What is the average mile time of the GENERAL population for a 30 year old male?

I’d put a 30 your old male at around a 6:30 mile / 23 minute 5k after almost year of cardio. Most men would lose at least 20lbs during this timeframe.

not the 30 banana guy wrote:

I know plenty of athletic 30 years old that don't run 5Ks. Also, the mile is kinder to them since it is less than 1/3 the distance!

Yeah this! Athletic men are not out there jogging 5ks, that isn’t fun or masculine to them, they are out there playing recreational sports at a non-serious level (locally competitive level) like ? and ⚽️ and boxing ?. A lot of these will be in the 6-7 minute range. Only the ones who supplement with regular running are getting in the 5 minute range.

But young men with ample testosterone are not average, they are well above average and being young and male gives you a huge, huge, huge advantage compared to the rest of the population.

It is definitely going to be well above 8 minutes. For the mean time of the ENTIRE population both fat, thin, young, old, it is probably closer to 12 minutes to be honest.

Ill throw my stats in here Im 29 years old. Never was a runner in hs or college. Extremely unhealthy lifestyle, smoking, binge drinking, etc. I hit 25 and my dads genes turned on, started running a lot. My dad ran a 2:16 half mile in 1970s almost got the state record back then. When I started I couldnt even run a block without hyperventilating.

Now I run 10ks four times a week. Im up to 26-28mpw. I run a constant 8-830 pace. Ive smoked a lot of people my age around the block and at popular areas to run. I have run a 2:59 400m before only once.

Ive hit somewhat of a wall with 8minute pace if I go below that its really hard for me to hold it but Im happy with what I have accomplished.

Tldr, i run 10ks at 8min pace, not a lot of people my age can keep up, have run a 2:59 400. Not sure if Ive hit my peak.

I meant 2:59 800m .

Mathematically,

Average = infinity

Median ~= 12 min/mile

Delete the top and bottom 10%... Average is still slower than 11 min/mile

The typical US 30-year-old male cannot run a mile nonstop.

Saranjay wrote:

So if a whole town had to flea and the nearest rescue was a mile away most 30 year olds couldnt run under 9? Bullshit. Very obese 30 year olds can run a 9 minute mile even if it kills them. Most people would run between 7-8 min.

Average for 30 year old men is 7 minutes end of story.

The average vo2 max if you look up the tables, the 50th percentile is 42 for men aged 30. And a 42 vo2 max is the same as a sub 7 mile (6:55).

So explain that????? The tables are based on real science and dont lie.

Garbage there is more to running than just VO2 Max.

You'd struggle to get an average of someone doing parkrun to run a 7 minute mile.

General population men aged 30, 10 mins plus especially as most non runners would set off to fast and blow up.

As a former obese guy who ran my first mile at 5’10 302 lbs of pure flab in 9:12 (and yes it was the hardest mile of my damn life) I can honestly say the average for YOUNG MALES (most of them being two thirds of my bmi) is nowhere near 10 or 12 minutes.

7:30-8. If the people you coach run slower then it’s simply a mental thing. Physically, every 30 year old guy is capable of getting well under 10 minutes in a mile IN A LIFE OR DEATH SETTING unless they are physically disabled or morbidly obese.

Yeah, about that... wrote:

kibitzer wrote:

This post summarizes my thoughts completely!

Completely in agreement here. Most LRC people clearly have a very poor idea of what the people of their country--not just of their own little niche---are like.

Assuming the OP was talking about the general *USA* population, I agree with what I've quoted here, though I'm not so confident that the median American 30-year-old guy--who is faster than 50% of 30-year-olds and slower than 50% of them--would break 15min. Maybe; maybe not. He's certainly going to walk most of the way.

Those of you who are trying to extrapolate from your personal humble-bragging to the general population (and aren't just trolling) *really* need to get out and see the country. You don't seem to have a clue about what MOST Americans are like.

Yeah at 23-25 guys are alright I guess

But at 30 after 5-7 years behind a desk, they’re getting dropped by their “active” wife in yoga pants on half hour jogs.

Stopping at water station to recover

Keeping shirt on in 100 degrees lol

ricardeau wrote:

Eisenhower wrote:

Funny. I actually LOLed.

yes definitely a good one

Funny!!

29min 5k?

10 min mile ifthat

Look up the numbers for a large city 5k with several thousand runners. There you will get a good cross sampling of society from sub elites to couch potatoes. Look up the times of the 30 year old males or most often 30-34. Extrapolate down from there what they might be able to do in 1 mile.

The average 30 year old guy who attended a D3 school can run a 15 minute mile. The average 30 year old guy who flunked out of a D2 school can run a 10 minute mile. The average 30 year old guy who graduated from a D1 school can run a 5 minute mile.

This post actually made me laugh.

I used to run a lot in my early twenties. I'm 6'1 and I weighed 185 at the peak of my running. My average weight is around 230 when I focused on lifting, but due to a busy last two semesters of school and a year of a job that prevented me from exercise I got up to nearly 280. I quit that job and started trying to run again. I couldn't even get a mile. That was last Dec (6 months ago). I've been doing Cardio every day I could since and I'm down to 260. I don't know my best mile time right now, but I finished two miles in 19:45. I'm 31 btw. And btw, yes I did get shin splints almost instantly at this weight. I switched to walking and elliptical until I healed and now I only run for Cardio 3 times a week max.

i always love these threads. honestly, i would guess something like 12 minutes. I don't know.

Fwiw, I went on my first run since high school at 28 years and 9 months. I went to google and found a glorious website called map my run. I figured out that I had gone 2.6 miles at 9:06 pace. This was 11 years ago now. I would guess I was 160 lbs at 5'8.

This was without background of soccer, basketball, etc. Mostly weight lifting. I'd hop on a bike for a few miles every other month. That type of thing.

I won't try to estimate times, but if every 30-year-old on earth tried to run/walk one mile, I estimate that 15% would drop out and not finish.

Hi, my BMI is 31. I am a 29 year old female, weighing 177lbs at 5 foot 2. I wear xl and large sizes and size 12 pants. I run 3 miles non stop in a park with hills in less than 30 minutes multiple times per week. I dont know my time w/o hills but I run less than 10 minute miles back to back. There are people w normal bmi's who cannot run 12 or 14 minute miles but here the suggestion is "no way" for obese and overweight people.. strong lungs, hearts, and bodies can indeed be fat and implying "no way it can be done" is very ignorant and shallow. I have no plans to lose weight but I do keep getting faster and I also swim miles at a time non stop and participate in intense gym classes w skinny people who take more breaks than the overweight girl here. Size can make an impact but it should never be a "not possible". I've been doing this for a while and do not struggle doing so. Just some insight for future advice you give. I understand where you're coming from but not everyone is built the same.