10K - Whats a 'good' time?

trotter_inc

What would be considered a 'good' time for doing a 10k run?

(Im not talking about a professional time here)

I can do it in about 45 minutes, gradually getting it done faster, would this time be considered good?

What can other people run it in?

meepmeep

Well in the Waterford 10k recently, the winner ran it in 33 minutes. And we are talking someone who runs marathons regularly so i'd say 45 mins is pretty good.

40-45 mins were the finishing times for a lot of young fellas, most of them in athletics clubs.

Mr E

I can do it in about 50 minutes.... Must try and get that time down

Trojan

I'd be happy with under an hour. I do 6.5k in 31 minutes when I'm pushing it, so extrapolating from that I'd guess ~48-50, but I've never measured.

This is on a bicycle, right?

trotter_inc

meepmeep wrote:

Well in the Waterford 10k recently, the winner ran it in 33 minutes. And we are talking someone who runs marathons regularly so i'd say 45 mins is pretty good.

40-45 mins were the finishing times for a lot of young fellas, most of them in athletics clubs.

Jays that makes me feel a lot better - when Im running it feels like the pace is quite slow, towards 35 mins I really push the pace - so 45 minutes is good

irlirishkev

I've only run 10k once, a couple of years ago.
Thanks to my shyte body (get aches and pains when I run) I haven't been able to run that far for a long time.
I did 6k on Wednesday in 31 minutes. I did the 10k in 47 minutes I think it was..
I'd like to do 10k again, I'd be aiming for about 45-50 minutes hopefully...

Kevin.

Pherekydes

I used to run about 34 mins, but now I'm old and fat I probably wouldn't do less than 60 mins. I ran the GOAL mile on Christmas Day in 9:45, so take it from there.

Anything under 40 mins is quite good, 35 is horsing it, sub 32 is as good as it gets without training full time. (But it depends on your body shape and CV system to begin with. Rule of thumb is 2 seconds per pound of extra fat per mile)

po0k

Trojan wrote:

This is on a bicycle, right?

Jnealon

I did it in 43.25 last night. According to my hrm I wasn't running at full output so I'd hope to knock a few minutes off it if I was going flat out.

p.pete

I'd be delighted to do it in 45 mins but reckon I'm probably nearer to 50 mins. I usually look at my speed in terms of minutes per miles so 50mins is 8 minute mile pace and 45 is down near 7 minute miles which I'd considered very good for the no serious runner over longer distances

[8mins / 1.6 = 5mins per km. Then 5mins * 10 km = 50mins]