What is a good time for a 5K (short, female, 44y.o.)

KattKitty
KattKitty Posts: 17 Member
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Most everything that I read places me at doing a 5K in 30 minutes. Is that accurate?? I'm nowhere near there. Thanks for the input.

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  • FitForeverAgain
    FitForeverAgain Posts: 330 Member
    The perfect time is one that you feel that you have pushed yourself hard, and given 100%+ effort. Take that time, and shave it by 15 seconds the next time. Rinse, repeat.
  • HeatherMN
    HeatherMN Posts: 3,821 Member
    The perfect time is one that you feel that you have pushed yourself hard, and given 100%+ effort. Take that time, and shave it by 15 seconds the next time. Rinse, repeat.

    Agreed! My first 5k in January of this year was 40:56 and my fast was 32:46. My goal is to eventually hit a sub 30, but listen to your body and give it your best. You're truly only competing with your own times. Have fun and enjoy the process!
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    A great deal of this depends on how long you have been running, age, height, weight, conditioning. I have been running for 4 years... I am 40 years old, weigh 220, and am 5'11". My personal best is just over 26 minutes on a 5K, but it took me a couple of years to get there. In my first year, I was averaging about a 38 minute, 5K.

    I wouldn't worry about speed. Enjoy the race, speed will come the longer you have been running.
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    My best is 35:34

    It is HARD to get speed when you are 5'2" like me with tiny legs. I read about people doing 5.0 on the treadmill to warm up and running at 6.5 or 7....that's INSANE to me, 7 is like an all out sprint for my life with zombies chasing me...
    I warm up at 4.0 and run at 5 or 5.5 max. I think running downhill I might hit 6.0, so I could do 5K in 30 minutes if the entire thing was downhill :wink:
  • robmaguire1
    robmaguire1 Posts: 111
    It doesn't matter what anyone says about what your time "should" be. Just run at your pace, try to do a little better every time, but most important, HAVE FUN!!
  • M_lifts
    M_lifts Posts: 2,218 Member
    hiya.i am 5'3". there is no right time for a 5k, i would say just work in improving your current speed and it will get better. i started off doing 5k at 38mins in june. i ran my first race on sunday and my time was 26:11, the more you run the quicker you get. Most of all enjoy it!
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    Most everything that I read places me at doing a 5K in 30 minutes. Is that accurate?? I'm nowhere near there. Thanks for the input.

    That would be a 10 minute mile, or 6mph.
  • jeffrodgers1
    jeffrodgers1 Posts: 991 Member
    Most everything that I read places me at doing a 5K in 30 minutes. Is that accurate?? I'm nowhere near there. Thanks for the input.

    That would be a 10 minute mile, or 6mph.

    That would be slightly faster than a 10 minute mile. 5 Kilometers equals 3.1 miles.
  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    Most everything that I read places me at doing a 5K in 30 minutes. Is that accurate?? I'm nowhere near there. Thanks for the input.

    That would be a 10 minute mile, or 6mph.

    That would be slightly faster than a 10 minute mile. 5 Kilometers equals 3.1 miles.

    I was rounding.. 3.1 miles is 9.7 minute mile so I just rounded up to ten minute mile since we are talking 18 seconds.
  • KattKitty
    KattKitty Posts: 17 Member
    Thank you all. I was just wondering what a good average might be. My husband- who thinks he is "booking" on the treadmill- in all reality, is not. Now, we are BOTH inspired to push a little harder.
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