treadmill 5k

risteard7

how long should it take to run 5k on treadmill with no incline. im 24 reasonably fit and not overweight or anything?

Jarren

how much do you weight ?

risteard7

Jarren wrote: »

how much do you weight ?

12 stone im about 5 foot 9? dont think im overweight?

RayCun

15 minutes
Any slower than that and you should give up, because you're not cut out for running.





Seriously, just go run the damn thing:rolleyes:. As fast as you can. Come back when you want to know how to run it faster.

risteard7

i mean what would be an average time

RayCun

The average for everyone running a 5k? The average for reasonably fit 24 year old men who aren't overweight? Irishmen? Capricorns?

What does any of that matter? I can understand people who are going to their first race and asking if they'll be finishing last, but what does it matter how fast someone else can run 5k on a treadmill?

If you're slower than average, so what? Train more, get faster.
If you're faster than average, so what? That doesn't make you fast. Train more, get faster.

Dermighty

Around 33 minutes, that's at around 9km/hr.

lway

If the treadmill is set to 10 min miles, than it should take 30 - 31 mins, if the treadmill is set to quicker pace it should take less time. Simples.;)

Basically there are too many variables, your size, weight, running history, running pace. I suggest typing a local 5k race into a Search engine and see what times people are running in the real world and see how you are doing relative to that.

risteard7

Fcuk sake i only asked a question, i was told somewhere else under 20 mins would be ok. mod u have been patronising and unhelpful

BobMac104

if you do under 20 you're doing well. if you do under 23 you're also doing well.

its all so subjective lad. chill.

for some here reasonably fit means 16 min 5k other its means 25min. noone means to be unhelpful, it really is a "how long is a piece of string" question.

some people even at 24 and "reasonably fit" in their own eyes couldnt make the 5k.

bah1011

I mostly play football but do 5k over the winter. My average time on a treadmill would be around 21min.

My girlfriend would do the same time cross country which is obviusly much harder as ground can be softer and there are inclines.

I have friends who can run 5k in under 17mins on a flat course with very few bends but they would be doing athletics as their main sport.

jebuz

risteard7 wrote: »

Fcuk sake i only asked a question, i was told somewhere else under 20 mins would be ok. mod u have been patronising and unhelpful

You have to understand that there are subjective questions like these posted almost every week in the forum (is this a good time, how long should x miles take etc) and they are just too vague, there are too many variables to give you a good answer and he's right it doesn't really matter, just run it and that's how long it takes, for you! If you want to improve come back then and ask specific questions, do! You'll get more than enough help here.

At least RayCun took the time to answer the question and answered it honestly, I wouldn't call that unhelpful.

RayCun

risteard7 wrote: »

Fcuk sake i only asked a question, i was told somewhere else under 20 mins would be ok. mod u have been patronising and unhelpful

'Ok' for who? By what standard?

TFBubendorfer

risteard7 wrote: »

Fcuk sake i only asked a question, i was told somewhere else under 20 mins would be ok. mod u have been patronising and unhelpful

And who told you that? Under 20 minutes would be well above average (that's better than average, of course)

huskerdu

TFBubendorfer wrote: »

And who told you that? Under 20 minutes would be well above average (that's better than average, of course)

I know you are a very experienced runner, so your perspective on "average" is probably quite good, but this points out again the there is no "average", only peoples perception of average, good, fast, slow and lots of other subjective terms.

I am sorry, OP, but no-one can give a useful answer to how long your piece of string is.

walshb

Very difficult question to answer. But, assuming male, 20-40, in ok shape aesthetically, reasonably fit then I would say 22 mins is a time you should run 5 K on the thread mill. That is rougly at a pace of 13.5 kph.

hi_there

As they said times will be different based on individual circumstances-but at the same time there's always going to be an average range!
You could look up the results for some 5km races and see how you compare. http://redtagtiming.com/ has loads,for example the renville 5km on that page was a nice flat course with a wide range of runners/joggers/walkers.
I'd have started on the treadmill doing very slow 35min 5kms I'm down to 27mins now which still isn't particularly fast, I would consider 20-23mins good (for a woman)

Tombo2001

risteard7 wrote: »

Fcuk sake i only asked a question, i was told somewhere else under 20 mins would be ok. mod u have been patronising and unhelpful

If you want a number.

Do it 5 times over 20 days.

The fifth time, try to do it in 23-24 minutes. That would be 'average' in my view, for someone who is young, not overweight, reasonably fit and is starting out in running.

If the fifth time you are faster than 20 mins you are reasonably quick.

If the fifth time you are slower than 27 mins then you are firmly slow.

In my humble opinion.

Also, dont do it on a threadmill, do it on the road. If the ground is moving for you, it makes you seem faster than you actually are.

rom

Go to a results page for a 5K look at the numbers entered the race, divide by 2 and then that place is average for that race.

So taking a flat course in Cork recently 22.54 http://www.corkbhaa.com/raceResults2012/IPS_Garda_5K_2012.htm would be the average time. Now if you factor in things like your age then its going to be lower than that I presume.

http://www.pace-calculator.com/5k-pace-comparison.php

seamus

OP, the reason you can't get any useful answers is because the question is so vague. What constitutes a "good" time for any individual is a function of all of their variables - weight, age, fitness, injury, etc etc etc. For one person, simply managing to run 5k without stopping to walk is "good". For someone else, 18 minutes might be an exceptionally poor time.

"Reasonably fit" isn't all that much use. Someone could be a competitive swimmer and be exceptionally fit, but their 5k running time may put them in the lower 50% of the field because they're not a runner, they're a swimmer.

Tombo gives the best advice - find out what your time is. Then for you a "good" time is any time faster than that.

In a more general sense, looking at the results from a 5k last year, the average result for men in your category (seniors) was 22:45. Get a time better than this and you're in the top 30% of the Senior Men's field.

But getting a time better than this doesn't mean that you're inherently good, and a worse than this doesn't mean you're bad.

At the end of the day unless you're in the top 1% and competing at the front of a field, then the only time you're chasing is your own, so the only time that matters is the last 5k you ran.