What's a good 10k time?
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I'm a 5 km runner and have yet to run a 10 km race (I always joke that I'm built for speed, not endurance. Haha!) but I plan to next year. However, I have ran 10 kms before and finished around 55 minutes, so my goal is a sub 55 minute finish, which would put me in the middle of the pack for female runners my age (30-39 age group).0
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My personal best was 1:19..not too bad.
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I have run a 10k in 45 minutes but that was years ago when I was a prince.
Don't compare your time to others it will only make you feel insecure!!
Just focus on yourself improving.0 -
Don't compare your time to others it will only make you feel insecure!!
Alternately, if you're going to compare, compare to *everyone* - if you can run a 10k at all, you're already 99th percentile (at least in north america).0 -
A "good" time is very personal. For me a good time for a 10k would be to run it in 55 minutes as it usually take me 58. Each person is in a different place.
A good goal would be to try and shave off a few minutes with each run. :-)0 -
It will also depend on the course and the weather.
I recently ran a 10 km, in the dark (well... we had moonlight, and a headlamp), a few hours after rain (so the ground was very very soft, and my runners quickly became mud cased bricks), up a mountain (often too steep to walk, and we were hoisting ourselves up using tree branches)... all while darting in and out between walkers and slower runners.
Took me 1hr 39m. I came 70th out of 270 runners.
It's all relative!0 -
51 minutes for me. It was raining and freezing we ran up some large hills and through mud the entire time.0
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Actually there are two groups of runners begginers/hobby and advanced/racing
Begginers:
Depends how long you running and what is your body constitution. If we will talk about average person with average body:
Hobby:
Female: Arround 1:05 good, Arround 0:55-58 very good, under 0:55 excelent
Male: Under 0:58 good, Arround 0:52 very good, under 0:49 excelent
Advanced:
Female: 0:52 good, 0:46: very good, under 0:42 excelent
Male: 0:49 good, 0:42-0:43 very good, 39 under excelent
Pro:
Male: Under 0:39 good, 0:34-0:35 very good, under 0:32 excelent
Ive made this list from top of my head so its not exact but dont be discouraged by these time ! As you can see excelent hobby runner is still very slow advanced runner etc. but progress in hobby/advanced could be really fast. Keep running and once you get correct form of running (check youtube for running drills) and enough miles (15-20 miles per week) you should add interval running which is from my experience key for good time on 10k. There are many info about interval trainings on internet so check it out
Also most important part of your running experience should be fun so keep it in my mind!
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What's a bad 10k time then?0
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jackieh5077 wrote: »I am currently running 10k in about 1hr 20 mins (at around 5am before work). I'm aware this is slow and want to work on my time before I have a few 'official' runs coming up in October. Can you guys let me know how fast you do it/what you think is a good time so it can give me an idea of a good target.
30 minutes is a good time.0 -
jackieh5077 wrote: »I have a few 'official' runs coming up in October.
Subject to how far apart they are, a good time is faster than your previous race.
A lot depends on the type of terrain, what type of session you happen to be running, how big the field is. Trails are slower than roads, big races are likely to be slower than small races, if it's raining you'll find an effect, same if it's windy.
Run your own run, and the main thing is finishing. After that it's finishing on your target.
fwiw my first 10K race was 58 minutes on trails, my current PB is 47 minutes on the road.
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What's a bad 10k time then?
DNF.
Again bad is all relative. For me, anything more than 60 minutes is a weak performance, as even my slow paced easy runs should be less than that. If I'm going out for a tempo 10K then I'd expect to be landing at 50 minutes, so slower than that would be a poor performance.0 -
My best recorded 10K time came at the end of an Olympic distance triathlon; 58 min. Among a bunch of triathletes, that is toward the back of "mid pack." The front runners are typically 37-38 min for the run.0
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Good is all relative. <40 for an open 10k time (6:27/mi) or so I guess. My last olympic tri I manged a 42, and it was good enough for an age group 1st place. I still felt that was kinda slow though.0
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My first 10k in February this year took me 1hr 14mins, my latest 10k at the start of Sept took me 56mins. I'm hoping that I can knock another minute or 2 off before the end of the year. (42 y-o 175lb 5'6" woman who started running last year at a little under 300lbs).0
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it's now about the time, it's how great of a pose you have at the finish line for the picture0
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For your first race your goal should be to cross the finish line with a smile on your face.
Comparing yourself to other runners is pointless as we have different experience levels, different inherent levels of athleticism, different ages and we run different courses.
What I will tell you though is that if you train consistently you'll be running your current race time as a training pace in a couple of years.0 -
A good time would be 26:44.35 or better, as that would set the new American record. However, for us mere mortals, we run what we can run and try to progress the best to the best of our abilities.0
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I run 10k in about 45 minutes but I have been running a long time. I'd say my time is average for a woman my age (oldish) who runs regularly. When I was young I was faster. But you should really just be focusing on your time and improving that at your own speed. You can't compare yourself with everyone out there. People have different body types, weights, ages, experience etc... All of that goes into your times. Be consistent and don't neglect your running or your strength training and you will get faster.0
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Good time: around your best 10k time or better
Bad 10k time: DNF or DNS0 -
Usually my 10k is around 57-58 min... Would like to make it 50 min as a new PR :-)0
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THIS!!!Thomasm198 wrote: »
A good time is whatever time you can finish it in.I am currently running 10k in about 1hr 20 mins (at around 5am before work). I'm aware this is slow and want to work on my time before I have a few 'official' runs coming up in October. Can you guys let me know how fast you do it/what you think is a good time so it can give me an idea of a good target.
My first 10K last year, I did it in 1:22:00. I still haven't gotten under 1 hour.
The fact you can run 10km is awesome!!!
I ran my first 10km the other day and did 1 hour and 8 minutes. You will get a big range of times.......longer legs, longer strides, more time running!! How much you weigh....so many different factors result in different times!
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As has been said a good time is one you finish,
Next is one you beat your personal best.
if you are wanting to compare to other runners, most races are timed and with google you can find previous years data normally. With that you can look at other people doing the same distance and the same age bracket etc. The only thing this is good for is a reference though as you have no idea how long they have been running, what shape they are in etc etc. I still look at them but i now run to beat me 0
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