Average 5K pr of letsrunners

From the official Letsrun PR thread

median

5000 m (track) 14:17

5K (road) 15:26

If you factor in those who post say more than twice a month those would be considerably slower, maybe 2 and 3 minutes respectively.

14:53 PR, right now still training hard post college for the marathon, probably around 15:00 shape.

Average= sub 17.

I would guess that's about the average PR around here. No one who has a 23 min PR is going to respond to this question. My PR is 18:48, which is fairly recent. I have been on letsrun before while my PR was in the low 19s.

My 5k pr is 17:35

My 5k pr is actually a split from an 8k, 15:05 (15:12 for true 5k)

I would guess the real 5k average here is over 18. People tend to talk a big game when they are hiding behind a screen

I was a 16:2x three miler in HS. Ran a 17:22 road 5K in my early 20s when most of my training consisted of drinking beer and carousing. I ran 19:35 last year (33 yrs old) and 19:00 about 4 years ago. Haven't raced yet this year, probably wouldn't run much faster than 21:00 if I did.

PR: 16:51 XC

Ave of last 5 races: 20:32

This question was already answered: http://www.letsrun.com/2009/letsrun5ktimes1021.php

17:32 5k

~16 min average

since dyestat shut down, more and more HS kids come here so it's def slower

RIP dyestat

Oh my!

14:58 Flagpole Willy

15:35 nikeman

Me: 16:15 (road)

letsrunners: 17:30

I have never really run a 5k. I ran 28:56 for 8k, Mcmillan calculator puts me at 17:33 5k.

nelsonm wrote:

Oh my!

14:58 Flagpole Willy

15:35 nikeman

Funny~

My PR is 20:06. I am only 13 however.

15:30 is a pretty pedestrian time in college. I'd be surprised if the the majority of college+ male runners here hadn't run under 16.

Never run a 5km. I think the average Letsrun time would be about 17 minutes. I think the results will show it to be sub 14 though.

and I would have handed him his ass at anything longer. Then or now.