Average Running time for a 20-year-old Woman?

Question

Where can I find a table or an answer to what the average running time for a young woman? I run about once a week and the past month I've been getting a mile in 12 minutes which is an achievement for me but I was wondering if that was good or bad for someone my age. What should I be running at?

Answer 1

The best thing is to check the scores of people who ran 5ks, and see what the average mile is for a woman your age.

You can check out the 5k I ran, Here are the results:

http://www.bestrace.com/results/08/08080...

They separate age, and gender. I'm in your age group and finished at around 30mins, which made it a 10 minute mile, running a little over 3 miles. You should totally look into a 5k of some sorts, it motivates you to run and do things you didn't think you ever could. and that feeling of accomplishment is AMAZING!

Sorry I don't have an exact number for you, but I hope this helps at least a little.

Good Luck on you RUNS!

Answer 2

I would say around 9 minutes a mile is good.