The average mile for beginners is 7 to 10 minutes. 3 miles in 30 means your a keeping a good pace. Very average. Many people in their 60s or older can do that.
Running a 5K is a fairly achievable feat that's ideal for people who are just getting into running or who simply want to run a more manageable distance. Many runners complete a 5K in 30 to 40 minutes, and many runners are satisfied with their time if it's around this benchmark.
Nearly all of the marathon must be run and a good pace must be maintained throughout. The 4 hour marathon requires an average pace of 9 minutes 9 seconds per mile, which is a moderately fast pace for most runners.
Running Pace Calculator
| Dist (mi) | 6:00 /mi | 6:30 /mi |
|---|
| 8 | 48:00 | 52:00 |
| 9 | 54:00 | 58:30 |
| 10 mi | 1:00:00 | 1:05:00 |
| 11 | 1:06:00 | 1:11:30 |
If you are running a mile in under 12 minutes you are doing ok. If you are running a mile in 8 minutes you are doing very well (something like the top 25% of the country for fitness). Only the truly elite athletes can do a mile in under 5 minutes.
How Fast Am I Moving on the Treadmill?
| Miles per hour | Minutes per mile | Calories burned* in 30 minutes |
|---|
| 7.0 | 8:34 | 320 |
| 7.5 | 8:00 | 338 |
| 8.0 | 7:30 | 362 |
| 8.5 | 7:04 | 385 |
For a 10k, it's ideal to
run up to
8-10
miles in training for your
long runs. Half marathons will require up to 14-15
miles. To ensure you recover correctly, reduce your
long run for two weeks following one of those 14-15
mile runs.
Method 2.
| Week | Long Run |
|---|
| 5 | 9 miles |
| 6 | 5 miles |
| 7 | 10 miles |
| 8 | 5 miles |
If you're training to be competitive in a race, for example, going faster will be key. But if you are looking to shed pounds, longer runs might be the best way to go. On the other hand, running longer distances is good for endurance and allows you to burn a substantial number of calories in a single workout.
If you're just doing one mile at a time, then sub 7 minutes is pretty damn impressive for the layperson. Either way, you broke 8 minutes and you should be proud. In the Army, 2 miles in 11:54 is the maximum score for the fitness test (for the 17-21 age group) - so a 6 minute mile is a pretty good pace.
How fast can a average human run?
Week 1
- Day 1: Run 100 meters (1/16 mile), walk 300 meters; repeat 3 times (track equivalent: run 1/4 of a lap, walk 3/4 of a lap)
- Day 2: Rest or cross-train.
- Day 3: Run 100m, walk 300m; repeat 3 times.
- Day 4: Rest.
- Day 5: Run 100m, walk 300m; repeat 3 times.
- Day 6: Rest or cross-train.
- Day 7: Rest.
To answer your question, I recommend easy/recovery runs to be 90 seconds to 2 minutes per mile slower than your marathon pace. For you, that means somewhere between 9:35-10:05 per mile on your easy runs.
You don't need to break into a run until you're going faster than 15 minutes per mile. Kastor says a new runner can shoot for 12 to 13 minute pace per mile as a good range to start off with, with walk breaks structured in. Start with a 3-minute run, then walk for 1 minute to recover.
Is 20 mph Fast For a Human? Yes, If you run the entire hundred metres in 20mph, you will get a time of 11.1 seconds.
Most runners reach their fastest
speed between the ages of 18 and 30. The
average running speed per
mile in a 5K (5-kilometer or 3.1-
mile race) is below.
Average running speed per mile in a 5K.
| Age | Men (minutes per mile) | Women (minutes per mile) |
|---|
| 16–19 | 9:34 | 12:09 |
| 20–24 | 9:30 | 11:44 |
| 25–29 | 10:03 | 11:42 |
| 30–34 | 10:09 | 12:29 |
The average mile time for a 13 year old boy in relatively good shape would probably be around 8:20–8:40.
My average mile in a race is 6:00, so an 18:00 3 mile, which i believe is slightly above average(also im about 5'8 and 110). For a 14 year old boy, id say average is around 6:30–7:30. For a 14 year old girl, id say average is around 7:00–8:00.
A 7 minute mile time probably means you are somewhat fit, but it doesn't make you a great runner. Mere seconds are extremely hard to shave off in seconds; a three minute difference is extremely long. So no, this is a good time, but it's not a great time.
Running Recommendations
| Age | Distance |
|---|
| 9-11 | 3.2 miles |
| 12-14 | 6.4 miles |
| 15-16 | Half Marathon: 13.1 miles |
| 17 | 19.2 miles |
A 12-year-old boy who can complete a 1-mile run in eight minutes and 40 seconds sits at about the 50th percentile in comparison to other boys his age. Any time faster than 8:40 would be considered a good time, since it puts the boy in the top half of his age class.
If we consider that to be about right, then say a 10-year-old boy can run 1.5 miles in 10 minutes, then he would be running at one mile every 6.66 minutes . . . that means about 9 miles an hour.
You will become more efficient at metabolizing fat tissue. Your heart and lungs will be much stronger than average. Your blood-oxygen level will probably increase (this has a few detrimental side-effects, but is net-positive). There are many, many good things about running 10 miles a day.
Running 10 miles every day is not really the best strategy for training and could lead to overuse injury. You are better off to vary your training by having some days longer, some days shorter but faster or more intense, such as hill training or track workouts, and some days resting or cross training.
A 5 mile run in 40 minutes, is a mile every 8 minutes. Given that the average speed of an athlete to do a mile in 5 minutes or less, with the world record being under a 4 minute mile; 5 miles in 40 minutes is athletic and above-average, but sub-Olympian standard of fitness and running speed.
The long run is generally anything from 5 to 25 miles and sometimes beyond. Typically if you are training for a marathon your long run may be up to 20 miles. If you're training for a half it may be 10 miles, and 5 miles for a 10k. In most cases, you build your distance week by week.
Elite level males run south of 2:25, even elite females are below 2:45. Even at the high school level 3:00 is very average for guys, 3:30 is about average for girls. 4:00 pace for 1k only equates to a 20 minute 5k, again this is only above average for high school girls, it's well below average for guys.
Generally, many runners consider a good finishing time for a 5k to be anything under 25 minutes, which means keeping an 8-minute-mile pace. If this is your first 5k, an 8-minute-mile pace might be fairly aggressive, depending on how long you have trained, how old you are, and so forth.
"Anyone can run a 10-miler with the right training," Collins says. "Even if someone has never even done more than two miles in their life, they may not be getting to a marathon anytime soon, but a 10-miler is a kind of good magic distance that you can actually shoot for in a reasonable amount of time."
