PACER Test

I did the test when I was 14, getting 137 and easily setting the school record. I did the test again today and got 139 setting the school record again. I'm 17 now. I did track and ran a 4:49 mile first meet. I have only got slower since then.

The key is knowing if you did the 15-meter or 20-meter PACER. In my district, elementary and middle schools use the 15-meter, while HS uses 20-meter due to lack of space at the elem/middle schools.

Freshman year the kids come in talking about the 130, 110, 90's that they all scored in middle school, then get disappointed when they get 70's and 80's as freshman.

There are usually a handful of freshman boys who get into the 100-120 range. Freshman record is 128.

Big difference between 15 and 20 meter test though.

You are capable of at least 110. I can do 115 with a 19:30 5K

The PACER test has 156 time periods of running mixed into 21 levels.

The first levels have fewer time periods, and the number of time periods steadily increase all the way to level 21.

I have beaten the PACER test multiple times. It is more about endurance, than raw speed. The last level is similar to running a 60-65 second 400m.

I did beat it twice on the same day. We would have one group go, while the other group kept "tick" marks of how many run periods you completed. (My partner keeping the "tick" marks ended up spraining something, and our teacher was adamant that the same number of people do both groups. Since he was my partner and I was on the track team at the time, I ended up running with both groups. The second group had a freshman wrestler that was from a dominant wrestling family, and was in great shape. I couldn't let a freshman beat all the seniors. I ended up getting to sit out of track practice for two days to recover.)

My track times at the time were 2:02, 4:56, 10:34, 16:35. (I had done a half a month later in 1:18:34.)

Got 120 as Freshman 5:24 Mile and 19:04 5k

I got 137 in 6th Grade and 141 in 7th grade. 3rd place for state.My mile was 4:44 in 6th grade and 4:26 in 7th grade 2nd place for state.My 5k was 14:34

Jeff M. wrote:

Just did it on 4/22/14 and I got 70 flat and I'm 14 in high school

My kid beat the pacer in 7th grade she got like 200somethin' 130 is great for a 4th grader, but you probably heard your kid wrong, 4 graders get about 80 if they're good. 130 is like future Usain Bolt, your kid probably lied.

proudmom wrote:

My 10 year old daughter (4th grade) just did 130 PACER test- set the school record. What does that mean?

You mean this test? http://www.runnersworld.com/workouts/the-beep-test

I run a 1:53 half miler and am curious to see what I could do in the pacer now that I am running in college. Never took one in high school, just in 8th grade, where I think I did 90 but I wasn't running competitively yet. Also curious to see how fast some of our university's cross country guys could do, considering they blow me out of the water in aerobic endurance.

Had a version that goes up to level 21. Got 14. Was probably 11min 2mile shape at the time, but a sprinter/jumper type so turnarounds were something I was good at.

Ok this test is used widely in Australia to test the aerobic fitness of students. Most Americans have very little knowledge of this test as I had never heard of it before migrating here 20 years ago. I currently test 780 students every term here in Australia.

The test can be a very good indicator of max Vo2 or at least ability in the area of fitness related sports.. Example my former student Michael Matthews recorded the highest score in the school as a 9th grader thus I encouraged him to give the sport of cycling a go since he could also almost dunk a basketball. He was recently the silver medalist at the World Cycling Championships in Richmond.

I recorded a score of 14.4 at 41 and soon after ran 15:54 for 5k on the road.

The test is best performed on a gymnasium floor. Temperature in the gym needs to be similar each time taken to make this a valid test. At 48 I recently recorded 13.3 and I would say I am roughly 17:45 shape. The score on the test doesn't correlate to 5k or 1500m times but as I stated it does allow one to asses genetic ability. Good luck!

The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal bodeboop. A sing lap should be completed every time you hear this sound. ding Remember to run in a straight line and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark. Get ready!… Start. ding

I had a meet the day after so I didn't go full out, but I got 116.

At the time I was

XC 5k: 18:15

mile: 4:58

2 mile: 11:07

Ready? Start wrote:

The FitnessGram Pacer Test is a multistage aerobic capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20 meter pacer test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running speed starts slowly but gets faster each minute after you hear this signal bodeboop. A sing lap should be completed every time you hear this sound. ding Remember to run in a straight line and run as long as possible. The second time you fail to complete a lap before the sound, your test is over. The test will begin on the word start. On your mark. Get ready!… Start. ding

That quote makes me laugh every time

Nice job, I beat my schools record too!!! I got 150 and the closest to me was 145. Whats the highest you guys have ever heard of bc I wanna beat it.

Did 136 in 7th grade. That prompted a girl to say I should run track. I obviously joined. Never ran the pacer after that. Wonder what could have happened while in shape. Ran sprints 7th and 8th grade. So no mile or 5k time.

Ended up a multiple time all American and national champion in college. Oddly enough, the kid who finished behind me in 7th grade in 133 was the runner up behind me at national twice. I say full circle but he might take the cake senior year this year.

Pretty sure I did near 160 in my 2nd to last year of high school.

I heard somewhere that Nick Willis ran out of beeps, he literally ran out of tape.

Could people stop citing nonsense tests.

The actual test has 21 levels. There is no 100 or 150, you took some half azzed test if you are reporting such.

From wiki

The recording is typically structured into 21 'levels', each lasting around 62 s. Usually, the interval of beeps is calculated as requiring a speed at the start of 8.5 km/h (see format table), increasing by 0.5 km/h with each level thereafter. The progression from one level to the next is signaled by 3 quick beeps. The highest level attained before failing to keep up is recorded as the score for that test.

Never broke 116 as my endurance was(still is) gawd awful.

Mile in middle school: 5:23

5k back then: 23:56