5K speed and time?

BriannaSkye
BriannaSkye Posts: 135
edited September 24 in Fitness and Exercise
Im doing the couch to 5K right now and just wondering what your average is on the speed and how long it takes you to complete a 5K.

Thansk

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  • ValerieMomof2
    ValerieMomof2 Posts: 530 Member
    It's really going to vary a lot by person and training, but I tend to hover around a 9:30/10:00min mile. I am 37 and only get to run 1-2 times a week max
  • kmeekhof
    kmeekhof Posts: 456 Member
    I am running one in May and hope to finish in approx 28 minutes....
  • mapnerd2005
    mapnerd2005 Posts: 363
    I'm currently running a 5K at at 10.50 pace. That's pretty damn good IMO, especially considering I just finished the C25K program seven weeks ago and have moved on to the Bridge to 10K. My 10K time is 1:05 - 1:10 on average.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    I run my 5K's in about 23 min, working on getting them back down to 21.5 min, with a goal to break 20 min. I run at about 8 mph speed, which is a 7.5 min/mile.
  • SheehyCFC
    SheehyCFC Posts: 529 Member
    I did my first one in 2007 and finished in 35:32. Ever since I've gradually gotten faster - 27:47 in November. Hoping for a 25:xx for the one I do every year in April. So that's going from 5.3mph (start) to 6.7mph (fastest).

    What's funny is, I'm training for distance runs, and on one of my 3mi runs, I finished in 24:30! Meaning If it was a 5k course I'd have come in ~25.

    Anyway - good luck with your first! Don't put pressure on time... just stay confident and within your limits. Finish strong
  • 00trayn
    00trayn Posts: 1,849 Member
    Well I'm a shorty, so I can comfortably run at 4.3 mph for 25 minutes, but I haven't finished a 5K distance. I've been doing walk/run intervals at 4.0 walk and 6.0 run and that got me a time of 37 minutes, 25 seconds. I'm hoping I'll be able to run more of it as I train in the next 2 months. My 5K is May 1st in Washington DC.
  • amandalc980
    amandalc980 Posts: 383 Member
    http://www.kathyloperevents.com/results.cfm

    You can go here and check out other results. I used to look at other peoples results before I did my first 5k. My first 5k was 38 minutes I think.
  • empee72
    empee72 Posts: 1
    Just work on being able to complete it at any speed, and you can work on improving your time later. From what I've seen, I'd say that a good goal to shoot for your first 5k would be around 30:00, which would put you at about 6mph.
  • txjulie
    txjulie Posts: 190 Member
    I think it depends on what you are comfortable with. I did the c25k program & completed it last October & ran the 5k in a 35 minutes. My first mile was 10 minutes but I slowed down after that b/c of some hills but still beat my estimate of 36 minutes (12 minute miles). I am currently working on increasing my speed on the treadmill and have been running more with 10 minute miles and spurts of 8:38 miles.
  • HMKan
    HMKan Posts: 472 Member
    I'm running 25 minutes comfortably at between 4.3 and 5.0. I also haven't reached the 5k distance yet with my C25K program. I should probably step up my speed, but last nights run almost killed me at those speeds. I made it just over 4K in 10 minutes of walking and 25 minutes of running.
  • supersarah14
    supersarah14 Posts: 170
    I'm super short so I'm never going to be the fastest runner out there, but the fastest I've ever ran a 5k was in 33 min.
  • ruddyrunner
    ruddyrunner Posts: 43
    I'm on the slower side of things. My first 5K right after doing C25K I took 36 minutes, so 11:45 pace. I'm doing one next month and have gotten a little faster, but still only around 11min/mile.

    Some people are fast, some are slow, but it really won't matter at the race. It will be exciting just to be there and finish.

    "The only competition of a wise man is with himself." - Washington Allston

    Enjoy the race!
  • BriannaSkye
    BriannaSkye Posts: 135
    Thanks everyone I was just looking for an average to kind of work towards. Im working on my distance now and Ill let my speed follow :)

    Thanks again
  • MOMvsFOOD
    MOMvsFOOD Posts: 654 Member
    Just did my first last weekend. A slow 39:10, but I finished!!!
  • MOMvsFOOD
    MOMvsFOOD Posts: 654 Member
    Thanks everyone I was just looking for an average to kind of work towards. Im working on my distance now and Ill let my speed follow :)

    Thanks again

    Great plan!
  • smileydd23
    smileydd23 Posts: 4 Member
    I started the couch to 5k thing back in November and I'm running a 15 minute mile. My struggle is with my breathing, which I'm trying to control. I'm not consistent with running either, so by the time I start up again, I'm back at square one. I have been doing weight training as well for endurance. Good luck!
  • skyle954
    skyle954 Posts: 27 Member
    I just completed a 5k about two weeks ago. I have asthma and completed it in 37 minutes which averages about 12 min miles. I do allot of stopping:ohwell:
  • Lisa0711
    Lisa0711 Posts: 1,405 Member
    I have my first 5K in less than 2 weeks! (March 19)

    I've been practicing and the first practice run was about 34 min, the second was 29 something, and the most recent one was 33 (I added more hills on this one to prepare for the real 5k).

    I don't really know what I should set as my goal for the 5K. If there's a bunch of hills (I expect there will be) under 35 will make me happy. If it's mostly flat, then under 30 would be great. But either way I'll give it my best and then I'll have something to work with for my next one. :smile:
  • hunsford
    hunsford Posts: 31 Member
    Wow to everyone. I did couch-to-5k last year and my best time was (wait for it) 56 minutes. I was the last runner to finish, and many walkers beat me, too. My mom beat me! So if you ask me, you're doing just fine! Best of luck!
  • DJH510
    DJH510 Posts: 114 Member
    About 20 minutes 30 right now, which is about 8.5 mph or...what, 7 minute mile something like that!?
  • SweetPandora
    SweetPandora Posts: 660 Member
    Thanks everyone I was just looking for an average to kind of work towards. Im working on my distance now and Ill let my speed follow :)

    Thanks again

    Good thinking.

    Some people are naturally faster runners than others.

    My goal going into a race is to always finish upright and smiling. Beating a previous time is always the cherry on top. There is more to running than for time.

    Karen
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    About 20 minutes 30 right now, which is about 8.5 mph or...what, 7 minute mile something like that!?

    8.5 mph, 7 min mile would be 21min 50 sec. a 20min 5K would be a 6.4 min mile, which is a speed of 9.4 mph.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    I won't run any 5K's until probably June to officially know my time, because I am training for a marathon. But last week during a training run, I glanced at my time at the 5K mark & it was 20:12. I'm sure I could go well under that for an actual race.
    I have never been that good at 5K's. I was always a fast sprinter, but my distance times were never that great. But with all the extra running for the marathon, my "distance speeds" have come down dramatically.
  • VBos
    VBos Posts: 213 Member
    10min mile here, so 30mins for a 5k for me.
  • bbygrl5
    bbygrl5 Posts: 964 Member
    In the last year or so I started interval training, went to jogging, and am now getting up to a runner's slow speed. I timed my own 5k for the first time this past weekend with a time of 28:32.

    I know some of my friends seemed impressed, but I don't know if they were just being nice. I don't think it's an incredible time or anything for someone that runs as much as I do, but I am happy with it for right now.
  • tamiller93
    tamiller93 Posts: 195
    I am working hard lately to improve my 5k time. My current best time is 29:48. I am doing a race this Saturday and hoping my training will pay off with another personal record! Good luck to all you runners!
  • tamiller93
    tamiller93 Posts: 195
    Oh and I want to add also that the very reason I'm here at MFP us to drop some weight in hopes that I can in turn get a better time for my 5k races.
  • SheehyCFC
    SheehyCFC Posts: 529 Member
    last week during a training run, I glanced at my time at the 5K mark & it was 20:12. I'm sure I could go well under that for an actual race.
    I have never been that good at 5K's.

    Dude - 20:12 is HAULING @ss. I would definitely NOT say that you've never been good at 5k's... because that is incredible. Oh... and good (continued) luck on your marathon training.
  • mlb929
    mlb929 Posts: 1,974 Member
    My 11 yo and I are running his first 5K this weekend. I'm hoping to finish in 29 minutes, which is a 9:45 pace, I did it in a test run on Tuesday, darn kid stopped and waited for me and STILL finished 3/4 mile ahead of me :) I'm currently running a 10K at 10:00 MPM. I'm hoping to finish a little faster than my training run. But... the weather is supposed to be 20mph winds and rain - YUCK.

    I hate 5K's, I feel like I'm racing the entire time, I'd much rather do 10K's as I get faster on the back 1/2 of the race. I've not figured out how to conserve but not too much. I'm of the finish strong approach.

    My time was 11:17 MPM - Pre P90X, and I had knee pain. I'm amazed how it's really helped my speed. I'm old too, so that I justify as why I'm slower :)
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