Average 5K pr of letsrunners

What they act like: 16:00 and lower.

In reality: 18:00 and higher.

a really 'scientific' poll was taken a few years ago, and the avg showed 15:45. I don' know 'bout that though.

I doubt that a little. That time would be top 3 in every road race I've seen and it would win quite a few!

16:45

mine: 16:13 xc (fast course though)

17:28, male, xc

This conversation will never end.

I too was skeptical of the 15:45 average when the poll was taken. I have run far too many races where no one runs near that time, so how could that be an AVERAGE around here? The answer is simple and was made to me in another recent thread:

Serious runners come here. A regular 5k road race is comprised of hobby joggers, weekend warriors, and a few have-beens. Even those have-beens running 16:40 to win a local road race may have once run 15:15 on a track team in college. That isn't rare.

bangalangadanga wrote:

a really 'scientific' poll was taken a few years ago, and the avg showed 15:45. I don' know 'bout that though.

Keep in mind first that faster people are more likely to respond, and then factor in the fact that the average letsrunner lies by approximately 1 minute, and the 17:50 estimate seems pretty accurate.

Average: 16:20

Mine: 16:21

I would swap those two numbers.

there are so called 'elite' runners who post here from time to time and 15:15 is nothing ... for more than a few roaming around here

My PR is 15:42. I know you all wanted to know how elite I am.

I think there's a lot of people on here with PRs > 20 mins.

19:42

Average 5km of Letsrunners, I would guess 17 minutes.

There are quite a few sub 14 guys. Certainly some hobby joggers but for the most part serious i.e sub 18 guys and girls. My PB is 14:56, lots of low 15's and unfortunatley lots much slower than that the last few years. would kill to break even 16 again.

16:52

14:58 road

If I was going to lie I'd say 13:58 in a track race. I'm thinking that that's about as fast as I could say and 1) have it still be believable, and 2) slow enough that you wouldn't be able to check.

Male, 53 years old

PRs: 16:04 (track), 16:08 (roads) both set back in 1999.

Current: 18:38

Avg. LetsRun PR: ~18:00 would be my guess, factoring in both women and men visitors.

I think the average is 16 min

My 3 mile PR- 15:38 flat road race. I haven't ran a full 5k in a while.

From the statman crothers days: First 5000 m (track), then 5K (road).

5000 (12:37.35, 12:58.21)

13:06.20(WR) Henry Rono

13:06.39(NR) Marius

13:11.77 Tim Broe

13:14.28 Gary Staines

13:15.86 Jim Spivey

13:18.6 jones'y

13:18.91 Nick Rose

13:19.60 Ryan Wilson

13:19.73 SportHill fact

13:20.15 nz1

13:20.19 john trautmann

13:20.5* "(12:53.0 3 mile) GerrytheJogger "

13:20.54(NR) KnutK

13:21.6 CjF2753

13:22.68 Paul Williams

13:23.72 Torpey Fan

13:26.19 Born to be a bum

13:27.05 the doc

13:28.24 no caps

13:28.41 Hinderloppet

13:32.15 dick

13:32.20 Mark Scrutton

13:33.02 Peter Julian

13:33.32 Patti's Hubby

13.34.0 Scharsu

13:34.92 Cabada

13:35.08 Ryan Shay

13:35.44i Meyer

13:37.63 hubbard

13:38.0(AR) Bob Schul

13:38.3i Tony Staynings

13:38.6 Fry

13:38.7 Lehm

13:38.73 one percent

13:42.0 billrodgers

13:42.4 Dvorak

13:42.80 Jon Wild

13:43.00 McM

13:43 Squid

13:44.1 lemoo

13:45.05 Live it

13:45.09 emack

13:46.10 Santiago

13:46.2 DBELCO

13:46 Mew from MO

13.49.16i Dominic Middleton

13:51.32 Robert Gary

13:51.72 Live It

13:51.92 scottyT

13:51i gentlemansavage

13:53.2 malmo

13:53.30 BU Grad

13:53.62i Chorny

13:53.63 LouieQ

13:54.10 Wejo

13:54.20 isaiah

13:54 denton

13:54 Hodgie-san

13:55.1 Glen

13:58.21 ChristianHesch

13:58 gopher

13:58 runner

13:59.8 gandalf

13:59 Sell

14:00.03 pistol77

14:00.69 over the hill

14:02.2 Disregard the obvious

14:03.30 Scott Anderson

14:03.69 tenement on wheels

14:03 britboy

14:07.32 Schiefer

14:07 nuge

14:07 jimh

14:11.73 Trent

14:11 nippon marathon

14:13.80 Jhuffman

14:13 Jimmy F

14:13 Donrad

14:13 Justin

14:30 hotelyorba

14:30 E_Smith

14:36 NEB

14:14.92 Stormin

14:14 KC Track

14:14 Rift Runner

14:16.41 Simo

14:17.05 iLiKeToRuN

14:17.05 iLiKeToRuN

14:17.36 Brad Hudson

14:17.52 Kevin Sullivan

14:17.69 mf

14:17.79 MAYEROFF

14:17 Coachmva

14:17 verryslowrunner

14:19.56 carltonfisk

14:19 BustThisNut

14:20.78 dsk

14:20 SpeedyP

14:21 Once81

14:22.10 JK

14:22 Grote

14:22 Ex-DIII

14:24.79 kdogg

14:25 fullem

14:25.44 Jpat

14:27.0 jrn

14:26 middle distance runner

14:28.27 Grod

14:28 AC

14:28 murunner

14:28 quality huh?

14:30.2 Ghost of Ashenfelter

14:30.61 sheen

14:33.9 Gandalf

14:36.36i Sulus

14:36.51 HHH

14:37.08 Mike_McCready

14:38.8 UK Boy

14:39.92 iLiKeToRuN

14:39 atribble

14:39 sub 206

14:41hs "Mr. Cakeflash "

14:45.93 Jimmers

14:45* scotth

14:47.2 BDG

14:47.30 eby

14:47.3 Mr. Potato Head

14:47 Fat Yellow Lab

14:47i affirmationbaby

14:47 Spic with a Kick

14:47 marathnr

14:48.0 Joseph Aloysius McV.

14:48.58 steveu

14:48 sleddog

14:48 Chris Stait

14:48 kwkbrook

14:48 FormerD2

14:48 Out of shape guy

14:49 sehon40

14:49 DougC

14:58.13 1337hax0r

14:58 Flagpole Willy

14:58 McFredson

14:58 steeple94

14:58 MoatMan

15:01.1 alligator EPO

15:01.36 Shayne Culpepper

15:01 Sully

15:01 RUNINTHESUN

15:14.10 NT

15:14.48 Shep

15:14.60 esamarathon

15:14 danwelsh

15:14 GaryB

15:14 jorvack

15:15.50 bazza

15:15 S_Davis

15:15 5k (indoor) distance guy

15:15 RFXCrunner

15:15 chucko

15:18.00 Tim in Madison

15:18 fatoldguy

15:21.19 SI

15:22i Runin

15:23.59 Shayne Culpepper

15:24.24 A_Goofy_Runner

15:24 blackness

15:24 Bubba1

15:25.72 jmoss

15:30.40 GPRunner

15:30 du-can

15:32.2 RedDragon

15:32 Coach Bigfoot

15:34.21 Hunt

15:34 Stiltz

15:34 HRE

15:35.11 allen

15:35 nikeman

15:38.65 Sulus

15:39 Dr. Blackjack

15:38 ORU fan

15:42.08 Gimp leg

15:42 oldie

15:46.50 scxc

15:51.36 Runner07

15:51 iloverunning

16:26.83 Ruth Wysocki

13:48 parkeave

13:48 denton

13:50 Northwest Master

13:50 webfoot

13:56 Teddy Mitchell

14:04 Peter Gilmore

14:05 chgray

14:05 Bernie the Wood

14:06 track fans eat their own

14:08 Rbyrne

14:09 The Unknown Runner

14:10 Uncle_Rubarb

14:10 Benji Durden

14:15 cooker

14:18 winner

14:23 Joe Rubio

14:23 Mike G P H

14:23 Cohen

14:29 McManus

14:31 ausrunner26

14:31 lester hayes

14:34 Van Hooijdonk

14:34 WindmillChasr

14:37 21 years

14:37 hootie

14:38 cooker

14:39 good show gents

14:40 mitjones

14:40 Tom T

14:41 One Day I Will be Good

14:41 knightman

14:41 ATL's finest

14:41 PortlandRunner

14:42 khunter

14:43 sb

14:43 sevatonic

14:45 skizzim

14:45 Runnerman5000

14:52 covered wagon

14:52 Dennis

14:52 cgaites

14:53 BB

14:53 thedina

14:55 Richter

14:55 toro

14:56 Brian

14:56 runnnnnnnnnin

14:57 Albany_Runner

14:57 racinej

14:57 Scott Douglas

15:00 dd

15:00 Johnny Rotten

15:02 Jon "The Baptist"

15:02 JEH

15:03 mondo

15:06 The Dude

15:06 The Kid

15:06 Zat0pek

15:07 runnnnnnnnin

15:09 Kamikaze

15:10 Benedict

15:10 BigTex

15:10 RookieoftheYear

15:11i shipalum

15:11i RFXCrunner

15:12 DIICoach

15:12 conto

15:12 MSUrunner

15:12 Ne-runner

15:13 King of Karma

15:13 woot!

15:13 eby

15:16 Westside

15:18 Chad

15:20 howie

15:20 Larunner

15:20 hahaha

15:25 TMAC

15:25 Gracey

15:26 USA

15:26 kartelite

15:26 Phila

15:26 RR

15:26 10krunner

15:31 Jimmy

15:36 NickJ

15:37 sjm1368

15:40 runnerryan

15:43 Shoe man

15:43 du-can

15:44 Mayonnaise

15:45 songdog

15:45 CGP

15:45 garfield

15:45 Gaylord Focker

15:45 morceli1978

15:49 Walrus

15:52 jaysonjo.com

15:55 iflyboats

15:57 erik

15:57 IRunXC

15:59 Average_Joe

16:00 illmatic

16:01 ArizonaRunner5k

16:01 Lazy Llama

16:02 Uncle Pervy

16:02 wstuart

16:05 jrm

16:07 BryanB2

16:08 Road Dog

16:08 Pete

16:08 OldXCguy

16:10 Poet

16:12 vicarious

16:12 Michigan

16:14 JPL

16:16 EasyBXC

16:17 ND runner

16:18 methinks

16:20 ISLrunner

16:24 BCT

16:24 fatnslow

16:28 southsiderunner

16:30 Sean

16:30 trackaddict

16:31 girlyrunner

16:31 humidxc

16:35 joejoeyjoejoeshabadoo

16:35 Dan Moriarity

16:38 John Barleycorn

16:40 Gav800

16:40i d3guy007

16:44 FreshmanRunner

16:46 SS

16:46 slowkid

16:48 muddygirl

16:49 du-can

16:49 slowerthanu

16:50 Fat Dude

16:51 patti

16:53 axel

16:56 humidxc

17:03 runamook

17:08 DaveB.

17:10 BoomerSooner10k

17:13 radon

17:15 emr (chick)

17:22 Streakmarine

17:24 yctrack

17:25 tesseract

17:29 FreshmanRunner

17:38 observer (chick)

17:39 Carnivore 69

17:40 JDOGXC

17:42 LateGirl (chick)

17:45 tygrand

17:50 Nick

17:56 Hedgehog

18:11 Creepy Gus

18:36 Pretzel Lover

18:46 Slowtwitch??

19:07 Pretzel Lover

20:03 AM Runner

20:22 Hold the Phone Batman

21:19 Godspeed

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15:19

median is maybe around 16:30