I'm 37. I've avg'ed 21 m. Per week the last 4 months. I just ran a 5:05 mile. Is that good?

While that's "good", you're still not a world beater or anything .??‍♂️

With that talent you can get down to low 4s, but only low 4s 'cause you're a dad.

Aren’t there masters rankings out there? Can’t you easily compare yourself to others in your age bracket?

It is a good time. Keep us posted on your progress.

37 year olds don’t ask this question on the internet. Nice try.

You are too young to ask if you are fast for your age. I am not sure 35 to 40 should be a master category.

Depends where you came from and where you are going

milerunner wrote:

Not sure what to think. I know there are people out there faster at my age but they run a lot more.

40 is when masters begin. If you have only been running for that long and on that low of mileage, yes it is pretty good. That would put you running about a 17:30, 5k if you started putting mileage in the 40-50s, and about 76% age grade when you turn 40.

Of course if you don't put the training in, you will never know how good you could be and you could improve into the 80% age grade most likely.

come here big guy. I affirm you. You are special.

milerunner wrote:

Not sure what to think. I know there are people out there faster at my age but they run a lot more.

Running more will help you, BUT there is the law of diminishing returns. At some point, you will not see results from more running. BUT, 21 miles a week is nothing. You have a long way to go before that hapens.

Up the mileage. Don't run in shoes that have too many miles on them. See what happens.

I am over 50. I run 20-25MPW and I broke 5 minutes in the mike this summer. I was running 4:25 at your age on 30MPW.

Yeah you seem to be world class. That's fine. I was asking if what I did was decent.

Thanks man. I'll try to keep getting faster

Old and fast wrote:

I am over 50. I run 20-25MPW and I broke 5 minutes in the mike this summer. I was running 4:25 at your age on 30MPW.

Nice work! ?

It is pretty good! I recomment trying for sub 5! 4:45-4:50 would be a great goal for you after adding a few more mpw and some anaerobic repeats. Have fun with it. When you tell people you run 4:45 for the mile, most will assume you're basically training for the olympics. Not that thats why you should do it. Do it for yourself because it's something youll feel proud of.

21 meters per week isn’t much.

5:05 at age 37 is very good regardless of what weekly mileage you are doing

Yes, it's very good. You have potential to do well in local races in your age group. Most importantly you're probably fit and healthy ( as opposed to a former runner who might have run 4:15 in college but now might be overweight, often injured and can barely break 5:00)

milerunner wrote:

Yeah you seem to be world class. That's fine. I was asking if what I did was decent.

A 51 yr old breaking 5 minutes in the mile is only "regional class". Your time for a 37 year old is also "regional class", and its age-performance % (76.7) is not much different than that for a 51 yr old breaking 5 minutes.

That makes no sense. IT'S Much harder and rarer to run 5:00 at 51 compared to 37.