I'm a hobby jogger.
I would like to race a local 5k, or maybe even 10k.
I am currently very slow, my 5k best is 22 minutes, but I started running like 3 months ago only.
I have 85kg and could probably go down to 80kg without looking very bad and scrawny.
Is it possible to have a 15min 5k time with lets say 80kg if the training is good, or would I have to go full skinny mode and weigh like 70kg?
Height is 6ft, or 183cm.
We don’t talk in kilograms here.
RunningIsGoodForYou wrote:
I'm a hobby jogger.
I would like to race a local 5k, or maybe even 10k.
I am currently very slow, my 5k best is 22 minutes, but I started running like 3 months ago only.
I have 85kg and could probably go down to 80kg without looking very bad and scrawny.
Is it possible to have a 15min 5k time with lets say 80kg if the training is good, or would I have to go full skinny mode and weigh like 70kg?
Height is 6ft, or 183cm.
You're never gonna run 15min for 5k. You're overweight right now, but even losing 15kg will not get you under 17:30
Yes, you can get faster without losing weight, but probably not down to 15 minutes. Losing weight (how much exactly is hard to say) will also make you faster (assuming you do it in a healthy way). The type of training it would take to get down to 15 minutes would probably end up making you lose quite a bit of weight anyway, to the point where maintaining your current weight would be very difficult.
Just start training and eating well and your weight will sort itself out. There is no magic number for BMI or weight to run a certain time. I’m 30 yo, 79kg and 6’0. Just ran sub 30:50 at my local 10k last week. Granted I’ve been training for years and years, but don’t let anyone tell you it’s impossible
RunningIsGoodForYou wrote:
I'm a hobby jogger.
I would like to race a local 5k, or maybe even 10k.
I am currently very slow, my 5k best is 22 minutes, but I started running like 3 months ago only.
I have 85kg and could probably go down to 80kg without looking very bad and scrawny.
Is it possible to have a 15min 5k time with lets say 80kg if the training is good, or would I have to go full skinny mode and weigh like 70kg?
Height is 6ft, or 183cm.
Engineering weight is unimportant coz it’ll automatically happen as needed with the right training, but training to get to 15’ needs some modest talent that many innately lack, i.e., they will never run 15’ no matter how in their prime they are and how well they train and eat and sleep.
You guys are totally delusional. Running sub 15 does not require some crazy top5% talent. Put the work in or stop crying that you're lazy. If you have never spent a year running 100mpw then do not even think about mentioning that talent is required to run sub 15.
you guys are delusional wrote:
You guys are totally delusional. Running sub 15 does not require some crazy top5% talent. Put the work in or stop crying that you're lazy. If you have never spent a year running 100mpw then do not even think about mentioning that talent is required to run sub 15.
Dunning-Kruger much?
Stunning Dunning wrote:
Dunning-Kruger much?
How can it be Dunning-Kruger when I ran my first 5k in 22 and a half minutes, and with years of consistent training got well under 15 minutes long before supershoes? Were you with me running 100 mpw for years to tell me that it's not possible because of talent? Get real lol
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