Every drastic improvement I hear is from overweight people. How much can a skinny or athletic person be expected to drop off their initial 5k time? I've dropped 9 minutes, but I'm wondering if I'm nearing my potential.
Every drastic improvement I hear is from overweight people. How much can a skinny or athletic person be expected to drop off their initial 5k time? I've dropped 9 minutes, but I'm wondering if I'm nearing my potential.
From what time to what time for your 5K, and over how many months or years? If it's only a short time, you have plenty of newbie gains left.
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Every drastic improvement I hear is from overweight people. How much can a skinny or athletic person be expected to drop off their initial 5k time? I've dropped 9 minutes, but I'm wondering if I'm nearing my potential.
Reed Fischer went from 23:54 to ~13:40. That's like going from 35 min to 14:30, since the last minute/seconds are worth so much more. He is a pure ST guy, so even as freshman kid he was super skinny.
I went from 35:10 to 16:10, never more than 22.0 BMI. Keep in mind I was completely sedentary for 10 years, not even walking once. Was a long road but I got there.
I believe I can run sub 15 one time. That's the thing with running - it always stays interesting, you never know where you end up at.
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