what's considered an average 5 k time?

beachbum1980

anyone know?

Mominator

Average for winners or average for Joe-Smoe's like me? I can tell you, the 5K that I ran this past weekend, there were about 470 runners and my time of 32:45 put me in 208th place. My BF who ran it in 27:19 finished 101st. The winner of the race came in at 16:22 and the fastest female was 22:49.

ChiTownBelle

Age? Sex? Condition?  I don't think there is an "average."  Are you trying to compare your time? 

I can run a comfortable 5k in roughly 25 min, 28yo female, if that counts, ha.

SaraKathryn

Not sure what avg is, but I got my best time ever yesterday- 26:31!  I was so happy.

OSULori

Honestly, there's no such think as an "average" 5k time.  There are too many factors at play-age and/or fitness level of the runner, the weather, the course, number of entrants, etc.  What is average for one person is not usually average for the next.

Susie Derkins

Yeah, it'll vary a lot, with the factors people listed above and also with the race, and what kind of participants it draws.

My best is a 26:25.  My first one was 32:something.

Brit's Luna154

You can use this tool to calculate what average is for your gender/age: http://www.heartbreakhill.org/age_graded.htm

For me, a 30yo female, average (50th percentile) would be 28:47.

ETA: I'm pretty sure this is overall for 5Ks, not just for that 5K. Either way, it should be in the same ballpark.

beebe929

I bet "average" in the sense of 1/2 below 1/2 above would be 30 minutes, but there are so many factors in play

 

BlinkingLight1

My first 5K time was around 35:00. I ran the whole time, but barely. I was running REALLY slowly the 2nd half. I strongly dislike running, but I force myself to try to get better

wildfloweragain

My first 2 were 35 something and 33 something.

SugarofHeaven21

My friends and I ran one, and most of us never trained.  The guys finished in about 30 minutes, and most of the ladies finished in about 45 minutes.  That was my time- 43 minutes!