What's a good 10k time?

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  • litatura
    litatura Posts: 569 Member
    I'm a 5 km runner and have yet to run a 10 km race (I always joke that I'm built for speed, not endurance. Haha!) but I plan to next year. However, I have ran 10 kms before and finished around 55 minutes, so my goal is a sub 55 minute finish, which would put me in the middle of the pack for female runners my age (30-39 age group).
  • Suzmp85
    Suzmp85 Posts: 184 Member
    My personal best was 1:19..not too bad. :)
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
    I have run a 10k in 45 minutes but that was years ago when I was a prince.

    Don't compare your time to others it will only make you feel insecure!!


    Just focus on yourself improving.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    Don't compare your time to others it will only make you feel insecure!!

    Alternately, if you're going to compare, compare to *everyone* - if you can run a 10k at all, you're already 99th percentile (at least in north america).
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    A "good" time is very personal. For me a good time for a 10k would be to run it in 55 minutes as it usually take me 58. Each person is in a different place.

    A good goal would be to try and shave off a few minutes with each run. :-)
  • candiceh3
    candiceh3 Posts: 379 Member
    It will also depend on the course and the weather.

    I recently ran a 10 km, in the dark (well... we had moonlight, and a headlamp), a few hours after rain (so the ground was very very soft, and my runners quickly became mud cased bricks), up a mountain (often too steep to walk, and we were hoisting ourselves up using tree branches)... all while darting in and out between walkers and slower runners.

    Took me 1hr 39m. I came 70th out of 270 runners.

    It's all relative!
  • Strongerfitterbetter
    Strongerfitterbetter Posts: 2
    51 minutes for me. It was raining and freezing we ran up some large hills and through mud the entire time.
  • Semien123
    Semien123 Posts: 1
    Actually there are two groups of runners begginers/hobby and advanced/racing

    Begginers:
    Depends how long you running and what is your body constitution. If we will talk about average person with average body:
    Hobby:
    Female: Arround 1:05 good, Arround 0:55-58 very good, under 0:55 excelent
    Male: Under 0:58 good, Arround 0:52 very good, under 0:49 excelent

    Advanced:
    Female: 0:52 good, 0:46: very good, under 0:42 excelent
    Male: 0:49 good, 0:42-0:43 very good, 39 under excelent

    Pro:
    Male: Under 0:39 good, 0:34-0:35 very good, under 0:32 excelent

    Ive made this list from top of my head so its not exact but dont be discouraged by these time ! As you can see excelent hobby runner is still very slow advanced runner etc. but progress in hobby/advanced could be really fast. Keep running and once you get correct form of running (check youtube for running drills) and enough miles (15-20 miles per week) you should add interval running which is from my experience key for good time on 10k. There are many info about interval trainings on internet so check it out :)

    Also most important part of your running experience should be fun so keep it in my mind!

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  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    What's a bad 10k time then?
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    jackieh5077 wrote: »
    I am currently running 10k in about 1hr 20 mins (at around 5am before work). I'm aware this is slow and want to work on my time before I have a few 'official' runs coming up in October. Can you guys let me know how fast you do it/what you think is a good time so it can give me an idea of a good target.

    30 minutes is a good time.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    edited October 2014
    jackieh5077 wrote: »
    I have a few 'official' runs coming up in October.

    Subject to how far apart they are, a good time is faster than your previous race.

    A lot depends on the type of terrain, what type of session you happen to be running, how big the field is. Trails are slower than roads, big races are likely to be slower than small races, if it's raining you'll find an effect, same if it's windy.

    Run your own run, and the main thing is finishing. After that it's finishing on your target.

    fwiw my first 10K race was 58 minutes on trails, my current PB is 47 minutes on the road.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    eldamiano wrote: »
    What's a bad 10k time then?

    DNF.

    Again bad is all relative. For me, anything more than 60 minutes is a weak performance, as even my slow paced easy runs should be less than that. If I'm going out for a tempo 10K then I'd expect to be landing at 50 minutes, so slower than that would be a poor performance.
  • alathIN
    alathIN Posts: 142 Member
    edited October 2014
    My best recorded 10K time came at the end of an Olympic distance triathlon; 58 min. Among a bunch of triathletes, that is toward the back of "mid pack." The front runners are typically 37-38 min for the run.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Good is all relative. <40 for an open 10k time (6:27/mi) or so I guess. My last olympic tri I manged a 42, and it was good enough for an age group 1st place. I still felt that was kinda slow though.
  • Samstan101
    Samstan101 Posts: 699 Member
    My first 10k in February this year took me 1hr 14mins, my latest 10k at the start of Sept took me 56mins. I'm hoping that I can knock another minute or 2 off before the end of the year. (42 y-o 175lb 5'6" woman who started running last year at a little under 300lbs).
  • congruns
    congruns Posts: 127 Member
    it's now about the time, it's how great of a pose you have at the finish line for the picture
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    For your first race your goal should be to cross the finish line with a smile on your face.

    Comparing yourself to other runners is pointless as we have different experience levels, different inherent levels of athleticism, different ages and we run different courses.

    What I will tell you though is that if you train consistently you'll be running your current race time as a training pace in a couple of years.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    A good time would be 26:44.35 or better, as that would set the new American record. However, for us mere mortals, we run what we can run and try to progress the best to the best of our abilities.
  • MamaMollyT
    MamaMollyT Posts: 197 Member
    I run 10k in about 45 minutes but I have been running a long time. I'd say my time is average for a woman my age (oldish) who runs regularly. When I was young I was faster. But you should really just be focusing on your time and improving that at your own speed. You can't compare yourself with everyone out there. People have different body types, weights, ages, experience etc... All of that goes into your times. Be consistent and don't neglect your running or your strength training and you will get faster.
  • fleetzz
    fleetzz Posts: 962 Member
    Good time: around your best 10k time or better

    Bad 10k time: DNF or DNS
  • runforestrun35
    runforestrun35 Posts: 480 Member
    Usually my 10k is around 57-58 min... Would like to make it 50 min as a new PR :-)
  • ShortMrsN
    ShortMrsN Posts: 177 Member
    Thomasm198 wrote: »
    I am currently running 10k in about 1hr 20 mins (at around 5am before work). I'm aware this is slow and want to work on my time before I have a few 'official' runs coming up in October. Can you guys let me know how fast you do it/what you think is a good time so it can give me an idea of a good target.
    A good time is whatever time you can finish it in.

    My first 10K last year, I did it in 1:22:00. I still haven't gotten under 1 hour.
    THIS!!!
    The fact you can run 10km is awesome!!!
    I ran my first 10km the other day and did 1 hour and 8 minutes. You will get a big range of times.......longer legs, longer strides, more time running!! How much you weigh....so many different factors result in different times!


  • stackhsc
    stackhsc Posts: 439 Member
    As has been said a good time is one you finish,
    Next is one you beat your personal best.

    if you are wanting to compare to other runners, most races are timed and with google you can find previous years data normally. With that you can look at other people doing the same distance and the same age bracket etc. The only thing this is good for is a reference though as you have no idea how long they have been running, what shape they are in etc etc. I still look at them but i now run to beat me :)

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