I just did a tempo run yesterday, it was seven miles at five fifty fuve pace, it felt pretty easy not like I was racing or anything like that, I was wondering how some of the goofballs here guess peoples race times from workouts. Is there an equation? I think people just pull the times out of their lean asses. So shoot.
For a 5k I would say that you are in sixteen minut shape.
well what kind of race are you thinking about?
You could use Daniel's VDOT chart, assuming 5:55 is your correct threshold pace that gives you a VDOT value of 60 which he says corresponds to a 5k in about 17:03, a 10k of 35:22. Of course, you could easily be two or three VDOT values above or below 60 which gives you a range for a 5k anywhere between 16:30-17:15.
My 2 cents, I think it's stupid to try and predict race times off of workouts. If you are training and you want to know what kind of 5k shape you are in, its real simple, go race a 5k.
:)
In high school I ran 5:55s for my 10 milers, and I never ran below 16:20.
Your asking an opinion of people who you call goofballs and you say their opinions come out of their lean asses?
They are here to help, be kind.