The New Workout Plan

My company did a charity thing where we walked up the Sear's tower steps. The team that made it to the highest floor got the biggest donation for their charity.

I did not participate. I took the elevator and hung out in the suite drinking with our CFO till the thing was over.

I'm not getting fit but this has been bothering me for a while now and I figured someone here can help.

Every year in school we had to do the "mile run" for the Presidential Physical Fitness Test and that entailed running around the track 4 times. Each time around the track was 400 meters. But 1600 meters = 5249.344 feet and that is not a mile!

I was not in track and field in high school so I never got any experiences with that that might help with my questions.

Elite runners have gone down in history for setting records in the mile run, including the legendary 4-Minute Mile. Were they running 1600 meters or were they running a mile (5280 feet)? I think that they give out medals in the Olympics for who can run the fastest 1600 meters but that is NOT a mile!

I dunno man, I played multiple sports in junior high and high school and would oftentimes get a C in PE because I refused to work up a sweat.

Didn’t want to go to class sweating and smelling or have my hair look fucked up. I usually walked the mile or jogged a lap.