Good 3k time?

Question

im 16 and last year my time for 3000m was 9:39 this year i have run 2 and ran 9:18 and then 9:15. im really happy but just want to get a few extra seconds. I want to be able to run less than 9:10 and ideally under 9:05 to get a real fast time. ive only had 2 3ks so do you think im able to do this. im really going to go for it next weekend (fingers crossed on the weather) whats your opinion. thanks

Answer 1

embem that is the stupidest thing i have read in a while there is no way you would be between 9-10 minutes in a 3k considering you would have to be running 5:20 pace to run a 10 minute 3k and im willing to guess u cant even run a 5:20 mile based on your 5k time let alone run it twice... um wow

okay now that im done making fun of girl (kinda feal bad about that now)haha yea you ran a decent time but theres always room for improvement so if u wantto run 9:05 your going to haveto run a little over 72 secs per lap 1:12laps is 9:00 pace so  72s and 73s soo run smart dont do anything stupid like run your first lap in 65 secs and you will do fine

good luck

haha alright embem sorry i reread what i typed an what you typed after it yea i should'nt have gone off on you like i did

Answer 2

Keep up the good work, sounds like you will achieve your goal.

Answer 3

You should join your school's cross country team and run for them.  With those times you couild win some races!!

Answer 4

well I'm a girl, I run cross country, and last season my 5K time was around 20 minutes 30 seconds so I'm guessing I'd be around 9 - 10 minutes for a 3K. Under 9:10 is a great score, I think you can push it to go under 9:05 but sometimes those 5 seconds are harder to drop than you think. Good luck and let me know how it turns out!!!

my bad, I though a 3K was like a mile and a little bit so i was going off of my mile time, which is 6:30 and adding a couple of minutes, which is why i said my 3K might be around 9-10 minutes. Since a 3K is almost 2 miles, I guess my time would be around 13-14 minutes. there you go, Jason, now you can chill out

Answer 5

Yeah I'm with Jason...embem you do realize that the fastest girls in the country can go near 10 min 2 miles or about 9:20-9:25 3ks.  And I guessing off your 5k pr you (while you are pretty good for a girl) aren't one of the best in the nation.

And also people asking questions like this one (is a 9:18 3k good) are absolutely ridiculous...it's kind of obvious.  I'm not coming here asking if my 4:47 mile is good just to boost my confidence but for some reason you need yours up.. Yes a 9:18 is good..but no one cares.

Answer 6

ya you would be so good on a cross country team.