What is a respectable 5K time for an average over-40 guy?

To be honest, kind of slow. Better than average though.

Foggy wrote:

How's 16:38 for an age 53 man?

Iowa800 wrote:

48 year old wrote:

Most 40plus people don't run. So is average for a runner?

This^

Now respectable for the LRC hobby jogger crowd (not necessarily age group podium times which would be classified as excellent)

40s-19:XX

50s=20:XX

60=22:XX

70s=2?:XX

80s: Finishing

Agree except the last category: 80s- not dead. ;)

Well this is BS. I’m 47 years old. 6’2” & about 200 lbs.

There’s no way I’m even making 25 mins.

Neil74 wrote:

Well this is BS. I’m 47 years old. 6’2” & about 200 lbs.

There’s no way I’m even making 25 mins.

But what are youn doing on this website?

it's all relative wrote:

Age grade tables give you the following for a 40-year old man:

60% (Local class): 22:45

70% (Regional class): 19:30

80% (National class): 17:04

90% (World class): 15:10

Here is your table updated with the 2020 Factors:

60% (Local class): 22:33

70% (Regional class): 19:20

80% (National class): 16:55

90% (World class): 14:17

it's all about the AGE GRADE wrote:

it's all relative wrote:

Age grade tables give you the following for a 40-year old man:

60% (Local class): 22:45

70% (Regional class): 19:30

80% (National class): 17:04

90% (World class): 15:10

Here is your table updated with the 2020 Factors:

60% (Local class): 22:33

70% (Regional class): 19:20

80% (National class): 16:55

90% (World class): 14:17

http://howardgrubb.co.uk/athletics/mldrroad20.html

Not sure what I did, but there is an error in the above table.

Here is a comparison of the 2010 Factors versus the 2020 Factors, over various race distances, for a 40-yr old male:

2010 Performance Factors

.....................................5k............10k............Half.........Marathon

60% (Local class): .....22:45.......47:22.......1:42:48.........3:33:20

70% (Regional class): 19:30.......40:36.......1:28:07.........3:02:51

80% (National class): 17:04.......35:31.......1:17:06.........2:40:00

90% (World class): ....15:10.......31:34.......1:08:32.........2:22:13

2020 Performance Factors

.....................................5k............10k............Half.........Marathon

60% (Local class): .....22:33.......45:40.......1:39:43.........3:29:07

70% (Regional class): 19:20.......39:09.......1:25:29.........2:59:14

80% (National class): 16:55.......34:15.......1:14:48.........2:36:50

90% (World class): ....15:02.......30:27.......1:06:29.........2:19:24

(You might want to double-check these numbers.)