The answer depends on the background and training. My son as an 8th grader ran 35:23 for 10k on the roads and 17:08 at Woodward Park (site of Calif state xc meet) later that fall. But he was reasonably trained, having run 25- 35 miles a week during middle school. If he had been an occasionaly jogger, the 39 minute mark would have been good.
Simone wrote:
I really think most guys on letsrun have faster PR's than 16:36.
No. There was a thread a while ago, and some statistics geek did the math. Average was about 16:45 if I recall. Everybody pretends they are a 120mpw 13:59 post collegiate, but it just 'ain't true.
Laughing my butt off....Kid, quit running the 10k..start running the 800 and or mile... train for the love of it..then when you graduate high school take your best mile and sretch it out per mile for the 10k or marathon and then your respectable..... a 39;57 10k says you need to first learn how to run.....a 10k is too far for a freshmen..........formerly a 1/2 miler thru marathoner
MarcusE wrote:
Laughing my butt off....Kid, quit running the 10k..start running the 800 and or mile... train for the love of it..then when you graduate high school take your best mile and sretch it out per mile for the 10k or marathon and then your respectable..... a 39;57 10k says you need to first learn how to run.....a 10k is too far for a freshmen..........formerly a 1/2 miler thru marathoner
Wholeheartedly agree. When all HS freshmen run 10k on a regular basis, then we will know if 39:57 is respectable.
More importantly, what does this HS freshman run for 800?