Can I Run 1.5 Miles in 9 Minutes But Train 2x/Week?

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Short answer yes you can. It will affect your lifting to some degree however small.

Feels like this has been done to death on this forum:

Making Strength Progress During a Run-Focused Program

Background and Stats: Due to a military commitment I have had to spend time focusing on running along with my strength training through college (ROTC). I’ve had some time off though to focus on strength due to little PT training with graduation and commissioning at the end of the school year and I don’t begin my military training until January. I’m coming to the end of my second 10-12 week strength focused block (4 weeks left) and am beginning a 4 week ruck and run build up before jumping back …