I ran cross country in high school and continued running casually after I graduated. My best 5k was 18:01. I decided to run a half marathon, and clocked 1:24:40 (6:28 per mile). For an 18-year-old, how good is this time? I can't find any rankings anywhere to compare myself against and would like some perspective.
Don't quit your job at Applebees
Solid but there are plenty of high school kids that have run much faster. I ran a half last fall and the winner was a high school sophomore. He ran 1:20 in the middle of xc season. He ended up 4th or 5th at states. There's a very talented middle school girl in my area that just did 58 low for 15k, which would translate to about 1:23-4. But 1:24 is better than most college freshman. Keep it up. You'll get faster.
It's a good time, would probably put you in the top 5% in your age group in most road races. The problem is, most guys your age who run for a college team would consider that a "long run" not a race.
According to the Runner's World age graded calculator, it's "regional class":
http://www.runnersworld.com/cda/agegradingcalculator/0,7977,s6-238-277-415-0-0-0-0,00.html
Thanks! that calculator is exactly what i was looking for. oh and i dont work at applebees im an engineering student, douche.
Doobie wrote:
oh and i dont work at applebees im an engineering student, douche.
Same thing.
I'm an aspiring actor.
'continued running casually after I graduated'
Do some proper training, use that 1:24 as a base for aiming at sub 1:20 in a year
1.24 is quite good for an 18 year old girl, but nothing special. You need to do a lot of much shorter much faster work before you do the longer stuff, if you want to be competitive.
chikin wrote:
You'll get faster.
That's true. With age will come strength and speed if he decides to continue.