Running speed

[Neilix1971]

Hi all, just completed W8R3 I haven’t concerned myself with speed, but out of curiosity I got an app and started recording the distance of the running part, so today I did 3.85km in the 28 mins, is this about average in everyone’s experience?

[steviej99 Graduate]

Hi Neiliix, not sure there's an average as such. There's a wide range of people here, ages, fitness etc. 90% of graduates can't run 5k in 30 minutes at week 9 but some do. My easy pace is 7.5k per hour, my parkrun pace is 8.33k pet hour but I can't keep that up for a full 5k - so your 8.25k p/h is my average! The more miles you get in your running legs, then speed increases naturally. Not sure if that helps you? 😊😊

[Neilix1971 in reply to steviej99]

Thanks for the reply, I was really just curious to see what people’s averages are so yes that helps thanks 🙂 looking forward to my first park run maybe in a couple of weeks time!

[Riz1_uk Graduate]

very normal... For me to do my 5k I have to run for about 40-45 mins on average..... but I dont care lol... my pb is around 39 mins.

[Neilix1971 in reply to Riz1_uk]

Thanks for the reply Riz

[MarkyD Graduate]

There is a pinned post of Distance at graduation. It has a very wide range, from 2.5 km in 30 minutes to nearly 6km.

Your speed is 100% perfect and on target for you.

[Neilix1971 in reply to MarkyD]

Thanks I will check that out

[IannodaTruffe Mentor in reply to Neilix1971]

I think MarkyD is referring to this poll healthunlocked.com/couchto5.... rather than a post.

[Redrum2]

So far done two runs of week 9: 4.82km in 31:15 and then 4.94km miles in 30:11 so not yet done the 5k in under 30 minutes yet but something I am aiming for. Speed will improve with time so no need to rush.