Can I run a sub 15 5k and even a sub 30 10k

21:30 5k is a good starting point, but it is very far from 15 min 5k, you can maybe do it or maybe cant, the only way to know for sure is to try, train for 3 months run a 5k and report back, then it will be easier for us to answer. But do not expect to be there in 3 months, you will most likely need 3 or even more years.

Yeah I’ve been training for 2 weeks and yesterday I did 5x 4 min 1k’s with 2 min rest. Maybe in a couple weeks I’ll break 20.

Also my friend who’s been training for a month now went from 25:40 to 19:59 in 27 days!

Impossible to say. It will take some pretty dedicated for a sub 30 10k, and I suspect most people are not capable either mentally or perhaps physically (not everyone can train high volume).

My son went out for freshman cross country without having a background in anything buy some swimming on a YMCA team, and he ran something like 21 to 22 for 5k cross in his first race. By end of season he was down to about 18 flat. Unfortunately he decided to quit running so who knows?

They did have one kid that ran 15:0x either at states or footlocker in his senior year, but I think even as a freshman he was sub 17 already.

On the total opposite end, Galen Rupp ran 13:37 just after turning 18, but of course he had high level training for a few years by then.

fast_af wrote:

21:30 5k is a good starting point, but it is very far from 15 min 5k, you can maybe do it or maybe cant, the only way to know for sure is to try, train for 3 months run a 5k and report back, then it will be easier for us to answer. But do not expect to be there in 3 months, you will most likely need 3 or even more years.

Reporting back after a first training cycle attempt would give us a better idea of your potential.

You are several years of consistent training away from a 15:00 5k if you have the potential.

Okay after a few weeks training im going to attempt a fast 5k again today or tomorrow and report

I ran around 21 minutes in a 5k with no training when I was 12 years old. The night before I stayed up until 4am playing video games and slept about 3 hours. It took me 6 years of training in high school and college to break 15:00. It is possible for you, but I would say it will take 4-8 years of serious training.

Heck no. We have kids show up every year who have done zero training and they are able to knock out 17:30 for 5k. They never end up breaking 15 minutes.

Relax, worry about breaking 20 first.... You might do that in as soon as a month, who knows, but why are you getting so ahead of yourself? Progression isn't linear....you don't run for a month, shave off a minute, run for a month, shave off a minute.

This is just one of an endless sea of threads started by people who run a pedestrian first race or TT and underestimate what it takes to be sub-elite or elite. You will burn out and quit with this mindset.

Yes you're young and you will continue to improve but it's beyond ridiculous to even ponder sub-30 when you just ran a 5k time that's slow for a high school girl.

Alright yeah sub 20 is my short term goal but my question is about my potential.

I understand that 21:30 is slow for a high school girl but I’m pretty sure it’s not slow for a high school girl who’s been on 5-10 runs in there whole life, like myself.

I’ll report my time I run tomorrow.

it is very slow for a boy. Any untrained boy with any talent would run 18:30. With good talent, they may break 17. There are few who would run as slow as you ran.

asthma123 wrote:

Alright yeah sub 20 is my short term goal but my question is about my potential.

I understand that 21:30 is slow for a high school girl but I’m pretty sure it’s not slow for a high school girl who’s been on 5-10 runs in there whole life, like myself.

I’ll report my time I run tomorrow.

The women's WR is 29:17, so sub-30 would be a heck of a feat.

this is absolutely ridiculous, for starters the average time for healthy male Is just under 28 minutes For the 5k and you’re are saying very few would run slower than 21:30. You have to be immensely talented to even come close to running 17-18 minutes from ZERO training in any sport, I think elite runners would but 99.9% of active people would run slower than 17-18 and most slower than 20 minutes for there first run.

This is absolutely delusional, by zero training I mean never have trained in any sport. even if you did have kids show up with ‘zero training’ running 17:30’s the only thing from stopping them from running under 15 is just not trying, they would easily be able to run sub 15 in a year and a half if they started on 17:30.

the "zero training yougsters running 17:30 and never breaking 15" is bullshit.

Almost no teenager can run 17:30 without any training of any kind. And those who can do that would be sub 15 in the first year with good training.

44minutes 10k at 15 without any training is pretty good. You have some talent for running.

But don't waste it being being obsessed by potential, times, being elite etc.

Just focus on having fun while running. That's how you will improve.

Nobody knows what you can achieve, trust in yourself but be easy with yourself at training and give everything when racing.

Forget about short term goal like breaking 20 then 19 etc. Just jog several time a week and you will be there in a few weeks. You will improve much faster by taking it easy when training instead of "racing the training" to get self confidence that you can achieve your next week goal.

Nutsack McGee wrote:

fast_af wrote:

21:30 5k is a good starting point, but it is very far from 15 min 5k, you can maybe do it or maybe cant, the only way to know for sure is to try, train for 3 months run a 5k and report back, then it will be easier for us to answer. But do not expect to be there in 3 months, you will most likely need 3 or even more years.

Reporting back after a first training cycle attempt would give us a better idea of your potential.

You are several years of consistent training away from a 15:00 5k if you have the potential.

These threads are all mental masturbation. Nobody can tell you what happens when you train. Some people watch their Vo2 go up like 40%. Others do the same training and go up 5%. Most people are in the middle. Do the work and see where it takes you. Or don't. Nobody will really care.