I'm thinking 17:10. Does that sound right?
I'm thinking 17:10. Does that sound right?
17:50 is what I would call a equivalent performance. If you are not aerobically developed then it could be faster
Somewhere in the 17:00s depending on aerobic fitness.
I'm thinking probably maybe something like 17:15-17:30 🤔
Depends on the course. It equates to 18:07 - 18:17 for a 5k on an equivalent course (18:17 Jack Daniels VDOT conversion, 18:13 Cameron method, 18:13, Riegal method, 18:12 McMillian calculator, 18:07 purdy points). The track would be a bit faster, but if the course is flat, and on compacted dirt, I'd expect something closer to 17:50. If the course is on grass I'd expect something closer to 17:40. If you are in the dragonflies maybe you are down to 17:30. Now that said if you tend to be faster at shorter stuff, you could go faster.
coversion wrote:
I'm thinking 17:10. Does that sound right?
In so many words you are saying if a person can race 5 miles at 6 minutes per mile, a person can also race 3 miles at 5:30 per mile. It doesn't work like that IMO. I cannot speak for others but I hate racing more than four laps on a track. I was never capable of racing 2 miles on a track faster than 2 miles XC or 2 mile split in longer XC races. I would much rather race on a XC course with gently rolling hills, one to five laps than race numerous laps on 400m track. 8K XC on a fast golf course in 30 minutes is equal to about 17:55 to 18:10 5000m on track.
Depends on the course. Its funny you're asking this - I recently finished a website dedicated to answering this exact question. Check out www.lacctic.com. If you've raced recently and are in college, your results are probably on the site!
Washed-up Grad Student wrote:
Depends on the course. Its funny you're asking this - I recently finished a website dedicated to answering this exact question. Check out
www.lacctic.com. If you've raced recently and are in college, your results are probably on the site!
This is great. Feature request. I'd like to also be able to search by course. Enter a time into a course, and get the conversion. That would be amazing. There is so many meets that won't have results on the internet. E.g. informal club level competitions and all comer xc meets.
Last year I ran 2 races 3 weeks apart (both road though):
8k in 29:50
5k in 17:55
coversion wrote:
I'm thinking 17:10. Does that sound right?
I ran 27:54 for a 5 mile road race which had a few moderate inclines but was mostly flat.
2 months later I ran 17:05 for 5k xc on a flat course. It was a windy day but the course was very flat.
I'm guessing if you can hold 6 minute pace for 5 miles, 5:40-45 pace should be achievable for a 5k.
I'll go with 17:45-18:00 for you. Maybe you hit 17:10 but it does seem a little quick.
FWIW my 5 mile road race was 5:35 pace. 5:35 pace for a 5k is 17:21.
Putting that in perspective, I don't see you running 10 seconds quicker than I would have split for 5k in my 5 mile when my 5 mile is 2 minutes + faster than yours (and slightly longer than 8k as well).
A 30min 8k translates to more training needed... if you're a male collegiate athlete.
If you're a hobby jogger or work full time 30' is good. I have no idea on the conversion though.
Try using jack Daniel's calculator. It's pretty accurate for 3k to half mary conversions.
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