What's your 5k time (running)?

My best is 29.57 and I was absolutely stoked about that - I never thought I would do it in under 30 mins! But that is really pushing it for me - normally it's more like 32-33 mins if I just pootle along. I will be 49 in a month's time.

Dalek, that doesn't sound pathetic at all! I'm just increasing my distance from 5k and it's amazing the difference an extra k makes! My dh is a pretty good runner and he swears by the rollers. He also has a knee support. Apparently strengthening exercises like Pilates can help reduce pain and injury too. Dh has done me a training plan to get to 10k and it includes some interval training, I'm quite enjoying it actually. It makes a nice (if tough) change from my usual plodding pace!

My best is 24:56 a couple of weeks ago but it was fairly flat. A few hills totally makes a difference.

My best 10k is 30.36...

I'm joking! A local charity night run to me just posted the first across the line as that. Unfrickingreal!
I need serious motivation.

Mine is 26:45, that was a few weeks ago and I'm 46. My best parkrun time is 27:15 and I came 12th out of the women (only around 60 runners in total). I'd love to get under 26 and then under 25 but I'm not sure I can! My best 10k time is 55:37 so I should be able to get closer to 26, I think. Both times I didn't set out to beat my PB!

I try to run - did 6k today and it took me i hour and 10 mins! Sorry I know that's pathetic but at least I am doing something.

This is on my own though - never done a park run.

Would love to get faster - is interval training the way forward?

Also my knees are really hurting - have started using foam roller - does anyone else do this?

around 30 minutes.

I think my first ever was 44 minutes, which is virtually fast walking pace, and it then took a year to knock off 15 minutes :)

No such thing as ' respectable ' time ! Just do your best, then do some more running and try to improve. Running is a great way to keep fit and stay sane and you only compete with yourself.

Wow. You are all so fast!
I do c25k each spring and then nothing all year.
PB was 32, now usually about 40

I did my first ever 5k park run today in 31.01. Well chuffed!

Only ever done one timed one and it was just under 34. I always thought that was pretty slow too. But it was around 505 for my age. Agree with other posters who say it's for fun and not in comp with anyone else. I don't really want to speed up but would love to increase distance.

I have done 30mins when I was fit and running regularly, but would probably be nearer 35 at the moment.

I think it's very personal though. I was extremely fit when I managed 10k in an hour, but I am not a natural runner at all, so although an hour is a fairly mediocre (if respectable) time, it was good for me.

Everyone has their own strength. For running / hiking / cycling mine is that I have great endurance but can also recover enough to repeat the same trial the next day. Doesn't mean I'm not slow and I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't give away a bit of my rapid recovery to just move faster, but I'm still faster than the person on the couch as others have said.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, speed isn't the only measure of fitness or improvement.

I hate running fast! I can do 5k in under 27 minutes if I really push myself but I'd much rather slow down a bit and run further. My favourite runs are long runs, anything between 10-14 miles, off road and hilly.

A good time can be any time though op! It's great for anyone to be able to run 5k, some people will always find themselves at the slower end while others will naturally be faster. I'm at the slower end and very happy there Everyone can improve with training and effort but there are limits. I will never be speedy.....

My parkrun PB is 27.19. I should time myself elsewhere too though as my parkrun is pretty hilly
I think I would be faster on the flat

About 33 minutes but my DH has done a training plan that includes a fast run once a week so I'm hoping this will improve. I'm hoping to do a 10k in September.

Finally recorded under 30 mins today . Next big goal is 25 mins...

PB 28:16 (a couple of years ago). Usually between 29 and 30.

26:24 late last summer. Just had a couple of months off and best since I restarted is 27:30. Want to get back into the 26's for the Race for Life on 8 June. Am 48 years old and started running a couple of years ago after a 30 year break

My first ever 5k race was a race for life one about 12 years ago...I did it in 39 minutes. I recently got a pb in a parkrun of 23:40 :-)I am getting faster generally as I get older and am aiming for pbs in 4 race distances this year...2 down, 2 to go!
Any time for a 5 k is OK...its what you can achieve on that day, on that particular run and it is likely it will be different every time. You are still doing better than everyone on the sofa!

My 5k PB is 27:09 and 10k 56:46 - both done on Tuesday - in the heat. I run very well in the heat!

I'm doing the BUPA Manchester 10k next months for the 3rd time & desperate to get in under 60 mins (just gone over by a few seconds on both occasions)

Carry on and you'll get the time you want - but your time now is FAB too. Keep going chick!

When I first started running I came in last in a parkrun - everyone else was so supportive that I soon got better! Being last has its advantages.

Between 28 and 30 for a normal run - a touch faster if it's a 'race' or parkrun and someone else it looking at time, IYKWIM. :)

Well done yellow ! If you do the c25k you will soon be able to do park runs. If you look on the website of your local run and click latest results, you will see that there are lots of people who run it in 30-40 mins. So you won't be alone let alone last !

Kristina - I go a couple of shades past beetroot! It's horrendous. I do an hour of martial arts a week, with the occasional 'fitness night' which is 90mins, and I spend half of it outside trying to breathe!

Anyway ........ after ds went to sleep, I dragged dd3 out with me, ostensibly for a walk, but we did a couple of 60seconds jogs too, and speedwalked most of the rest, and I'm still here to tell the tale :)
Hopefully she'll come with me regularly so it won't be so easy to bail out!

I want to be able to do park runs :) That's my goal.

Mine is 26.06 - I'm nearly 50. I so much want to get down to "starting with a 25", then I will have a real swagger .

I deffo agree that any time is a real achievement, and I always say that I'm going faster than the person sitting on the sofa.

My dd is 10 and has done 31 something. Ds is 12 and his PR best is 24.30.