I don't see why not, it's not that fast. I guess some chicks and disableds might find it hard.
I don't see why not, it's not that fast. I guess some chicks and disableds might find it hard.
I am above-average and can't do it.
Absolutely not. As you are talking about your average person and not your average college runner. Most average people doing 5Ks with training are running 18 at best. Even an 18's person with 40-50mpw training may get down to 16:30's but not 15:30. 15:30 deserves more respect than its being given here. Go watch D3 guys who are doing serious training and running 15:30 and you'll be reminded how good that actually is.
Agreed. I don't think there is a D3 team in the country where their "average" distance runner can break 15:30.
I'd even say that the same statement is true for a majority of D1 programs.
The answer is most definitely no. No one who is "heavyset" or built to play football is ever going to get anywhere near 15:30, just for starters.
Some of these answers are stupid.He said can they be TRAINED for it. It's a question of does the average person have the latent talent to break 15:30 if they trained hard for it. All these people talking about fat people, football players, etc. are missing the point. The football player wouldn't have a lineman build if he wasn't playing football and training for 5k. The fat person wouldn't be fat if he was taking it seriously training for 15:30. The answer is still without a doubt no as:
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Agreed. I don't think there is a D3 team in the country where their "average" distance runner can break 15:30.
I'd even say that the same statement is true for a majority of D1 programs.
I'd be curious to know the time of the median guy on a mid pack D1 and mid pack D3 team...but it ain't sub 15:30...and these are guys that have been training since HS and are probably taking it somewhat seriously in college.
I tend to think that the average person if they really worked for it over time would be able to approach something like 2:20/5:30/19:30 or so. I'd throw out prelim figures after a year or two of training and good BMI of average 400 speed around 60-65 seconds. If we call it 63, that should be good enough to run 2:20 in the 800, which even with relatively poor endurance out to get you 5:30 give or take in the mile, which is probably good for about 19 flat without really good endurance, so somewhere between 19:30-20 min with mediocre endurance.
Maybe if it was a marathon ... on a track.