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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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Nospringflower · 16/01/2017 20:24

I know someone in her 40s who runs sub 40 10Ks but she does a lot of training and is very good - only started doing running in the last 5 years though so it is possible. Think you really need to join a running club though for tips and motivation.

SaintEyning · 16/01/2017 20:22

I'm 39 and have done it in 48:38 but that was part of triathlon training last summer. Probs closer to 54 now I've had a few months off.

Barnes79 · 16/01/2017 20:20

Michelle - I'm assuming you're female based on the name, in which case sub-40 is remarkable and I would say unachievable (I'm mid-30s and used to do 49mins and would never have thought about aiming for sub-40 as being a possibility).

On a different note, I found that they key to getting faster was building up the distance whilst running at my target pace, so if you were aiming for 40mins, do a 4min km, have a walk for 4 mins they try to do another and repeat until no longer able to keep up the pace. You could either increase the number of km run each session or decrease the walk between each km.

Figure17a · 16/01/2017 20:16

48:58! I'm 46. I think any possibility of sub 40 has been and gone for me, but I'd like to think I can get closer to 45mins.

What kind of training and how much are you doing now? what's your BMI ?

lljkk · 16/01/2017 20:06

Do you do intervals, hills or longer runs, @SharingMichelle. You're a lot faster than me.

You can find charts to estimate what your 10k potential time is based on your age+gender, assuming an avg VO2max. More accurate if you know your real VO2max. I am a huge underachiever, but I don't think the chart understands things like lard-ass-itis.

Fadingmemory · 16/01/2017 18:16

Last time I ran 10k I was 58 and my time was 1.01.