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How fast do you run 10k?

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SharingMichelle · 16/01/2017 18:12

I usually do it in about 56 minutes.

I want to get faster but I'm not sure how.

I thought i was doing okay, but have just been reading on a runners' forum that sub 40 minutes is a good aim. I can't imagine how i would ever manage that.

I'm late 30s and pretty fit I think (or I thought anyway).

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Jointhejoyrun75 · 23/01/2017 13:18

I would be so impressed with less than 45 mins like some of you! Funnily enough I got my 10k PB of 49 mins on a half marathon race. I guess this is probably not the best circumstance, but I have not really run a 10k race.

AuntieStella · 23/01/2017 11:48

I'm in my 50s, took up running last summer and my best is 63 minutes.

I'd like to get it down to an hour.

gincamelbak · 23/01/2017 11:41

36 and PB is 58 minutes. I was pleased with that until I read the thread Confused

I've been running 8 years. I have a half marathon PB of 2:11

Jointhejoyrun75 · 23/01/2017 11:37

49.13 mins when I was 40.

Pinkponiesrock · 21/01/2017 21:15

I'm 32 and my PB is 43.30, admittedly that was pre kids on a fast flat if not downhill course.

Nowadays I'll do anything between a 48 to a 56 depending on the course, the elevation and ground you're running on plays a big part.
Definitely join a running club, best thing I ever did for my running, you get twice as much out your speed work as you on your own, it's amazing how you can find that little bit extra when someone is chasing behind you!

Namechangenurseryconcerns · 19/01/2017 18:28

I'm 35 and my pb is 49.58 Grin.
I'm hoping to knock a few more minutes off that so will try the hiit recommended above

pinkhorse · 19/01/2017 18:21

I do 46 minutes. Join a club. It'll definitely help

Frazzled2207 · 19/01/2017 18:20

38, my pb is about 48 but it's all gone downhill last four years since I had the kids.
These days under an hour and I'm doing well

Blinkyblink · 19/01/2017 18:18

Oh and started regularly running (1x week) only 3 months ago.

What I do do is a lot of HIIT classes. If you do that, back to back, a fast 10K run is a breeze!

Blinkyblink · 19/01/2017 18:16

35, 42 mins.

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SharingMichelle · 19/01/2017 11:45

Batwoman - be pleased! Own it. ALL running is better than no running.

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SharingMichelle · 19/01/2017 11:45

Right. OP here. I've been experimenting.

I've measured out a kilometer and tried running it faster than my usual pace.

I've got down to 4.32m but it made me want to cry / vomit / die. To me it feels like sprinting (ha!) and I couldn't possibly keep it up for 10k. Of course, I don't have to - I need to keep playing around with it until I'm running it in 5m, then I'll perhaps try doing it twice in 10m and so on.

Joining a running group is a great idea. I'm likely moving to a new (very hilly) city in the next couple of months, so I'll wait and join in the new place.

Am also running a 10k race this weekend and can't wait to see how my official times compare with what my free download app thinks I do.

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Batwomanrisesagain · 18/01/2017 22:43

1.05 and I was pleased with that until I read this thread!

Figure17a · 18/01/2017 22:41

Steelwork? Speedwork

Figure17a · 18/01/2017 22:20

Join a club. They will have structured steelwork sessions. Run with people faster than you so you have to push yourself

lapsedorienteerer · 18/01/2017 19:53

Interval training uphill will help of courseGrin

MaidOfStars · 18/01/2017 14:16

Currently marathon training so aiming for 60 min 10k distances. Could routinely do it in 57 mins with a bit of effort. My personal best is 53:28, and I vomited.

It's a distance I don't really train for, IYSWIM. I try to increase speed on 5k, but not over longer distances.

SomewhatIdiosyncratic · 18/01/2017 10:56

Maybe the man gazelle was fresh into a 2 mile quickie, not tired after 10k Wink

I'm around the 55 min zone. (35, been running 3 years)

KeyserSophie · 18/01/2017 08:20

Yes, sub 40k is exceptionally good. Not elite good (Jo Pavey gets close to 31 mins I think) , but certainly an extremely good club runner and good enough to win a local race.

My PB is 46 mins but to get from there to 40 mins would probably be impossible because natural talent does play a part - would imply a 5k time of 18 mins which aint never gonna happen.

TriJo · 17/01/2017 09:33

I've been running for nearly 9 years and my PB is 50 minutes. I'm not exactly speedy though!

lljkk · 17/01/2017 09:11

Try this calculator.

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SharingMichelle · 17/01/2017 06:56

Thanks for all the answers. This is interesting.

I run about 3 times a week - a couple of 5ks and a 10k. I do a lot of weights and strength training as well as various fitness classes. Probably 6+ hours of decent exercise a week. What I haven't done though is interval training, or working on my time per km as suggested upthread. I'm a bit lacking in hills where I live but I can give the other things a go.

I'm going to forget the idea of sub-40 min. I'm going to set myself a goal of sub-50 min and see how that goes. My knees and shins can get grumbly quite easily, so I'm not very interested in upping my distance tbh.

I was running yesterday - near the end of a 10k, all going well, cheerfully upping my speed for the last km, when I was overtaken by a man-gazelle, loping past me effortlessly, one stride to every three of mine and 100 yards ahead of me in under 2 minutes. Some people are more built for running than others.

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fitzbilly · 16/01/2017 20:46

Interval training is a good way to increase your speed, as well as hill training! I think if you have the time to put into training, it is possible to get faster, you just have to be careful not to injure yourself by doing to much too soon!

lapsedorienteerer · 16/01/2017 20:41

Ignore the sub 40! I once did a sub 45mins, I was about 35 and probably at my very fittest. Last time I ran a 10K was circa age 45 and I just about managed sub 60mins.......I'm now 54 and can't run due to a couple of long term injuries. Just enjoy doing what you can do whilst you canGrin

Figure17a · 16/01/2017 20:27

Barnes79 is right, 40 mins would win most local 10k races. Not impossible but those women literally eat sleep and breathe to train.

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