CrossFit Games to Have 5k Cross-Country Run. Predict the Winning Time.

Men - 19:50

Women - 21:30

dont they run a one mile some years? What do they run for those?

assuming distances are accurate

Considering hundreds of High School boys run sub 16, and some of these CrossFitguys must have run XC in high school.... Although they would be heavier with upper body muscle now..... But performance enhancing EPO or whatever..... Yeah 17:10 for the Men. 19:05for the Women and 17:12 for the "Open".
Considering NCAA Division I athletes could all do a couple minutes faster, those are not fast times.

I know a top F crossfitter who's run 18 minutes. I'm sure some guy can run 16.

I bet its going to be like the decathlon 1500m where the best overall might not be very good, but you might have a good runner who is mediocre enough at everything else to be in the field. My guess is some outlier will run 16:30

whoever wins is the real_xfit_guy

men 18:45

women 19:50

I have never assumed their distances in running are accurate. Just watch them run a course. They barely jog and a bunch of them will be walking but it’s like 6 min mile pace apparently.

One of their earlier championships, they had a triathlon type event with ocean swim/mountain bike/ hilly trail run… it was painful to watch. The winner was walking a ton

I know a big crossfitter that ran D1 in college, probably could still throw down 16:xx or 17:xx even though he's gained about 30 lbs of muscle. I'll bet on a 17:30 winning time, but very poor depth.

At least run it at Wisco’s course for 6k so we have something that is comparable. They’re aren’t man enough to do that though so it will be some guesstimate course that’s probably closer to 4ks.

I don’t really know anything about the event you’re talking about. It’s the CrossFit championship or something? I know a couple of local CrossFit guys that run 5ks on weekends in 16:30 or so, so I’m willing to bet that the “good” cross fitters would go much faster, no?

it looks like the 5k is on day 3 of the games. Given that, I don't see any crazy fast times (and who knows how accurate the course even is). I'd say a few guys in the 19 range, and low 20s as the fastest female time. Another question is- will any athletes fail to meet the 30min time cap.

There is zero chance anyone runs 16-17min, I’d be shocked if they broke 19

these are not your former xc runners that do cross fit on weekends

have you seen these guys run? They’re awful. They bulky, too heavy, and built for power

16:00 and 18:00.

Go search “cross fit games running events” on YouTube. They look awful

no chance the distances are accurate. But if they are

video 1 I found - 1.5 miles winner in roughly 8:45

video 2 - 7km in 34:10 (granted its hilly and looks like a xc/mountain running mix?) but come on

Yeah they are going to run like 16mins on some 2.7mi course...

It probably won't be fast unless runners from the community are allowed to enter just that event, not sure of the rules. I think of a crossfit race being more like a decathlon 1500. Winner might be capable of a respectable age grouper time.

If they're enhanced, they could run ok in an early event.

I could see those kinds of times (17-19) for an enhanced athlete.