Ran my first 5k on a whim in March 2015 in 1704 at age 22 after my basketball coach told me to try distance running when I set team record for the 10 minute run (7.5 laps of 400m track). Since then I've quit basketball for running and now PR is 1407 on the track and I have never lost a track race of 1500m or farther in 9 races since I quit basketball.
High 18 after one season of track freshman year of high school. PR at 19 of 14:47 in a road race. Was a great XC runner, terrible at track. My best 10k was junior year XC regionals, coach wanted me going out too slow, first 5k 16:15 last 5k 15:28. My adhd wouldn't allow me to concentrate much on track, after a few laps I couldn't focus
Started running at age 13. Ran a 22:00 5k in practice that first year. Got down to 14:40 at age 22. Four years and thirty pounds later I will occasionally run a 19:50 on the treadmill just to prove I can do it. I don't think I could race much under 6 minute mile pace (18:45) now.
17:00 -> 14:40
24:10 at age 22 (20 mpw).
17:19 at age 33 (60 mpw).
21:43 at age 54 (35 mpw).
2 months ago:
22:51 at age 26 off of 1 month training - 30 mpw
That's it so far, only race I've done, got another one in just under 3 weeks and looking to break 22. Pretty inspirational to read of some others starting in there 20's and running roughly what I ran and making progress down into the 16's and 17's!
20:30 5K. After running for 4 months
17:09 5K after running for 20 months. Hoping to break sub 17 before 2 years!
24:13 but jogged first 2mi with my mom (2010)
first actual race attempt was 20:00.4 in 2010
current PR 15:28 (2015)
First ever was 22:25 at age 19, off of some foolish training.
Picked up running a few years ago, and recently ran 18:40 in a hilly 5k (a few weeks ago, at age 47).
Inspirational indeed and proves once again that it is not all about vo2 max improvement. If i ever get to 15:xx i would be thrilled. Probably never gonna happen but who knows. All those stories give me at least some hope.
19 - 18:25 hilly course
20 - 16:15 track
27 - 15:12 road (PR)
55 - 17:20 road/17:17 track
Boreal muskeg wrote:
19 - 18:25 hilly course
20 - 16:15 track
27 - 15:12 road (PR)
55 - 17:20 road/17:17 track
Nice work at age 55!
18:50 -17 y/o
20:01 - 33 y/o
13:45 at 14 years old.
12:37 at 24.
first 5k was freshmen year of high school running like 18:30 or something
now run 16:30 4 years later
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
I’m a D2 female runner. Our coach explicitly told us not to visit LetsRun forums.
Guys between age of 45 and 55 do you think about death or does it seem far away
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