Predict: What can the average, healthy, untrained 25 year old run a ... in?

100m 15 sec

400m 90 sec

Mile 6:40

5k 25:00

10k 55:00

Marathon DNF

Average time for presumably moderately trained runners:

http://www.pace-calculator.com/5k-pace-comparison.php

You guys haven't met many 'average' untrained people

100m - 16

200m - 40

400m - 90

800m - 3:40

mile - 9:00

5K - DNF

10K - DNF

half - DNF

full - DNF

If you can run 5 miles without stopping at any pace many people will consider you "fit"

Timeponderer wrote:

Assumptions: Healthy height & weight; Partakes in flag football, basketball, soccer, etc. a couple times a month recreationally; No prior history of structured resistance, power, speed, or endurance training other than PE classes; No medical abnormalities.

If asked to give 100% effort after a proper warmup, timed FAT, I would guess:

40 yards: 5.3 seconds

100m: 13.5

200m: 28.5

400m: 65

800m: 2:25

Mile: 5:45

5k: 21:00

10k: 45:00

Marathon: 4:00:00

What say you?

LOL more like this.

40 yards: 6.5 seconds

100m: 14.5

200m: 35.5

400m: 95

800m: 3:20

Mile: 7:40

5k: 28:00

10k: 62:00

Marathon: 5:45:00

When I was about that age, I fit this description fairly well, although I had run a 16-high 5k when I was 17 years old.

I went out and tried to run a mile untrained (except for occasionally playing basketball). I ran about 7:30. My untrained 5k time was around 27 or 28 as well.

You're WAY optimistic on most of these times.

What about for females?

100M

Male 15

Female 18

200M

Male 35

Female 40

400M

Male 85

Female 100

Mile

Male 7:00

Female 8:00

5K

Male 26:00

Female 29:00

10K

Male 55:00

Female 60:00

Half/full DNF

Timeponderer wrote:

Assumptions: Healthy height & weight; Partakes in flag football, basketball, soccer, etc. a couple times a month recreationally; No prior history of structured resistance, power, speed, or endurance training other than PE classes; No medical abnormalities.

If asked to give 100% effort after a proper warmup, timed FAT, I would guess:

40 yards: 5.3 seconds

100m: 13.5

200m: 28.5

400m: 65

800m: 2:25

Mile: 5:45

5k: 21:00

10k: 45:00

Marathon: 4:00:00

What say you?

Not a damn chance.

14ish

32

75

2:45

6:50

24:00

55:00

dnf without walking

Two colleagues of mine, around 25 and naturally fit but perhaps not goal oriented runners, participated in a 5k race where also my 8 months pregnant wife (an avid and well-trained runner) participated.

She outran my colleagues by more than five minutes. 23 vs 28-29 minutes.

If they did it in 28-29 minutes, I wonder how fast the less fit looking half of the population would complete 5k.

100m: 16

200m: 35

400m: 90

800m: 3:30

mile: 8:00

5k: 27:00

10k: 60:00

Marathon : DNF

Those are roughly the times I ran when I first started running at 36 BMI(not including 100/200). Given that I had roughly 1 month of base(but no recreational sports before that) and above average genetics, I'd say these are probably the times someone with average weight would run. Perhaps a little faster on the shorter stuff.

No way a couch potato can do 21 min 5k, heck he won't be able to hold this pace past 300 m. Most likely

100m: >16

400m: 1:30

1k: 4:30

5k: >30

10k: 1:20

everything more is out of the question

But hey it's let's run everyone here was running sub 4 miles at college...

ugewebemwbebewve osas wrote:

No way a couch potato can do 21 min 5k, heck he won't be able to hold this pace past 300 m. Most likely

100m: >16

400m: 1:30

1k: 4:30

5k: >30

10k: 1:20

everything more is out of the question

But hey it's let's run everyone here was running sub 4 miles at college...

This thread from 5 years ago is fun to read....glad it was revived.

Also, I was feeling depressed because of being old, having 2 hip replacements that are hinged, so I can't get any spring in my step, and needing surgery because of hallux valgus on both feet (so I can't hardly run). Yet I did break 25 minutes for 5K on several occasions. Can't break 32 in 200m anymore (around 35-36), but maybe after the surgeries.

If never gets old to see how out of touch people are about what non runners can do. A marathon without training for it? Yes sure, probably low 2:00s.

Untrained 25 year old?

It depends on their genetics. If they are a skinny male and decent at sports, then I predict 24-25 minutes for the 5k and they will feel exhausted at the end.

Marathon... probably over 4.5 hours or not finishing.

I think people on here over-estimate the fitness of the general population... especially if they don't even run.

I did 24-25 minutes on no training at all, but I'm a tall ectomorph who was always good at sports.

The average untrained 25 year old would laugh in your face at even suggesting they run a 5k let alone anything above that.

400- 1:30

mile- 9:00

5k- DNS

10k- DNS

half-DNS

marathon-DNS

Even most runners doing 30 mpw wouldn't even finish a marathon in under 4 hours. Lots of slow people out there and yes I am one too.

Hardloper wrote:

You guys haven't met many 'average' untrained people

100m - 16

200m - 40

400m - 90

800m - 3:40

mile - 9:00

5K - DNF

10K - DNF

half - DNF

full - DNF

If you can run 5 miles without stopping at any pace many people will consider you "fit"

100m - 18

200m - 41

400m - 90

800m - 3:15

mile - 6:50

5K - 23:30

10K - 52:00

Half Marathon - 2:00:00

Marathon - DNF (or 4:50:00 if they thug through it)

This was the best estimates that I saw so far, but probably a little slow at the longer distances and a little fast at the shorter distances. Keep in mind that the title states average and healthy. To the posters saying that their average and healthy friends ran a 28:00+ 5k, I would say you are wrong. Your friends may be average, but they are not very healthy.

No one had any idea, no matter what they may say. There are far too many variables.

As an aside, why do people keep asking the same question?

C3H603 wrote:

Untrained 25 year old?

It depends on their genetics. If they are a skinny male and decent at sports, then I predict 24-25 minutes for the 5k and they will feel exhausted at the end.

Marathon... probably over 4.5 hours or not finishing.

I think people on here over-estimate the fitness of the general population... especially if they don't even run.

over-estimating a general is impossible

I started running on a track 3 weeks ago and today was my 4th practice

I had my friend video record me and I ran the 200m in 29 seconds followed by the 100m in 13.9 seconds

I started running from a set position but didn't have any starting blocks.

I'm 6'4 and 195lbs so I'm not carrying any unnecessary weight.

I'm 25 and In the past 6 months I ran on grass about once per week, prior to that I hadn't run since I was 18

When I watched the videos back my form was so much worse than I expected it to look

That was me at one point. And they were my first-time PRs

100m: 14.4 (standing, hand-timed)

400m:65

800m 2:36 (half an hour after the 1500m)

1500m: 5:29 (no warm-up, didn't know it was a thing)

10000m:48-ish

Didn't run other distances. I would say the OP's estimate is pretty spot on, though the 800m is clearly a bit too fast.