anyone else BARELY run at all, and maintain non-PATHETIC running ability?

zero miles in both cases

age time distance weight

26 5:40 1600 140 pounds

60 6:48 1600 158 pounds also did a 15:50 for 2 miles hilly xc

I run once or twice a week sometimes, no more than 15 minutes, and run high-19 for 5K.

And I'm 52.

My best mile from college was low-4:40s

Age 38, running once/week, plus cross training on a bike, hiking or versaclimber twice a week, I did a 5:04 mile, and six weeks later, after a few interval sessions plus mileage around 20/wk, I did a 4:58.

Wish I could touch that now, oh well.

Your are still young and you ran in college. Nevertheless, if you are truly sedentary (no spin, orange theory, etc...), if that is your only exercise, then you are pretty solid.

How do you know your 5k time if you never go more than 15 minutes at a time

3:03 marathon from 1 day a week and no previous running history. 5:06 mile. I didn't know anything about training and ran the marathon as a bet and was naive.

2 years later; 2:21 on 55mpw.

Ongoing...

I run four or five 5K's a year, including TGiving Day, of course.

My rule is, if I can run to the start of a race, I will. A few times a year, including Thanksgiving Day, I do just that.

A question wrote:

How do you know your 5k time if you never go more than 15 minutes at a time

Boom. Owned

You all are really a bunch of morons.

Me, me, me wrote:

You all are really a bunch of morons.

At least we don't make self-contradictory posts and expect to be taken seriously.

Read what I said originally.

Did it say "ever?"

Do you understand it implies that I run every week once, maybe twice, but not more than 15 minutes? Then race a 5K here and then? This isn't too difficult to understand.

Are you 12?

Me, me, me wrote:

Read what I said originally.

Did it say "ever?"

Do you understand it implies that I run every week once, maybe twice, but not more than 15 minutes? Then race a 5K here and then? This isn't too difficult to understand.

Are you 12?

So you run not more than 15 minutes, except for when you do run more than 15 minutes. Got it.

called out on a lie wrote:

Me, me, me wrote:

Read what I said originally.

Did it say "ever?"

Do you understand it implies that I run every week once, maybe twice, but not more than 15 minutes? Then race a 5K here and then? This isn't too difficult to understand.

Are you 12?

So you run not more than 15 minutes, except for when you do run more than 15 minutes. Got it.

PS - so what if I am 12? How does it feel to be worse at logic than someone 40 years younger than you?

called out on a lie wrote:

called out on a lie wrote:

So you run not more than 15 minutes, except for when you do run more than 15 minutes. Got it.

PS - so what if I am 12? How does it feel to be worse at logic than someone 40 years younger than you?

By logic you mean trolling, amirite??

Me, me, me wrote:

I run once or twice a week sometimes, no more than 15 minutes, and run high-19 for 5K.

And I'm 52.

So if you run twice you do two 7:30 runs to total 15 minutes or you actually run 30 minutes some weeks? If you ran two 15 minute runs and then raced a 5K, you’d be pretty close to 50 minutes for the week! I wouldn’t be bragging about breaking 20 minutes for a 5K if you’re running that much.

Congratulations, you can match for a few miles what the average fit 45 year old who never ran in college can do.

feels like rain wrote:

Note: I am not claiming my performance described below is impressive, but simply interesting for discussion.

I reviewed my strava 2018 YTD stats today: I have run 35 times this year (pretty evenly spaced, about once every 7 or 14 days) with a total distance of 130 miles, so an average of 3.7 miles per run.

I have run this same approximate volume for the past 4 years after about 6 years of a largely sedentary lifestyle. I am now 34. I ran in HS and college.

I can still run 6:00 to 6:30 pace on these short runs pretty easily. I ran a 5:30 mile at the end of a run 2 weeks ago, pushing hard but not redlining.

Anyone else able to run minimal miles but still manage to be faster than pathetic?

Eh, still hobby-jogger paces, therefore, quite pathetic.

Age 47. Run a bit more than you; 1-2 times per week. 4-10 total mpw. Although I have not tried lately, I could maintain 6 min pace for a mile or so on a training run. Race adrenaline - would probably sniff 18 for 5K but who knows. Genetics win just about every time.

I'm a female and can run a 21-22 min 5k (depending on weight) untrained. For reference, last year I hopped in a 10k with some friends weighing 145 lbs (significantly overweight for me by about 20-30 lbs) and ran 45 and change.