Any runners 207lb and over running less than 30 mins for 5K?

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  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
    Sadly, I'm below 200 lbs and can't run a 5K in less than 40 mins.
    Scale number doesn't mean you're fit.
  • TMattP
    TMattP Posts: 49 Member
    My ultimate goal is to run a 5k in 30 minutes. I know that weighing less will definitely help me. I know some women around my size that run a 5k in about 35 minutes, but I can't seem to finish in less than 40 min. I'm currently 218. I'm sure my pace will increase with weight loss.

    Hello.

    I'm sure you will achieve your goal.
  • smarieallen85
    smarieallen85 Posts: 535 Member
    Holy shmoly. I ran my first 5k a couple months ago at 155 pounds or so and it took me 33 minutes. I'm just not good at it.
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    bump
  • jmcclus920
    jmcclus920 Posts: 3 Member
    Great thread to read as 5K's are still a kind of fitness benchmark for me. My original fitness goal (once upon a time) was to simply complete a 5K without stopping again - which is kind of sad as I used to run cross country in High School. Thankfully, I achieved that goal several months ago and have been steadily aiming to get faster having improved my endurance so much more. I'm 212lbs and my last 5K race was just over the 6min mile pace (31:38). I am running steady 6min miles for distance now more and more, so I am hoping to crack 30:00 before long. I've also been trying to run intervals, do inclines, and mixing treadmill running and outdoor running. That has got me this far and continuing to lose the weight will help, but I will have to do a hell of a lot more to get back to my cross country days of 22:00ish -- and to think I was always the slow guy on the team then! I'd kill to be that fast now LOL.
  • cwrig
    cwrig Posts: 190 Member
    > my last 5K race was just over the 6min mile pace (31:38).

    That math does not add up in this universe. If you were running 6 min miles your time would be about 19 minutes.
  • sm1zzle
    sm1zzle Posts: 920 Member
    ran 20:37 weighing 212. so whats the point of this thread? you can be bigger and still put out good times
    You could have just answered the guy's question without being a jagoff.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    ...my last 5K race was just over the 6min mile pace (31:38).

    That's a 6min kilometre -> 10min mile.
  • scorpio516
    scorpio516 Posts: 955 Member
    I've read that you can shave about 2 seconds per pound per mile so long as you're losing fat and not muscle. It's probably a fairly accurate estimate.

    It's theoretically 0:02/lb/mile no matter what it is - fat, muscle, bone, water, etc.
    Your optimal muscle mass is different. Loosing 10 lbs of biceps muscle isn't going to slow you down too much. On this topic, I'd suggest "Racing Weight" by Matt Fitzgerald.

    Basically, lighter is faster, to a point. Most people in this thread won't get that light, or want to. For example, I know that I am fastest at 138 lbs. I'm 6'-0".
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    > my last 5K race was just over the 6min mile pace (31:38).

    That math does not add up in this universe. If you were running 6 min miles your time would be about 19 minutes.

    I believe he means 6 mph or 6min kilometer.
  • jmcclus920
    jmcclus920 Posts: 3 Member
    Whoops - yes - 6MPH/10 min mile pace. Sorry 'bout that.

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