What is a good average time for a 5k run?
- Thread starter Tennersee
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amasidlover
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- Location
- Gatley
At a Parkrun / Great Run Local most people will finish within 40-45 minutes.
To be a competitive track runner you'd want to be sub 15 minutes.
Sub 20 minutes is a very good benchmark and achievable by most healthy average build male adults with regular training (at least 3 times a week including some speed-work in at least one of those runs) - I'd guess 22-23 minutes as a similar figure for females, but sadly its not a nice round number.
To be a competitive track runner you'd want to be sub 15 minutes.
Sub 20 minutes is a very good benchmark and achievable by most healthy average build male adults with regular training (at least 3 times a week including some speed-work in at least one of those runs) - I'd guess 22-23 minutes as a similar figure for females, but sadly its not a nice round number.
- Location
- Marlborough, Wiltshire
I think a good 'average' time would be 30 minutes - roughly 10 minute miling. That's something most people can achieve - I can't even imagine running 23 minutes 
Truth
Regular Member
- Location
- Coseley , Wolverhampton
Agreed....No way would I be geeting near 20 mins either. Maybe 23 at a push
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