WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST 5K RUN TIME

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  • zoominzozo
    zoominzozo Posts: 92 Member
    32 mins, then I did the same race last year in 27:34, I'm hoping for <25mins this year!
  • lorierin22
    lorierin22 Posts: 432 Member
    I've done 3 or 4 5ks over the last few years but I've yet to be able to run the whole thing. I did not really do any "training" prior to those so I'm hoping this Saturday will be my first one that I run the whole thing. (fingers crossed!) My times with jogging/walking the first few range from 38-42 minutes, so I am hoping to beat my 38 minute time. Good luck to you on your first 5K! How exciting! I wish I could have run my first one all the way through! 31 minutes is an excellent time!
  • BurkeshireFarms
    BurkeshireFarms Posts: 45 Member
    I did a small one at the local university.

    Shocked myself - Time: 25:16 / Pace: 8:08 / 25th overall (25/177) / 2nd in my age group.
  • runningfromzombies
    runningfromzombies Posts: 386 Member
    29:35.

    I'd been running for about 4 months, and finished C25K about a month prior to my first 5K.
  • primalchaos
    primalchaos Posts: 135 Member
    Hello Lovely MFP peps. in a little over a week i will be running my first 5k im very new to running so im extreamly nervious about it... my goal is to just finish, and not to walk any of it... Ive been practicing a 3 mile run lately and i can complete it in just under 31 minutes. which to me i know isnt the fastest, but it is totally awesome because on the tredmill it took me over 40 minutes just a short 3 weeks ago.

    im curious to see what all of your first 5k run time's were. did you enjoy it? how long had you been running before you signed up?

    Thanks in advance for any responces :happy:

    29:59 on St Patricks day 2012
  • Kekibird
    Kekibird Posts: 1,122 Member
    My very first was run in January 2011 and I did it in 41 minutes.

    My last 5k I ran in February was done in 35:08.

    Slowly but surely seeing improvement.
  • maryduggins
    maryduggins Posts: 219 Member
    I just started running this year (in January I couldn't even run a quarter mile... I'm VERY new to running) but I stuck with it and I ran my first 5k a few weeks ago in 33.20, then my second in 33.17.

    I can finally run 6 miles!!! I'm so excited to run a 10k!!! (:
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I came from a sprinting background so endurance was not my strong suit, the first 5k time that I remember would have been in 2008 around 24min
  • acathbee
    acathbee Posts: 6
    27.52mins get some Florence and the Machine and Destiny's Child on your iPod and ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! :)
  • beccci91
    beccci91 Posts: 213 Member
    I can't remember very well...I think it was 49 minutes, it was a long time ago.
  • Toxictwist
    Toxictwist Posts: 274
    45:48
  • redtim22
    redtim22 Posts: 144
    Did one Easter Sunday for the first time 29:27!!
  • Diary_Queen
    Diary_Queen Posts: 1,314 Member
    I walked the entire thing and my time was 46:13
  • LovelyLifter
    LovelyLifter Posts: 560 Member
    Funny story My first 5k I accidentally signed up for an 8k and didn't know so they day me and my bestie got there we were like
    f&ck it and did the 8k anyways i ran it in 47:47
  • mybiketrip
    mybiketrip Posts: 239
    My first 5k time was 20:58 about 1 week ago :)
  • rydn4h2o
    rydn4h2o Posts: 255
    Mine was 33:57....very pleasantly surprised!
  • RUNNER48WH
    RUNNER48WH Posts: 35
    1st ever 5K was 27:43....fast pace for me as all training runs were in 9:40/Mile range. You will run faster in a group/race atmosphere.....but try to run your own race and enjoy it!! Congrats!!!
  • BAMFMeredith
    BAMFMeredith Posts: 2,810 Member
    It was a while back, but I wanna say it was somewhere around 34 minutes? I haven't run a 5k in a while (I've been focusing on half marathons and 10 milers, but gonna be getting back to shorter distances for a while over the summer), so I assume my time would be a lot better now, but 34 minutes ain't bad for my first time!!
  • jaxdiablo
    jaxdiablo Posts: 580
    Mine first official 5k was 44:55 it was an offroad race through woods, sand, and hills. I did zero training for it.
  • hagamivida
    hagamivida Posts: 129
    A miserable 48:18...
  • rmhand
    rmhand Posts: 1,067 Member
    52 minutes! But I was walking with friends. After 6 weeks of C25K it was 39:16 and my goal was to be under 45min. Still working towards under 30minutes.
  • katemme
    katemme Posts: 191
    26:24...then my second (which was the very next day) 24:12.
  • HauteP1nk
    HauteP1nk Posts: 2,139 Member
    I think I was around 35mins or something. I hope my time will be better the second go around in two weeks!
  • jessjayla
    jessjayla Posts: 34
    i signed up for my 1st one next month- hoping to do it in under 40. Good luck to you!
  • TidoWyla
    TidoWyla Posts: 72 Member
    I ran my first one March 31st and ran a 31:45. I'm signed up for one next weekend, one in May, and one in June already.....they're very addictive and so much fun! :smile:
  • doobabe
    doobabe Posts: 436 Member
    29.53. It was -10 degrees, 20mph winds with an inch of "slush" on the road. Fun stuff lol
  • grendel322
    grendel322 Posts: 105 Member
    I just did my first one last weekend surpassed my best training time by coming in at 28:25. I still have no idea how I did that! When I run at lunch, I generally average around 33 minutes (and I blame that on these two back to back long hills, which I have a love/hate relationship with :)), so if you are averaging 30 minutes, I bet you find come race time, when you're out on the course, the excitement, comraderie and adrenaline will all give you a bit of a boost! Good luck! Post again and let us know how you did!
  • christinehetz80
    christinehetz80 Posts: 490 Member
    You are well on your way to blowing us all out of the water so don't be nervous you will be FANTASTIC! My first 5k I'm also a new(er) runner was 32:38. And your goal was my EXACT goal also...... I didn't want to walk any of it...well till I was actually running it then I was like that was stupid goal..I wanna walk. ;) You know how the mind plays tricks on us. I didn't walk and I did finish. yay! Update us please when you have your race time. :)
  • intika
    intika Posts: 17
    I did mine last year in 45 mins. I did 5 min run then 1 min walk until i reached the finish line.
  • aspethe
    aspethe Posts: 15 Member
    Great u'll probably do the race in lesser time..it took me 30 min when practising, on race day, i finished in 28.26..a good 2 min better than my practice pace.

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