is my 1500m time good???

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  • Holly :)

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    11 years ago 06/14/2012 1:17pm EDT

    hi

    i was wanting to know if my time of 5mins 59 is good for a 13 year old girl????

    i am no champion runner or anything like that but want to compare myself to average times in this race.

    thanks for any help.

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    Flagpole

    Member since 03/14/2003.

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    11 years ago 06/14/2012 1:47pm EDT
    re: Holly :)

    Holly :) wrote:

    hi

    i was wanting to know if my time of 5mins 59 is good for a 13 year old girl????

    i am no champion runner or anything like that but want to compare myself to average times in this race.

    thanks for any help.

    Times for girls especially matter not much at that age. Often (not most of the time, but often) 13 year old GIRLS will get slower as they get older and mature. This does not happen to boys. Boys get better as they age though the teenage years.

    I know a girl who will be a junior in high school in the fall, and she is not any faster than she was in 6th grade -- she was a super star then; now she's just better than average.

    How you do depends on your training, your healthy eating, how your body reacts to getting older through your teenage years, and your interest.

    Is 5 minutes 59 seconds good for 1500 meters for a 13-year-old? Not setting the world on fire (go search for Junior Olympic 1500 meter results for your age), but it's not horrible. Even if you ran 4:59 though, I'd tell you the same thing about your potential...just wait and see.

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    bangalangadanga

    Member since 11/04/2011.

    2,219 posts. Last post 10 years ago.
    11 years ago 06/14/2012 1:50pm EDT
    re: Flagpole

    yeah, that's very good. you'll be in the top 5 runners at most track meets. keep up the good work.

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