Age graded 5k times

[orangeguy]

I can't take credit for this, it was posted somewhere here some years ago and I bookmarked it because I thought it was really encouraging. It cheered me up and made me realise I am not doing so bad for a 61 year old as I thought I was so I thought it worthy of a repost:

Column 1 is age, Col 2 is the age-graded (adjusted) time of a 5k run in 30mins, Col 3 is the actual time you should be aiming for to achieve an age-graded equivalent 30 min 5k.

Women:

20 - 0:29:59 - 0:30:01

25 - 0:30:00 - 0:30:00

30 - 0:29:59 - 0:30:01

35 - 0:29:41 - 0:30:19

40 - 0:28:58 - 0:31:05

45 - 0:27:48 - 0:32:23

50 - 0:26:14 - 0:34:18

55 - 0:24:36 - 0:36:35

60 - 0:22:58 - 0:39:11

65 - 0:21:20 - 0:42:11

70 - 0:19:42 - 0:45:41

Men:

20 - 0:29:41 - 0:29:41

25 - 0:30:00 - 0:30:00

30 - 0:29:56 - 0:30:05

35 - 0:29:22 - 0:30:39

40 - 0:28:21 - 0:31:45

45 - 0:27:18 - 0:32:58

50 - 0:26:14 - 0:34:18

55 - 0:25:11 - 0:35:44

60 - 0:24:08 - 0:37:18

65 - 0:23:04 - 0:39:00

70 - 0:21:57 - 0:41:00

[ju-ju- Graduate10]

This is indeed encouraging. At 48 I decided to put myself inbetween the 45 and 50 age bracket for good measure 😉 thanks for posting

[cheekychipmunks Graduate10]

Awesome! Last weekend at parkrun I ran 36.38 over 5.01k when I stopped my Garmin, so pretty much spot on for my 55 years! I’ll take that. 😀🏃‍♀️

[Irishprincess Graduate10]

I love this. Puts it all into perspective really. It seems I've reversed time. Who knew? 😮🙂

[TailChaser Graduate10]

Oh wow, thank you for posting orangeguy, I’m running like a sub 40 year old which makes me very happy (I’m 51!)!!

[Razouski]

Ooh thanks for sharing 🍊Guy. This makes me look really whizzy for my age. 😂

[orangeguy Graduate10 in reply to Razouski]

Was just reading your recent post... hope you are feeling better very soon and whizzing again 😊

[ancientrunner Graduate10]

Well, that's cheered me no end!!

Thank you.

[Couchpotato2]

Hopefully I’ll be able to run it like someone 30 years older than me 😉

[Tbae]

Cheered me upto OG.👊

Any columns for 75 and 80.🤔

👊💥🏃‍♂️💥👏👏☄️

[Sandie1961 Graduate10]

Wow, I’ve just got 12 years younger. You’ve made me very happy 😃😃😃😂

[lexi6 Graduate10]

Thanks orangeguy thats made me very happy. 🙂

[Knittingrunner Graduate10]

Thanks for this. It’s given me a goal now. Only a couple of minutes off for my age then. As I’m new to running but still getting PBs st Parkrun I think I can do that. 😊

[orangeguy Graduate10]

Glad to see that everybody has found this as encouraging as I did, I've lost 10 years apparently . . . happy days 😀

[Biddy62 Graduate10]

Thanks for this. I understand columns 1 and 3 and am happy as a 57yr old running 5k in about 33mins I’m good for my age but I don’t understand column 2. Please can you explain - sorry to be a bit dim - I blame the running 😂😂

[orangeguy Graduate10 in reply to Biddy62]

There's full explanation here: runnersworld.com/advanced/a...

Unfortunately the actual calculator seems to have been removed from the Runners World site now.

[Biddy62 Graduate10]

Thank you 🙏. I think I understand. I think it means if I were a young whippersnapper my time would be better than 30 mins for 5k 😊. I’m happy with that.

It’s cheered me up. Thank you. Suffering with a horrible cold less than 2 weeks before my first official 10k race so reigning in the training for a few days (never fun for us runners 😉) hoping I can knock it out of my system.

Thanks again OG.

[orangeguy Graduate10 in reply to Biddy62]

No problem, hope you feel better soon.

[Bluebirdrunner Graduate10]

Keep coming back to look at this orangeguy...😊

Just ran 5k in 38:40 and Female almost 59 years old....Feeling very pleased!😉😀😀😀xxx

[orangeguy Graduate10]

Glad you are finding it useful, yes it certainly does cheer you up doesn't it 😀