Ran my first 5K this morning

[DotKritic]

So I ran my first ever 5K this morning. It was organized by the Houston Dynamo and was called Go For Goal 5K. I ran it 29:07 so I guess I'm a 9-minute person. I treated it as a warm-up because I'm running in the ABB 5K (part of the Houston Marathon) come January.

What's your best 5K time?

[Hazelle]

Congrats on the 5k!! I'm just trying to run 2 miles in succession - it's so hard.

Grats Feels great, doesn't it??

EDIT: So far 12:40 for my mile..., it's improvement from 13 minute something. x)

[Zageron]

24 or 25 minutes I believe. Wonderful job starting to run! It's a great feeling to finish races

[PrawnSkunk]

Congratulations!! What exactly did your "couch-to-5k" training entail?

Originally Posted by DotKritic

What's your best 5K time?

Never ran a flat 5km road race, but before graduating I did set my highschool's Cross Country record of 17:23 on a 5k course down in Oregon. This spring, I will will also be running the 5000m (and maybe the 10000m if I lose my sanity) for my university's track team

5 is a nice number!

[dAnceguy117]

congrats, DotKritic!

Originally Posted by PrawnSkunk

17:23

h8 you, you're faster than me. congrats on the school record, that's gotta be so cool.

[Jonlovesddr]

i've got a 7:30 mile and i can run 1.5 miles without stopping
i really need to get my distance up

[bballa48]

Originally Posted by PrawnSkunk

Congratulations!! What exactly did your "couch-to-5k" training entail?



Never ran a flat 5km road race, but before graduating I did set my highschool's Cross Country record of 17:23 on a 5k course down in Oregon. This spring, I will will also be running the 5000m (and maybe the 10000m if I lose my sanity) for my university's track team

5 is a nice number!

Where do you go?

[PrawnSkunk]

Originally Posted by bballa48

Where do you go?

Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC I'll be running both cross and track for the next 4-5 years!

edit: We are a part of the NCAA, so perhaps our paths may cross one day

[___________]

First year doing cross country. Best is ~25:00, not too good at it.

[PrawnSkunk]

Originally Posted by ___________

First year doing cross country. Best is ~25:00, not too good at it.

XC is a whole 'nother beast. Keep at it, that is a very respectable time

[Arkuski]

Ran 24:50 when I was 10. Should be able to run sub 20 now.

[GammaBlaster]

29 minutes

I'm terrible at running

[Tswizzle]

Most recent. Record is 23:56 over Golden Gate Bridge, 21:44 on a track but that's cheating.

Still, 6:06 mile is pretty good.

[Wayward Vagabond]

my 5k time is still going. i think im at 23:07:48:23

[Tswizzle]

Ps that app is called Strava if you want a Facebook for runs that logs a ton of stats. 5k = 3.1 miles.

They also have one for bicycling as well

[infinity.]

16:41 5k
36:03 10k
3:01:04 marathon

running the shanghai marathon soon~

to echo prawnskunk, running is a very unique activity in that you always improve so long as you just do it. if you just get up today and decide to run 3 times a week you'll get faster, can run longer, etc. for those starting with times of 29, 25, so on for the 5k, those are super respectable! just think about where those can go with some practice!

@snowcrafta, that first mile is awesome! but exerting so much early on may have slowed down your overall pacing

[Poison-]

The best 5k I ever ran was 19:38 back in highschool.

I always preferred sprinting to long distance running.

[EtienneSM]

First year doing cross country. Best 5k was 20:31. I expect to get mid-18's next year considering I'll be doing distance running for both regular and winter track.

Congrats on your first 5k, DotKritic!

[Tswizzle]

I like sprinting early on and falling into my pace as I slow down, helps build endurance off the bat I've felt

[infinity.]

Originally Posted by Tswizzle

I like sprinting early on and falling into my pace as I slow down, helps build endurance off the bat I've felt

on a non-race run, try doing your sprint mile for the second mile, and building up slowly to it in your first mile. keeps you pushing in your first mile, and then you have the expectation of pushing a little harder the second mile. after that, you only have one mile left (so why not just give what you got?)