running

[lax20]

hey my mom made me run a 5k race on saturday and i was wondering what a good time is. it had alot of hills on the course. my time was 26:50. Is that good or bad

[Lighning15]

you dont go to hh do you?

[lax20]

whats does hh mean

[Lax4life528]

depends on how old you are. If i'm not mistaken 5k=3miles, so thats just under 9:00 a mile.

[lax20]

im 15 and my mile time is 7:09 ohh and my mom said 5k was 3.2 miles

[Lax4life528]

did you walk any of it, just wondering.

[lax20]

no i slowed down on some of the hills (there were alot), but i didnt walk

[Lax4life528]

no i slowed down on some of the hills (there were alot), but i didnt walk

Well, its not bad (taking the hills into consideration), but let's just say there's room for improvement.

[lax20]

ha ya im going to try to run one at least every other week if not every week. it cant hurt

[fatmanlax]

It could be better but if there where a lot our hills and it was your first time in a 5k (3.1 miles) that time is not that bad.

[lax20]

what are some of your guys times

[middiesrulz]

6:24 on a mile, not up for the big marathons, I'm more of a sprinter.

[bmxinspired]

my best on a 5k is a 21:19 and it was when it was freezing cold out.
a 5k is 3.1 miles by the way.

[akalata]

argh. my mile is 10 mins. im 300 lbs. lol

[playwithpride14]

My best on the 5K is 19 flat. Mile 5:30

[lax20]

dang nice mile time im trying to get my time down

[fatmanlax]

best on 5k is 17:50 and mile is 5 mins. I ran cross country tho

[lax20]

thats good hopefully i can find some more 5k around here

[hstrack]

well i run track, and your times is solid for someone thats not a running junkie, my first ever was a 21:37 as a freshman
now i run a 4:57 mile (51.8 400m) and 17:12 5k as a senior, im more a sprinter though....

[spartanlax10]

yo, who cares... its doesnt matter how fast you run it in... either way its great that you ran... sounds like you need a little work on your speed with a 7:00 mile (no offense) and you went out and ran... every little bit helps, and if you keep it up it will pay off... btw, hstack, thats a legit mile time!

[atacklax]

In all honesty, 26:50 is a pretty weak 5k unless the course was unbelievably hilly. Although it sounds like you did this without any training, so its not that bad. Depending on your age, an good high school athlete should be able to run a 5k somewhere in the 18-22 minute range. As a freshman, I ran an 18:15 5k on a pretty flat course.

[cnlax19]

last year in 5th grade i ran a 7:32 mile. 4th grade is 8:40, so i figure i shave some off each year

[lax20]

In all honesty, 26:50 is a pretty weak 5k unless the course was unbelievably hilly. Although it sounds like you did this without any training, so its not that bad. Depending on your age, an good high school athlete should be able to run a 5k somewhere in the 18-22 minute range. As a freshman, I ran an 18:15 5k on a pretty flat course.

ya it was hilly u start on a huge hill and i thought it was going to be realy easy so i did a like sprint run for the first half mile and that messed me up

[stflaxnewb]

im a s'more and ran xc, but didn't train at all over teh summer, ran a 20.20 last race., best mile 5.46. If you really want ot get faster though, you need to run more than once or twice a week. try running three miles (or 5k, the're about the same) every weekday, up it one mile a week until you hit 6 or seven miles, then work on getting that time down. just doing this brings down your time real fast, ive noticed i improved the most the first two or three weeks of the season.

[vinny a]

My mile is about 5:50 right now, it was around 6:05 around tryouts so I'm pretty happy. During basketball season last year I ran about a 5:45 so I have some room to improve.

I'm not really a distance guy so I dont know my 5k time

[Warrior_laxman-]

i dont kno how fast i run 5k or a mile i never get timed i do it on my own and theres a 8th grader in my school who runs a mile in 5:16 hes on varisty track as a 8th i think thats impersive

[OmenPigeon]

I suck at distance. I have an amazing first step and I can sprint. I can beat most defense men just with a stutter step and then I start dodging in the second half. There is a kid in my school though that can run a 5k in 15 minutes. He is insane. Yes that is about 5 minutes a mile.