanboi

I look like Ryan Gosling IRL most people tell me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468343)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:36 PM
Author: Indigo nowag

https://www.wikihow.com/Run-a-5-Minute-Mile

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468384)



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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:38 PM
Author: Indigo nowag

https://www.outsideonline.com/2167096/mission-barely-possible

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Date: January 21st, 2020 10:41 PM
Author: Godawful locale generalized bond

yes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39468405)



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 AM
Author: floppy impressive degenerate



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 7:58 PM
Author: Pale Aromatic Ticket Booth

i can walk a mile in about 40 minutes give or take

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39473180)



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Date: January 22nd, 2020 9:17 PM
Author: Dashing address preventive strike

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#39473513)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 9:11 PM
Author: tan fanboi



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:05 PM
Author: exciting school cafeteria

My best time was 5:13, and I could run 4 400m intervals at @ 63 secs, that’s all I had in me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#40387796)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:12 PM
Author: Territorial Wine Theatre

That’s really good!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#40387856)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:14 PM
Author: exciting school cafeteria

For a heavy drinker, I guess so, I guess so. If u wanna do some hills with me, just holler.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#40387871)



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:27 PM
Author: Territorial Wine Theatre



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:13 PM
Author: galvanic startling indian lodge newt



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Date: June 9th, 2020 10:15 PM
Author: exciting school cafeteria

I can’t dunk a basketball over an opponent like u, tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#40387879)



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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:42 PM
Author: tan fanboi

Down to 5:40 lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#42802055)



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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:43 PM
Author: Heady pistol native

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#42802058)



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Date: July 18th, 2021 4:44 PM
Author: hairraiser mildly autistic laser beams point

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#42802065)



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Date: January 23rd, 2023 11:50 PM
Author: translucent electric garrison

5:40 is seriously impressive for anyone over 25

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4426831&forum_id=2Elisa#45832950)