I recently ran a PR of 18:30 in the 5k and I would like to run under 18:00 in about a month or so. Is this doable? I would also like to go under 17 by mid to late xc season. (might be a stretch). I've gone from 20:00 to 18:30 in like 5 months for perspective.
How long did it take y'all to make a similar drop?
Like a week bro, suck it up buttercup
Freshman year I went from 19:00->18:20->17:50
Sophomore year I went from 18:12->17:13
Junior year I went from 17:15->17:08->16:52
I don't run many 5k's, I do mostly 3 mile races in cross country. Those were the numbers from the few 5k races our team ran during the year. I ran the 5k equivalent of a 17:09 Sophomore year in a 3 mile and the 5k equivalent of a 16:45 in a 3 mile junior year. Most of my improvement has been gradual, maybe you'll improve quicker than I did. Sub 18:00 Is very reasonable, sub 17 might be a stretch, but it is definitely possible as long as you stay dedicated to the sport.
It took me two months to go from 18.46 to 17.59, at the age of 16. One month before the 18.46 I ran 19.27. Didn't break 17 until last week, running 16.14 at the age of 20. Lost two years to injury.
I was maybe in shape for sub-17 about five/six months after running 17.59 (when I ran 4.24 for 1500), and definitely in shape for it 16 months later when I ran 9.11 for 3K and 4.08 for 1500.
Keep training, don't get injured and you'll get there at some point. I definitely didn't expect it to take this long but I didn't give up and now I'm a sixteen minute guy - a time that used to amaze me when I first started running.
My first ever 5k as a 10th grader was 17:56.
I was 20:00 - 18:15 from fall to spring my freshman year.
17:15 to maybe 16:45 (I did 10:10 for 3200, so extrapolating) from fall to spring my sophomore year.
My all-time PR is 16:25 so didn't really get any faster.
There were people who beat me freshman year, who I beat the next year and vice versa. Different people are going to improve at different rates. The same person will improve at different rates depending on their age and how long they've been running. There's really no way to say.
As stated, I was mid 16:30s at my best and it recently took me 6 weeks to go from 19:30 to 18:45.
Freshman year only ran one 5k it was in 18:59.
Sophomore year first race was 17:49 and by the end of xc was at 17:22
Junior year first race 17:34, season best 16:51
My progression during XC of each year:
7th: 24:40 -> 23:20 -> 21:50 -> 20:50
8th: 20:50 -> 19:50 -> 18:50 -> 18:30
9th: 19:50 -> 18:50 -> 18:00 -> 17:50
10th: 18:20 -> 17:20 -> 17:00 -> 16:53
Sure you can do it. As you can see, my times slowed their improvement between 8th and 9th grade, but I had a bit of a breakthrough in 10th grade. Between those two seasons of XC, my mile improved by 20 seconds, my 800 improved by 10 seconds, and my 2mile improved by 50 seconds. I didn't grow any, I didn't increase my mileage, and I didn't get a new coach. All it took was years of CONSISTENCY and the times came. I think you can get close to 17, but I would make next year's preliminary goal for XC 17:30.
took me three years to go from 29-20
then it took me 6 months to go from 20-17:41, current pr
darunningguyguy wrote:
took me three years to go from 29-20
then it took me 6 months to go from 20-17:41, current pr
What did you do in those 6 months to get such a huge jump?
7th grade: 21:30 - 20:45ish
8th: 19:20 - 19:0x - 18:13 - 17:51
9th: 18:20 - 18:50 - 18:03
10th: 17:40 - 17:28 - 17:13 - 17:10 - 16:54
11th: 16:48 - 16:39 - 16:24 - 16:12 - 16:02
Frosh: 20:05-18:13
Soph: 17:35
Jr: 16:16
Sr: 15:53
Alan
Ran 17:20 my first race ever. I had a slower last 1.1. Next time out I was in the 16:30s.
freshman year started at a 21:05 then I brought it down to a 17:34.
sophomore year started at a 20:55 im in my third week and im at 17:36
My junior year I ran my first sub 19 in 18:52, and then had a couple weeks of amazing breakthrough workouts. On race day I experimented with more of a go super hard the first 2 miles and hold on for dear life on the third and somehow a 17:47 was the result. Improvement was very slow but consistent from then on and I ran a 16:07 on a shortened FL course to convert to 16:45-50 for a full 5k by the end of senior year.
I would do some research into Georgetown 400s, as they were a key workout for me in learning to pace myself and gain aerobic strength, as I always struggled with tempo runs
LilUziWorshipper wrote:I recently ran a PR of 18:30 in the 5k and I would like to run under 18:00 in about a month or so. Is this doable? I would also like to go under 17 by mid to late xc season. (might be a stretch). I've gone from 20:00 to 18:30 in like 5 months for perspective.
How long did it take y'all to make a similar drop?
I don't know. I never ran over 18 minutes for a 5000. My first 5000 was somewhere in the mid 15's.
Running in Circles wrote:
LilUziWorshipper wrote:I recently ran a PR of 18:30 in the 5k and I would like to run under 18:00 in about a month or so. Is this doable? I would also like to go under 17 by mid to late xc season. (might be a stretch). I've gone from 20:00 to 18:30 in like 5 months for perspective.
How long did it take y'all to make a similar drop?
I don't know. I never ran over 18 minutes for a 5000. My first 5000 was somewhere in the mid 15's.
Congrats on making a completely useless contribution to the thread!!!
Soph 1600 5:15
Junior Xc 20:07
Junior indoors 5:00
Corona no outdoors
Xc season opener 16:30