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Decent 5K time for fast(er) runners?

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  • Gwen_B
    Gwen_B Posts: 1,018 Member
    Goodness you guys are making me look slow, I did my last one in 28.5 minutes and I was the 2nd female in and placed 1st in my age group.
  • CarsonRuns
    CarsonRuns Posts: 3,039 Member
    My 5K times are in the mid to low 19:00 range. The best thing I ever did for my 5K times was train for a marathon. Once I got consistently over 45 miles per week and peaked at over 80 for the marathon, by 5K time dropped dramatically.

    More mile, more miles, more miles.
  • NormInv
    NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
    My PR is 23:48. Pretty proud of that!
  • mister_universe
    mister_universe Posts: 6,664 Member
    I started running on 4/30/12. I weighed in at 306 lbs and was in terrible shape, morbidly obese to be exact. I decided to start running using the Galloway Easy 5k app. Since I was convinced there was a good chance of dying on my run I would ran laps around my local fire dept. That way if anything went wrong I could crawl or yell out for help. The first couple of weeks I was averaging around 16 minute miles. After the 5k program I moved up to the 10k program and then the half marathon program. All the while running was helping me drop the weight.

    On 8/19/12 I ran my first official 5k and finished it in 27:50. My goal was to beat 30 minutes. On 9/30/12 I ran my first official 10k on my 40th birthday and on the 5 month mark from starting to run. My goal was to beat one hour and I finished it in 54:40. Next up was the Disney World Half Marathon on 1/ 12/13. I wasn't sure what my goal was going to be. All my practice half's were in the 2:30 range. Training in the cold though made me think a 2:20 finish might be possible. When we got to Disney the weather was much warmer than normal so a fast race was unexpected. Once the race started I had to use the bathroom in mile 1 so I thought 2:30 might be a reach. I pushed myself though and ran the best I ever had. I finished with a 1:56,44 time abd best of all weighing 191 lbs, down 115 from the start of my running. After the Half I was a little burned out on running so I focused on spin class and other cardio classes.

    On 5/18/13 I ran my first race in 5 months. It was a 5k and my goal was to beat my fastest practice 5k time of 24:59. I ended up running it in 22:04. In the race I ran my fastest mile ever at 6:19. The next weekend was a special race for me. It was the charity 10k for the fire dept that I ran laps around a year earlier. My goal for the race was to beat my best practice 10k time of around 52 minutes. I finished this race in 47:04.

    I am currently training for my next race, the Dumbo Double Dare race at Disneyland. This is a combination of a 10k on Saturday and then a half on Sunday. I am going to go a little easier for these two races though.

    Dangit that's inspiring! Well done! :)
  • NavyKnightAh13
    NavyKnightAh13 Posts: 1,394 Member
    Fastest 5K time: 32:13 and 3rd in my age division. Mind you I have done nine 5ks.

    I am training for both a 10k that I am hoping to run in Oct and a half for next year (I did contemplate on doing it in Dec but feel that I may not make it since it is during winter). People have asked me if I would consider doing a tri or a race here in town called camelback. Honestly, not sure if I would attempt either or though new to my race schedule this year is an obstacle course race.

    Best time last year was 35:35, first ever time was 43:03. So far this year with the 3 I have done its been 32:13-34:38. I have accepted that if I get to 28-30 I will be happy (i can't compete with the ones who can run it in 19-22 minutes :grumble: ). So far sadly though the furthest I can run is 4 miles :blushing: , even though longest attempted was 6.
  • Cannon_G
    Cannon_G Posts: 77 Member
    I started running on 4/30/12. I weighed in at 306 lbs and was in terrible shape, morbidly obese to be exact. I decided to start running using the Galloway Easy 5k app. Since I was convinced there was a good chance of dying on my run I would ran laps around my local fire dept. That way if anything went wrong I could crawl or yell out for help. The first couple of weeks I was averaging around 16 minute miles. After the 5k program I moved up to the 10k program and then the half marathon program. All the while running was helping me drop the weight.

    On 8/19/12 I ran my first official 5k and finished it in 27:50. My goal was to beat 30 minutes. On 9/30/12 I ran my first official 10k on my 40th birthday and on the 5 month mark from starting to run. My goal was to beat one hour and I finished it in 54:40. Next up was the Disney World Half Marathon on 1/ 12/13. I wasn't sure what my goal was going to be. All my practice half's were in the 2:30 range. Training in the cold though made me think a 2:20 finish might be possible. When we got to Disney the weather was much warmer than normal so a fast race was unexpected. Once the race started I had to use the bathroom in mile 1 so I thought 2:30 might be a reach. I pushed myself though and ran the best I ever had. I finished with a 1:56,44 time abd best of all weighing 191 lbs, down 115 from the start of my running. After the Half I was a little burned out on running so I focused on spin class and other cardio classes.

    On 5/18/13 I ran my first race in 5 months. It was a 5k and my goal was to beat my fastest practice 5k time of 24:59. I ended up running it in 22:04. In the race I ran my fastest mile ever at 6:19. The next weekend was a special race for me. It was the charity 10k for the fire dept that I ran laps around a year earlier. My goal for the race was to beat my best practice 10k time of around 52 minutes. I finished this race in 47:04.

    I am currently training for my next race, the Dumbo Double Dare race at Disneyland. This is a combination of a 10k on Saturday and then a half on Sunday. I am going to go a little easier for these two races though.

    Dangit that's inspiring! Well done! :)

    Thanks, I am very proud of going from morbidly obese to a 22:04 5k in less than 14 months. I never thought I would be my fastest in my life at over 40. :bigsmile:
  • blackcloud13
    blackcloud13 Posts: 654 Member
    My best 5k is 26:01 - my target is to get down to 24 mins. Admittedly a year ago I thought this was impossible! I also remember how excited I was a few months back when I broke 30mins (which was my previousn"impossible target").

    I'm also targetting a 50min 10k and a 1:50 half marathon - but I guess most of all targetting healthy knees first!!
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I've always felt the 20 minute mark was a good goal for "fast" .I haven't cracked it hut got close. If I trained with that as a big priority I'd probably break it.
  • tappae
    tappae Posts: 568 Member
    This year I ran a 22:43 after failing to break 25 for several years. My next race is less hilly and I'm looking to break 22. My ultimate goal is sub-20 (maybe in a few years).
  • atsteele
    atsteele Posts: 1,358 Member
    We call Scott "Speedy" :laugh: ......I'd kill for a 25 min 5K and have yet to bust 2hrs for a half-marathon (and I'm pretty middle of the pack for my age group)

    Same here. I can run a decent marathon (4:03:03 was my last marathon and personal best) but tried to run under a 25-min 5K and no dice!! Still working on it!!

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