A good 5k time for a 70 year old will be affected by a range of factors. Running experience, gender, weight, height and a whole host of external and environmental situations will make a difference to the stopwatch. Therefore a good 5k time is completely individual and based on that event or course alone. A good time for one runner will not Recent race time. Enter these stats into the calculator and it will tell you your estimated VO2 levels. For example, if you enter a 10k race time of 47 minutes, here are your VO2 levels: VO2 Max – 43.02 ml/kg/min. VO2 based on your race pace – 38.89 ml/kg/min. Equal to 90.2% of VO2 Max. Here is a sample interval workout that you can do to help improve your 5K running pace: Warm-up: Run 800 meters (1/2 of a mile) at a relaxed pace to warm up. Do dynamic stretches. Run 400 meters (1/4 of a mile or one lap on a standard outdoor track) at an 80 percent effort level. Jog 400 meters slowly for active recovery. I hate to be a downer, but at the best that time is average. 90% of your typical HS field is breaking 12:00 in a 3000m race. The upside: You are just beginning to run and you have lots of time to develop. In order: Couch to 5k starting at week 6 of 10, plus an additional day of workout #3. You are looking at 5-6 weeks to get to a 5k from here. According to Run Repeat’s investigation, the overall average marathon time worldwide is 4:29:53. Breaking it up by sex, the average time to run a marathon for men is 4:21:03, and the average time to run a marathon for women is 4:48:45. The goal of this study was to look at recreational runners. Therefore, elite runners were omitted when August 2012 in Beginners. hi im 21 and just done my first run in about 1 year after long break, i ran 5km in 27 mins but im really not sure if im slow,average or fast would like your…. For professional runners, the 2020 world records for running an outdoor 5K are currently 12 minutes (mins) and 51 seconds (secs) for males and 14 mins 44 secs for females. Average time by age There is no universally good 5k time as far as minutes are concerned. The current world record for running 5k is 12:35.36 – but for a lot A good 5k time depends on the experience level It’s been years, but high-16s open 5k and mid-18s in a tri. Notably, I feel like it’s always miserably hot for a tri, which slows down the pace. If you have a good, cool morning, it sounds like sub-20 is doable for you. Go out easy from the gun—people tend to overcook the first mile all the time. Thanks! First off, cross country is usually 5k or 3 miles for high schoolers. JV they will have do 2 sometimes, not often though. Average times for high school runners vary from state to state FStns.