Pace

[Buddy34]

After me posting my question I would like to ask other runners what is your pace , keep in mind that I graduated only 2 weeks ago so anyone around the same stage as me thank you

[MarkyD Graduate]

Pace is a wildly-varying parameter. My parkrun personal best is 5'04" over the 5 km, whilst my "long slow run" pace is about 6'30". My fastest 1km split is exactly 4'00". My C25K graduation run was obviously 30 minutes at a pace of about 6'00" (I cannot find the run in my (very old) nike+ account) but it was around 5km.

So (I guess like everyone else), I am all over the place for pace. You need to find your pace for your runs.

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate]

My calculations may be wrong but 11.29 a mile it says on Strava calculator is around 35 minutes for a 5K

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to AlMorr]

That's not bad considering I had never run before c25k thanks

[AlMorr Ambassador Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

👍😊

[DiscoRunner Graduate]

🐌! x

[E27M14 Graduate]

Take care with the units! I graduated at the end of January and my pace was mostly a little under 14mins per mile at that time. Today I managed just a little over 13 mins per mile for my fastest 5km in 41minutes.

[IannodaTruffe Mentor]

If you look at this poll of graduates you can see the sort of maximum distance covered during the thirty minute runs healthunlocked.com/couchto5.... from which you can work out people's maximum pace.

Comparing yourself is human nature, but unless you ask the gender and age and general physical fitness levels and ability/disability of each respondent, comparison to you in particular is pretty meaningless............. consider the twenty year old male and the 83 year old female.......oh, and one of them has chronic arthritis......

Compare your pace to that which you were doing prior to doing C25k....now that is meaningful and impressive.

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to IannodaTruffe]

Please bear in mind as well that someone 6’4” will cover ground much more quickly than someone of, say, 4’10” (like me !) 😂

[PocketPA Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

I’m 4’10” too ! Little legs don’t cover the same ground a long legs 😂😂

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to PocketPA]

Sad but true - we have to work harder ! Love your username 😂

[lexi6 Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

I’m a giant at 5’2” BcK, definitely not a gazelle, but proud of being part of an elite group like you aka “Pocket Rockets”. We rock! 🏃‍♀️

[ButtercupKid Graduate in reply to lexi6]

You really are tall, aren’t you ? So envious 😄

[lexi6 Graduate in reply to ButtercupKid]

😂😂

[sofiaO Graduate]

I run around 14-15 minutes per mile aka slow

[Coolcookingteacher Graduate]

Lots interesting advice, the only one you're in competition with is yourself so just log your runs, sometimes you'll be on fire, other times a bit of a sluggish run, you'll see a pattern emerging. Just keep running!

[HGVDan Graduate]

35.14 my fist non stop 5km

26.12 my 5k PB 18 month after graduating

[lexi6 Graduate]

your pace is yours Buddy, you’re brilliant. 👍

[SteveW1960 Graduate]

I’m about to start W9 😊

Currently running at an average of around 6:54/Km so I’m expecting about 4.3 K in my 30 minute runs and maybe 35 minutes for a full 5K

I’m happy at that given I have a history of knee problems from old sports injuries. I’m 58 and 18 stone so not doing too bad 😊

[Elfe5 Graduate]

My brisk walk is almost as fast as my run - I don’t care, what matters to me is that I enjoy my running. 😃

[Buddy34 Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

Yes me to😊

[MelsieJay Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

Yes I’m the same and think I can walk uphill faster than I would run!!

[Elfe5 Graduate in reply to MelsieJay]

Absolutely! Me too. Running at all is a sufficient miracle- running uphill (other than small slopes) is for the future, if ever! 😂

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to Elfe5]

This! So much this 😆

[Buddy34 Graduate]

Thanks for all the replies next week I'm going to go back to the ash running track where my c25k journey began and see if I can improve on my pace as my route just now has 2 longish hills in it and I am slower on these but they have also helped with endurance . Will see what happens 😊

[Maddee_6333 Graduate in reply to Buddy34]

I have no doubt you’ll be faster 👍

But even if you aren’t, it is something you can improve on if you want.

I will never be really fast - my trail running, conversational*/enjoying the scenery pace is 7 min/k (or slower) but I can do the local Park Run in just over the 30 minutes even pushing a jogging buggy.

*I do seem to have really good lungs though 🤣 Rubbish Achilles’ tendons, but good lungs!

[TeacherWendy Graduate]

I’ve only just got the Runkeeper app so only used it twice. I’ve just completed C25K. My average pace over the whole stretch including the warm up and cool down walks is about 8.5 min/km. my fastest running pace is 7.4. I put another few minutes of running in this morning just to get to the magic 5k. Took me 43 mins to do 5k- including the walks at either end.

[Dominicano Graduate]

A pair of weeks after graduating, I ran my first 5k in 36:38. Today, two months later, I'm doing 34:22.

I was trying to enhance my time and was not enjoying the run, but after a fantastic advice from

IannodaTruffe I forgot about time and start having fun. And guess what? I'm performing a better time without stress!