But if you just started running you have a lot of improvement in you and can definitely run much much faster. I believe any high school athlete is capable of running sub 16 in the 5k with enough dedication. Good (likely varsity): sub 18:00. Very good (likely top 10 in most high school leagues/conferences): sub 17.
But just a few hills, even really steep ones, don't effect me as much. One of my best 5K times was on a course with a huge hill on it, there was little to no other incline, except this one really steep man made hill. But over all yes, hills will slow down your time, especially when you're looking at a larger net elevation gain.
June 2013 in General running. Last Saturday morning I completed my first parkrun in 26.16. I was quite pleased despite aiming for a sub25 minute finish. I will be regularly completing these parkruns now, when time allows me. I just wondered what people thought was a good 5k finishing time. How hard would it be to get that time down to 20 minutes?
7crisp7 wrote: I'm 27 years old, 6' ft tall, weigh 210lbs and have no crew background or experience, training on a Concept 2 Model D. Right now I'm focusing on 5k and 10k workouts, my best 5k time thus far is a 18:23.2, and my best 10k time is a 37:19.1. You have all the requisites: age, height, and weight for rowing.
Conversely, if you know your goal mile pace but not your goal race pace, you can also look up your race distance and see your final time based on your mile pace. A 9-minute-mile goal pace, for example, would give you 27:58 for your 5K time, 45:00 minutes for your 5-mile time, a 55:56 10K time, a 1:57:59 half marathon, or a 3:55:58 marathon time.
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is 21 minutes a good 5k time
