How quickly can you run a Km?

sarah5893
sarah5893 Posts: 106 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Was just wondering how long it takes for you guys to run a Kilometre?
Not necessarily looking for athletes opinions (although that is welcomed), but more just your average dieter like myself trying to improve their fitness :)
Thanks.

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  • SurfyFriend
    SurfyFriend Posts: 362 Member
    About 6 minutes
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    I'm doing things in miles (due to being English!), but something like:

    Short run (about a mile) 7:00-7:20 minutes/mile

    Medium run (3-5 miles) 7:20-7:40 minutes/mile

    Longer run (6 miles +) 8:00-8:20 minutes/mile

    Depends on my route (Lot of big hills in my area) and the weather (coastal - so can get pretty windy). I don't really track all that jazz anymore. I tend to get out for one run a week, so I may have slipped from these times a tad in the last year.....
  • 55in13
    55in13 Posts: 1,091 Member
    I run longer distances (usually 5 miles or more) and Endomondo (great app for tracking) says my best k time is 5:44. If I were just running one I could probably get closer to 5 minutes. I run a lot, but my times are not competitive.
  • AmyS1975
    AmyS1975 Posts: 143
    I average 6 minutes a kilometer but it has taken me weeks of getting into shape to get there.
  • mmk137
    mmk137 Posts: 833 Member
    my fastest 1km is 4.16

    On average on my fast runs are about 4:50 min pace

    On longer runs my pace is anywhere from about 5:10 to 5:45 min pace.
  • krumpli
    krumpli Posts: 76 Member
    I'm pretty "average." I'm not fast, that is. :)

    I can do one km in about 5:30. That is, like, fall down and gasp at the end of it pace.
    I can do ten in about 65 minutes, so 6:30 each. Same thing, really exhausted at the end.
    If I'm running for "pleasure" then I usually go about 7 minutes per km.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    About 5 min 10 sec but then I manage to do 10km in 50 flat
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    I'm a very infrequent runner due to damaged knees but I'm trying to do 3K in 15 minutes, current best 15:21.
    (I couldn't carry on this pace for 5k though!)

    Would guess that 1k would be about 4:40 to 4:50?
  • Montarosa456
    Montarosa456 Posts: 133
    I'm not sure for 1km because I've never actually set a time on 1km...(I will try out of interest)
    On good days I can run a 26min 5km on that I've worked out my pace to be about 5min 20 per km but I'd sincerely hope that I'd run significantly faster than that pace on just one km!
    Saying that I run for pleasure and general fitness over competing and do most of my plodding about at is at 6.3/4 mpa (10.2/3 kph)
  • 6spdeg
    6spdeg Posts: 394 Member
    7:15 for me. im 5'5" 180
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    My 5K PR is 19:18, so probably around 3:40 for a 1000m race.
  • timeasterday
    timeasterday Posts: 1,368 Member
    4:13 is my fastest Km so far. But a more typical tempo run would be around 5 min/Km.

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