Runners: 5K, What's Your Time?

HorganMom3

I have been running for a couple months now and have been working towards being in a 5K September 8th. I've never done anything like that before and am curious as to what times people complete it at. So what's your time for finishing?

jcjsjones

I just ran my second 5k, and I did it in 36. Not great, but I finished!! My goal is to hit 32 at my next race in September!!

thelandofwin

I'm a new runner and just ran one last week. I came in at a 36 minute time. Disappointing, but that's how it goes. I've only been running for a couple of months.

mandiam

i can usually hit a 25...my best was a 22 though!

runfatmanrun

My latest one was 22:45. Not the fastest but my fastest, and that's what counts.

deadbeatsummer

usually 34 mins with very slow jogging. at race for life i did it in 32 mins

Maddy__H

I do 26, but am working on the speed : ) enjoy it!

megmay2591

After running for only about 5 week,s I did my first 5k in 32:02. I'm running my next 5k in December and hope to be around 28 minutes or less.

deepfuture

24 min was my latest ;-)

sjtreely

I haven't run a 5K for time in so long I'd be hard pressed to guess my time.

This much I know for sure ... some take a stop watch so they know their time. I take a sun dial. I'm slow. I know it.

My best 5k is probably 27-28 minutes. Today??? Ha! I'd miss the whole episode of Wheel of Fortune and some of Jeopardy, too.

Em_runs_away

My first was 37 mins, I was still walk/run stage and walked twice for a couple of minutes, need to do another soon!

jillybeanruns

23.03, looking to get a 21.xx before the year is up. My focus is marathon training, but usually the shorter distance PRs come along for the ride

RGv2

Anything over 22:00 and I'm upset.

usually a 20:xx.

Huskeryogi

37:55 last year still doing a little walking

I've got one in a few weeks and my goal is to break 35

DG_Allen

My last PR was 22:59! Made my goal by one second! Running again on Sept 1 and shooting under 22:00

BobbyDaniel

Did my first in just under 30 mins, most recent was a PR at 22:25

danimal5867

I have not yet competed in a race. In fact just two days ago was the first time I ran that far without any walking. According to my endomondo app, my time was 33:52. I expect to get that under 30 minutes as the weather cools.

melindadunston

I started running in the spring and my best 5k time is 33mins. I am pretty happy as long as I get under 36. I just don't want to be last...lol

HeartME511healthy

My fastest run is 32 min, in a 5k. however running a 3.1 mile run on my own 27.

draculaspointer

After running for about 5 weeks, my first 5K was 31:01. A month later it was 29:04. Havent ran another official 5k as I have focused on longer races, but I often run a 3.1 mile loop around my house in about 27 minutes. The most important thing is to get out there and do it and not worry about time. Finishing dead least is better than did not finish which is better than did not start.

My_Own_Hero

I ran my first 5k race last fall, and my time was 33:18. I didn't really go in with any expectations; I was just really proud of myself for finishing, and I enjoyed the experience. I will run my second 5k either this fall or winter, and my goal is to get under 30:00.

camrunner

21:37

I really only train for distance. Not sure what I think of 5ks. I'm getting more and more competitive in them, but I think I'd have to make it more of a focal point in my training if I wanted to win blue ribbons instead of yellow ones.

nickhuffman74

24:45

Brandywithrow

Did my first race May 19th ( I had never ran in my life but stated losing weight and said I would give it a try, trained for 2 months) was hoping to be able to do it in under 36 minute and ended up doing it in 32.22

scottb81

20:10 in March when it was cool and 21:15 in July when it was hot. That was after about a year of running.

vegamy

I have been running for a couple months now and have been working towards being in a 5K September 8th. I've never done anything like that before and am curious as to what times people complete it at. So what's your time for finishing?

I ran my first one in 38:55 in October 2011, my best official has been 28:34 last month.

arc918

PR is 19:49 (6:22 pace), but I almost never race them any more.

My least favorite distance to race. A well raced 5k is wall to wall pain and there is almost no margin for error. Longer distances leave room for bad splits here and there.

jadesign19

I just started running in April. I ran my first 5k in July. I ran 35:42 and it was hot, I was so happy because I ran the whole thing. That was my goal.
I have two more races in September. I checked out one of the courses today and I got scared. There are a lot of hills, I mean almost 2k+ of hills. I'm scared:noway:
I checked all the forums out on 5ks. I learned so much from the people on MFP that I felt confident enough to run the 5k not knowing another soul running. I'm doing my next two solo as well. If I can do it, so can you:drinker:
Good luck!

P.s. I run like a turtle.

jturnerx

My least favorite distance to race. A well raced 5k is wall to wall pain and there is almost no margin for error. Longer distances leave room for bad splits here and there.

I'm so with you here. I've never actually raced a 5k and the only one I've ever done was in Disneyland and I spent most of it holding the hand of my 9 year old niece and walking. So, an hour? lol

I skipped the 5k and 10k and went straight to the half marathon as my first race. Later I did some 10ks. The pain in a well raced 10k is way more tolerable to me than a 5k, but just barely.

scott091501

20ish

gracieabem

I've never raced a 5k but I will be running one next year. My best time so far is 26.25.

I recently ran my first ever race - 8k!