I would have to say that hitting the provisionals for the trials is considered fast to me.
Isay wrote:
If you hit the trials automatics you are fast. If you can hit the provisionals you are kind of fast.
I would have to say that hitting the provisionals for the trials is considered fast to me.
Isay wrote:
If you hit the trials automatics you are fast. If you can hit the provisionals you are kind of fast.
Anyone who finishes in the top 5% of a road race with at least 1000 finishers is fast.
the exceptions being mega-races like the Peachtree, where 2/3 of the field walks most or all of the way.
college level:
800: 1:54
1500/mile: 3:59/4:18
5k: 14:59
10k: 30:59
Road race level for the area:
5k- 17:59
8k- 29:59
10k- 39:59
10miles- 1:04:59
half- 1:29:59
marathon 3:10
I'd disagree with that. In D3 UW-La Crosse no doubt has runners in their top 7 that can't run better than 15:45 on the track. They are always in the top in the NCAA polls.
I've always felt that fast times are what I consider fairly rare to the running population.
Sub 2
Sub 4:30
Sub 10 min in 2 miles
Sub 16 in 5K
Sub 34 in 10K
Sub 2:40 in the marathon
If you can run faster than that you are a very very good distance runner. Ya, lots of guys in college run that fast....and seemingly everyone here runs 14:30 for 5K. Well, Bekele runs 12:37 so you all suck.
You play lacrosse? what?
Bdubs wrote:
Its all relative. My g/f thinks I'm fast, but I'm not.
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that's funny, i always thought your g/f was fast.
Uh, are you saying UW-Lax has guys in their top 7 that can't run 15:45 on a track? Lacrosse probably has 20 guys who can go under 15:30, get your facts straight. There aren't any 15:45 guys at D3 nationals unless they are 6 or 7 man on a team that eeked in without any depth.
another D3 guy wrote:
Uh, are you saying UW-Lax has guys in their top 7 that can't run 15:45 on a track? Lacrosse probably has 20 guys who can go under 15:30, get your facts straight. There aren't any 15:45 guys at D3 nationals unless they are 6 or 7 man on a team that eeked in without any depth.
Right, I was on a team at nationals with our average 5k at the time being right around 16:00 and only 4 of 7 people ever went sub 16.
We were in the top 15.
Of course I was also on a team that had 7 runners below 15:40 and we got the same place. So 5k has nothing to do with d3 xc.
dirk koetter wrote:
when you say someone is fast...what are your standards for these claims?
100: 11.0-11.5
400: 50.0
800: 1:50
1500: 3:50
5000: 14:30
10000: 30:00
These are standards for distance runners. I don't think you can call yourself a sprinter unless you can run 10.5-10.7 or faster.
my bad....looks like they have about 12 guys that can do better than 15:45...according to last track season's results.