What age did you start running and your first 5k time?

ran a local community 5k when i was 12 in 20:04. 17 now, 15:54 best

First 5k at age 14 was 19:58

23 now, 15:36

Ran in the high 17s as a 14 year old also, but didn't break 17 until I turned 18. However, Ran low 16s as a 19-20 year old so had a bit of a breakthrough then.

My first 5k was a july 4th 5k. At the time I was 15 going into high school as a freshman and honestly I didn't want to run in the 5k but I had too. I ran the 5k and got a time of 33:30. I wasn't fit and by means I was never trained like a runner. Two years later I wanted to give running a try after that 5k and in my first year doing a high school sport I ran the 5k in 24 min as a junior. Then 18 years old as a senior I ran the 5k in 16:57. I am 19 now. I dropped a huge amount of time between my junior and senior year.

Started running in 8th grade at 14 years old, ran an official 5k race the summer before 9th, at 20:26. 14:58 PR so far

when i was 12 i ran a 5k with my mom and ran 25:35 and beat her. didn't run another till freshman year. ran 25:35-19:52 freshman year. ran 19:07 sophomore year (injured during summer). And ran 18:03 junior yer (injured after 4 races)

Age 18

First 5k 18:13

started out with a 20:00.4 right around my 18th birthday, not sure if before or after

at 15:40s right now, age 20

Age: 6

Time: 25:08

Started running at age 14.

First 5K at age 18 - 19:58.

Fastest 5K at age 26 - 14:50.

Now 52 years old - still running.

NOP Follower wrote:

Age: 6

Time: 25:08

How fast food you ultimately get?

Age 14 - 22:30

Now age 17 - 17:01.1

Age 19 17:50

fastest age 27 15:11

I ran my first 5k when I was 11 in 21:50.

I started running when I was 13.

Started at 27 with a high 48s 10k. A month later a mid 42s 10k. First 5k was actually a few months after I did my 10ks and it was mid 19s. High 16s year and a half after that.

worst poster wrote:

NOP Follower wrote:

Age: 6

Time: 25:08

How fast food you ultimately get?

Lol, how fast *did* you...

Stupid autocorrect.

first 5k at 14 in 19:16, now I'm 17 and I run 15:19

First 5k at 14 years old: 25:50

Now 18 years old: 18:49

Sad, I know.

I started running at 16. In high school, my cross country races were never 5K... they ranged from about 2.7 to 2.95 (Crystal Springs, in CA). I didn't run a 5K until I was about 24, when I ran 15:50 at an all-comer's meet that I just jumped into for fun.

That is still my official PR, because I've only run in a handful of other 5Ks in my life... a 15:52 in a road race (with a decent hill) on 2 weeks training at age 30, and then a 16:59 at the same road race at age 41 a few years ago on almost no running training after winter ski season.

At my best at age 22, I ran 29:28 for a 6 mile time trial while training alone, and probably would have been under 30:00 for a 10,000 if I had run one on the track with runners at a similar pace to drag me to a fast time.

9 31:32

10 didn't run one

11 22:57

12 (almost 13) 19:27

13 now, 5k in 3 weeks