So... how far do you run and what is your best time?

[Locke]

I can run a lap of my village which is 2.45 miles (some slight up hills but generally quite flat) in 14.57.

I was just curious what other distances people run and what sort of times they get?

Please also state if your run is on a treadmill, track or road.

Edited by Locke on Thursday 3rd March 15:25

Edited by Locke on Saturday 5th March 16:06

[The Major]

Locke said:

Thank you!

Edited by Locke on Thursday 3rd March 15:20

no problem

[dirty doug]

5k best of 20'28"

10k best of 43'45"

both on treadmill

40yo, short, stocky & my DNA was never designed for running.

[aka_kerrly]

My understanding (i am new to this whole running lark) is that as a reasonably average person you should be able to jog a 10minute mile without stopping.

Then once you can do a mile comfortably within 10min you can then decide to try and focus on endurance and push toward doing 2,3 etc miles without a break or focus on speed and try and increase your speed for 1 mile and get your time down to 5-6min. A 4minute mile is olympic long distance runner for comparison.

I have been running for a couple of months doing 3 runs a week varying between a 1.8mile route which is quite hilly terrain to a 5 miles circuit of the town which is mostly flat apart from the final 1/2mile which is a real leg burner!! I average 6.5->7 min mile on the 5 miles route as i aim to run for 30min.

I want to try and get to a stage where i can sprint for 1 mile stop for a short break an then continue running at a jogging pace for a further few miles.

Also consider taking up swimming as this seems to compliment running quite well.

[Driller]

I have a 6km course I do from my house around a park twice and back again. On each lap of the park I do 10 pull ups and 20 leg raises. Takes about 40 minutes in all.

[escort90]

i can run 1.5miles in 10.30, bleep test up to 10.7

only just started running though

[bales]

I have a 2.2 mile route that my best is about 13mins in a kill myself effort!

I m not really cut out for distance running though as i can run 100m in 11s and 200m in 22s currently.

[lost in espace]

I have extended my run and now do 5.5miles in about an hour. 350ft climb though.

[Rutter]

The mrs and I do a jog of 5km 3 times a week in around 36 minutes.

[bales]

aka_kerrly said:

I want to try and get to a stage where i can sprint for 1 mile stop for a short break an then continue running at a jogging pace for a further few miles.

Think that might be a tad optimistic aim! You can only sprint for about 8s absolutely maximally, any longer takes a hell of a lot of hard work to achieve and an ability to be relaxed and give full effort at the same time! which takes a long time to master!

If you want to improve your short speed endurance short rest sprint tempo runs are good.

[RobM77]

I used to do half marathon distances (13.1m/21.1k) in around 90 minutes, but then injured my knee. I'm currently aiming to build back up to a 10k distance so I can do triathlon (via 3 miles for a spring triathlon), but the knee's not being very cooperative, even at those short distances!

[jimbobsimmonds]

Currently joining the TA and have to get my 1.5 mile below 10.30. On my selection weekend I ran a 11.45 at Crowborough which has a killer of a hill on it. Malta Barracks and Pirbright are flat, and by the sound of it Crowborough adds somewhere between 45 and 90 seconds to your time.

Am running 2 miles in around 16.30 on quite a hilly route 3 times a week (on my "off" days from the Gym) and have only been going for around 3 weeks now. Was just wondering how long you think knocking 90 seconds off my 1.5 mile time will take with what I am currently doing...

[ewenm]

I used to take my running pretty seriously...

Race Distance	PB
1500m track	3:55
Mile track	4:16
Mile road	4:22
3k track	8:19
3k steeplechase	8:54
5k track	14:28
5k road	14:54
10k road	30:50
10 Miles	53:xx
Half Marathon	1:07:33
20 Miles	1:48:20
Marathon	DNF

Now slowly getting fitter again but balancing it around a baby daughter.

[alfa phil]

I think there may be a bit of showing off on this thread , im not fast but not slow either 10k p.b 39.50

[Locke]

ewenm said:

I used to take my running pretty seriously...

Race Distance	PB
1500m track	3:55
Mile track	4:16
Mile road	4:22
3k track	8:19
3k steeplechase	8:54
5k track	14:28
5k road	14:54
10k road	30:50
10 Miles	53:xx
Half Marathon	1:07:33
20 Miles	1:48:20
Marathon	DNF

Now slowly getting fitter again but balancing it around a baby daughter.

Very impressive times, were you a member of a club and competing?

[ewenm]

Locke said:

Very impressive times, were you a member of a club and competing?

Been competing for 23 years, still do, just not back at that level yet.

My top advice for people enjoying running - join your local club. There will be people of all standards and usually a beginners group. Running with others makes the miles go by much more easily and you can be spurred on to get fitter and faster by your clubmates.

Edited by ewenm on Saturday 5th March 09:54

[172ff]

ewenm said:

I used to take my running pretty seriously...

Race Distance	PB
1500m track	3:55
Mile track	4:16
Mile road	4:22
3k track	8:19
3k steeplechase	8:54
5k track	14:28
5k road	14:54
10k road	30:50
10 Miles	53:xx
Half Marathon	1:07:33
20 Miles	1:48:20
Marathon	DNF

Now slowly getting fitter again but balancing it around a baby daughter.

Jesus Christ! That's amazing!

I've got my 5k time down to 27.40. Used to take 40 odd mins when I first started.

Did the bristol half marathon in 2hrs.. I'm not built for it!

[m444ttb]

I've never been into doing anything beyond 10k and in the one race I did (Highworth 5 mile - near Swindon) last April i ran 36 minutes dead. My fitness has fallen off some way since then, but i'm getting back to it steadily now. Undecided if i'll enter this the race this year as I cant face not beating the time! I want a sub-35 minutes really.

I may have a go at the Lethbridge 10k in Swindon later in the year as I've been training 10k as my weekly tempo run. The very hilly course I'm running at the moment is taking me about 54 minutes so i think i could get this down to sub-50 fairly quickly.

[insanojackson]

Just had my best outdoors run in a while. From runkeeper GPS 5.48 miles, 43mins 22secs, average 7 mins 55 secs per mile and a 473 ft climb.Most of it was on quite a soft/muddy cycle path. The dog enjoyed it too.

44.35 was my previous best for the same route.

[Beardy10]

Comparing times for running is like comparing the 0-60 of a 458 and a Mini diesel....body type makes such a massive difference.

If you haven't got a body type suited for running and have done 10k in a decent amount less than 50mins as a couple of people have on this thread that's very good I think

I think the old combined time for a 5k bike then 5k run then 5k row is much more interesting as it evens out the body type.