170+ lb. Letsrunners - What are your PR's?

6'2"

185-195

5k - 15:23

HJ - 6'9"

Marathon - 2:53 but hoping to lop a big chunk off that I'm a few weeks

I ran 14:5x, 25:4x and 4:18 at just a tad under 170

I’m 6’ tall

in college, I weighed ~170lbs while running 50-80 mpw depending on season. PRs at that time/weight:

3k - 8:55

5k - 15:41

8k - low 26 (XC)

For what it’s worth, I recently ran 20 min 5k @ 200 lbs age 33. That was off 25 mpw of with very limited threshold work.

Wow!...you ran a 20 min 5K at 200 lbs at your age! Totally impressed! 👍💪🙌 I would bet there isn't anyone else out there at your height & weight in their 30s that could run faster (that isn't using PEDs).

I played D-1college football years ago & you remind me of our strong safeties - most were in that ~6 ft/~200 lb range but none would come close to ever running a 20 min 5k.

Do you also lift weights? If so, how often? And what kind of diet do you eat?

No weights, just sets of pushups and sit-ups a couple times a week after runs. Normal balanced diet including some junk food.

I stopped running at age 20 and was inconsistent with general fitness throughout my twenties, eventually getting up to an out of shape 210 lbs.

Decided to get back into running seriously about 9 months ago and curious to see how close I get back to that 170 lbs. weight. Been slowly increasing mileage from nothing, currently at about 25 mpw.

I'm about 5'9 175 and just ran a 1:23 half at 30 with about 6 months of training after taking almost 10 years off. I think I can go run low 17 in a 5k. Gonna try in a few weeks

6’2” 190 lbs

3:56 1500

What is the ideal running weight for someone 6-2?

6'4" and 175-180 when I ran my prs:

14:34 5k

30:21 10k

3:58 1500

Tried to lose weight and get down below 170 in college but it just made me run worse. Stopped worrying about it and gained 10 lbs and started dropping my prs. I'm too big to safely get down that low without starving myself

I'm 175-180 now and ran 13:56 5K about 30 years ago.

I’m 6’2 and race in the mid to high 160s for XC and low to mid 170s for track, (4/8/15)

If you’re a distance guy, I’d honestly think 155-165 is pretty ideal however, I’ve got a big frame so I can’t healthily be in the 150s and be training.

Thanks for this. I've just started marathon training. I'm trying to hit sub-160lbs and I think I'm around 170-175 right now.

For sure! I think Donovan Brazier has a good physique to look at for our height. He’s 6’2 and has basically no fat, and I think weighs in at about 165. He’s obviously a 4/8/15 guy so you could probably do with being 5-10 lbs lighter for the marathon but I think you could run well at any distance even just getting to a lean 160-165.

Good luck with your training!

5-10 / 170 went 49.45 in 400m

At 52, going 190, went 20:40 5K on about 20 miles a week. Deadlifted 500 the same month. Still would like to break 20 before it's still too late. Knees just can't handle anything over 35 mpw.

6’6, 205 pounds

1:59 for 800, 1:22 for 600

started training t&f a year ago, i think height and weight don’t really matter that much

See, this is more like it. The vast majority of the folks piping in on this thread are tall and skinny, or shorter and muscular. How about some folks who are near obese chiming in?

I took a hiatus from running and gained a lot of weight (fat, to be specific). I'm 5'8". At my former weight in the 150s, 8 minute miles were easy miles. Started running a month ago at 186 lbs. and had a hard time staying under 11 minutes/mile. A month later, I'm 177.6 and running 9:30 on my best days. Part of this is lack of conditioning and part of this is the extra burden of that fat, but I don't think I'll ever be able to determine which factor is slowing me down more because, as I run more, the weight just slides right off.

I love the concept of the corpulent cruiser, but I just don't think it is realistic. The more I run, the less I weigh, and unless I stuff my face constantly I don't see how that could possibly change.

180 lbs and 6'3", 40YO. I took up running in my 30s and really only started "training" with any structure in my mid/late 30s. I run 40-50 mpw for fitness these days, but I'm by no means serious about any of this.

Of the OP's "milestones" I have beat the half marathon (just under 1:18) and 15k (56:00). Don't really train for the short stuff or race it very often, and haven't beat the times he listed although I might come close if I focused there for a bit.

That said, the times listed aren't really consistent. In my opinion some of the times listed would be much harder to beat than others. For example, in my opinion 1:24 in the half is a LOT easier to make than 2:45 in a marathon or a 4:40 mile.

6’6, 205 pounds, i ran similar to your times, 1:54 for 800 and 51 for 400, 1:22 for 600m, aiming to go sub 1:50 next season tho

What’s up fatties?