I'm just interested in seeing how much talent matters in running. I read some article that stated you lose about 25% of your aerobic ability after 3 months(basically, they'd expect a 20 min 5k to start running 25). Extrapolated then, it might take about a year to back to your "untrained" state. So how fast would you guys run a mile or 5k after a period of no running?
About a quarter slower
who cares
Take a look at the top link for brief breakdown, the second one is more in depth :)
I reckon when I was 20-25 I could still break 20. pb 15:54 providing I had not put on more than a few pounds
On the other had I got down to 16:30 after less than 1 year training starting at 20 and 1 year later only 30 seconds faster. Of course Id a little bit of running at school we'd did 2 x 3 miles xc in winter for a couple of years and i was always generally running around although my main hobby was fishing. Even then we'd cycle or walk miles to get to new spots
Ran 24 mid for 8k in early October and got injured fast forward to December was able to train a small amount before getting injured again, 0 cross training because I thought I was going to be quitting. Began cross training when I got back to school and was scheduled to race the mile late January.
Did two runs before the race, 4x300 one day and 4x800 another day. Race day just did two strides as my warm up and ended up running 4:43 for the mile. I was still struggling with my second injury which is why I just did two strides as my warm up.
I know this isn't the same as untrained but it's the closest I've ever been to untrained so I thought I'd throw my two cents in.
PRs of 4:23 for the mile and 8:33 for the 3k for some context to how this compares to my best times.
Trained = 17:00 5K
Untrained = 22:00 5K
I basically stopped running for a whole year and jumped into a 5K to see what I could do. I had not gained any weight. Still in my early 30s.
I ran a 1:06 half this past fall. Then had 6 weeks off from a foot injury. After 3 weeks of training, I did a 5k in 16:22. Still building back up. Still sucking air in every workout.
Have a 15:16 5k PR, took over a year off almost 0 running. Did a 5k and ran only 3 days in the week leading up to it and ran a 18:15
RuppBuster wrote:
Have a 15:16 5k PR, took over a year off almost 0 running. Did a 5k and ran only 3 days in the week leading up to it and ran a 18:15
also put on 20 pounds, mostly muscle from lifting. but got back down to 16:30 after a month a running and only losing 3 pounds
The 5k is so bad when I'm untrained and trained
ukathleticscoach wrote:
I reckon when I was 20-25 I could still break 20. pb 15:54 providing I had not put on more than a few pounds
On the other had I got down to 16:30 after less than 1 year training starting at 20 and 1 year later only 30 seconds faster. Of course Id a little bit of running at school we'd did 2 x 3 miles xc in winter for a couple of years and i was always generally running around although my main hobby was fishing. Even then we'd cycle or walk miles to get to new spots
Starting at age 20 not 20 mins.
Started training Autumn. Straight into running daily plus workouts and long run. Ran xc wall winter getting nowhere then s few road races 36xx
Entered a track race at last minute & ran 16:40 5000m on track after going to pub and 3 pints of Guinness at lunch.
Trained hard for another year and only knocked 40 seconds off that time. I suppose I could have got it down a bit further with more miles better training and get longer distances down to 33:14 1:14:30 but it gets increasingly harder to improve. At least for me.
good stuffs wrote:
I'm just interested in seeing how much talent matters in running. I read some article that stated you lose about 25% of your aerobic ability after 3 months(basically, they'd expect a 20 min 5k to start running 25). Extrapolated then, it might take about a year to back to your "untrained" state. So how fast would you guys run a mile or 5k after a period of no running?
Most time that I have had off since college running has been about 4 months. Ran a two mile road race in 11:00. Ran 25 mpw for a month and ran a 16:34 4:21(1500) double on the track. Fast forward about a year of 25 mpw easy runs I ran a 5k in 16:59 on the track. fast forward one more year year of running about 2-3 times a week I ran 17:52/5:02in a two road races on the same day.
I think I am a 18:00 guy with no running
17:00 guy with little trainng.
5:00 guy with almost no training.
Another thing I have noticed is that I can still roll out decent 200/ 400 times. I have run a 52 second 400 and a 23 second 200every year since highschool at least once a year
I guess it is a talent issue, I seem to regress more than most. I've run 4:34 in the mile and 16:01 in the 5k. If I stop all running for 3 months I'd probably be in the 25-27 minute area, even if I was still active in another way. My aerobic ability does not really suffer too much. I can jump on the bike after many months off and still slog through a moderately long ride.
When I was in seventh grade I wasn't really training to run but I was active and I broke 20 in a large turkey trot.
Now I'm a really fast high schooler with 50mpw of training.
I'd say the shorter the event the better (obviously). I've never run a mile in over 5 minutes, even completely untrained. But I've had some 5ks in the 19s in that same time.
Cannot answer: untrained, I am not fast!
PR: 15:50
1-month off: 16:20
training consistently but casually (2 or so workouts/week alone, 40mpw): about 17:00
running most days, not workouts: 19:00
not really running: 21:00
27 min 5k including several stops and walks
I ran a 3:39 marathon completely untrained and a 1:33 HM after a couple months without training due to injury a few years ago. PR at the time was 1:28 in a much hillier and windier course.