I’m really not a fitness snob as I am no longer very fit myself, but when I hear people crowing about running an 11-minute mile or something like that, my brain goes, “What? Surely that’s wrong.”

Back in my day (kids), I routinely ran 6 minute miles and I was considered one of the slower runners in my army unit. I used to run/fast walk a 9-minute mile in 65 pounds of gear. Routinely.

I am glad even very slow runners are doing something to get fit, but my views are certainly skewed by having been in an army unit that is considered elite. (I say “considered elite” as this “elite” thing means you get to do way more crazy, unnecessary bullshit.) An 11-minute mile? What? Did you crawl most of the way? An 11-minute mile was what they expected of us if a leg had just been amputated, pukes!