So I'm a 15 yr runner that will be a sophmore this school year. My Prs are:
5k: 20:56
3200m: 11:50
1600m: 5:11
800m: 2:20
I just wanted to know which pr was better, my 1600m or 5k. Personally I think my 1600m is much better. My friends all claim that the 5k is much better.
I ran about 300miles this past summer. What do you think would be a realistic 5k time this cross country season?
800
1-1600
2- 800
3- 3200
4- 5k
LOL a 5:11 mile is equivalent to about a 17:50 5k. Your mile time is much much better. Your times suggest you need to focus more on your aerobic strength, which the 300 miles might have helped out with.
Itsclosethough wrote:
1-1600
2- 800
3- 3200
4- 5k
Thats the order I thought too. What do you guys think I could run in the 5k this year?
I ran 20:15 as a freshman in the fall, then 5:03 for 1600m in the spring, then ran 18:58 in XC in the fall.
My whole HS/College career went like:
HS
Fr XC: 20:15
Fr Track: 5:03, 11:01
Soph XC: 18:58
Soph Track: 2:09, 4:57, 10:53
Junior XC: 17:56
Junior Track: 2:06, 4:54, 10:51
Senior XC: 17:20
Senior Track: 2:03, 4:36, 10:07
College
Fr XC: 29:10 XC
Fr Track: 2:02, 4:12 1500m
Soph XC: 28:20 XC
Soph Track: 1:58, 4:07 1500m, 15:30 5000m
Junior XC: 26:40 XC
Junior Track: 1:57, 4:03 1500m, 15:21 5000m
Senior XC: 25:24 XC
Senior Track: 1:54, 3:54 1500m, 14:25 5000m
McMillan's running calculator equates a 5:11 1600m with an 18:07 5k. Previous poster said 17:50, but either way, your 1600m is definitely way better.
As for what to expect this season, it depends. It's pretty common for runners to see big improvements from their first year ever of running to their second, so if that's you, your times could drop quite a bit. If this is the most you've run in a summer thus far, that makes improvement likely as well - you'll have a bigger base.
Good luck this season.
My freshman year my mile PR was 5:08, I ran about 35 mpw over the summer, and the next XC season I could run 17:30 on a good day. But my 3200 was a lot faster, 10:46
I predict you run 18:30