3200 time based off of 14:43 5k

Was that run on the track?

Inversely I have run 9:22 for 3200m and am wondering what an equivalent 5000m time would be on the track. I've ran a 15:40 road 5K (flat, 10 or 12 turns probably).

Bobby Joe wrote:

Inversely I have run 9:22 for 3200m and am wondering what an equivalent 5000m time would be on the track. I've ran a 15:40 road 5K (flat, 10 or 12 turns probably).

I would say 15:10 or thereabouts.

14:43 for 5K puts you in Elijah Armstrong territory. So, national elite for HS, maybe 8:50 or below for 3200.

But your question is kind of odd, because what kind of freshman who has run a fast 5K and is trying to predict a 3200 time hasn't already run that distance?

tru

This question makes no sense. If a high school freshman ran 14:43 we would have heard about it--and he would have already run a 3200. A college frosh wouldn't be running a 5k cross-country race nor would he be running a 3200.

I just finished my freshman year of college. I only ran 9:38 in high school last year. Training went really well this past year so I clearly improved a lot. With a year, I want to know what my 3200 time could be now, to see how much I improved from last year's 9:38.

And yes the 5k was on a track

You have improved, but since that time was on a track, you haven't improved as much as you might hope.

I found one running calculator that put you at a 3200 of about 8:57, but I think that's a LITTLE fast. I would put you at about 9:09.

I guess you are just curious as you likely won't be running a 3200 again ever. I never did again after I graduated from high school.

Curious freshman wrote:

I just finished my freshman year of college. I only ran 9:38 in high school last year. Training went really well this past year so I clearly improved a lot. With a year, I want to know what my 3200 time could be now, to see how much I improved from last year's 9:38.

And yes the 5k was on a track

So going on a message board and getting an opinion on something that is so objective is as good as the real thing... I'd say 9:00.01, you'll get em next year

Jack Daniels' VDOT formula is usually pretty close. He has you at ~9:06 (9:09 for 3200m).

http://www.runbayou.com/jackd.htm

Curious freshman wrote:

I just finished my freshman year of college. I only ran 9:38 in high school last year. Training went really well this past year so I clearly improved a lot. With a year, I want to know what my 3200 time could be now, to see how much I improved from last year's 9:38.

And yes the 5k was on a track

The calculator I use equates a 9:07 3200 with a 14:43 5k. So clearly, you have had some good improvement - keep on doing the same sort of training as what got you to where you are now, stay healthy. Your high school 3200 time will fade further into the past - your 5000 pace is already faster; soon it will be your 10k pace, then just a split on a tempo run. And that is how it goes, you just have to keep on going.

Curious freshman wrote:

I just finished my freshman year of college. I only ran 9:38 in high school last year. Training went really well this past year so I clearly improved a lot. With a year, I want to know what my 3200 time could be now, to see how much I improved from last year's 9:38.

And yes the 5k was on a track

You can try this to figure out your 2-mile time (not 3200!):

and this to figure out if your 14:43 was the best you could have run that day:

To save you some time, I'll give you some numbers based on what you think you can run for a mile when you ran that 14:43:

14:43 with 4:05 ~ 8:55 (3200, not 2-mile)

with 4:10 ~ 8:59

with 4:15 ~ 9:03

with 4:20 ~ 9:07

My son just ran 14:43 at the NBN HS meet. His 3200 PR this year was 9:04. Most of the answers above are also in the correct range within 5 seconds each way.

runthecountry wrote:

The calculator I use equates a 9:07 3200 with a 14:43 5k. So clearly, you have had some good improvement - keep on doing the same sort of training as what got you to where you are now, stay healthy. Your high school 3200 time will fade further into the past - your 5000 pace is already faster; soon it will be your 10k pace, then just a split on a tempo run. And that is how it goes, you just have to keep on going.

Normally I'd say it ending up as a tempo split would be pretty unheard of but a drop from 9:38 to 14:43 in one year shows you have massive upside. Stay healthy.

If I ran 16:40 what should be by 3200 PR this spring

If I ran 16:40 what should be by 3200 PR this spring