I'm a 13 year old girl and ran the mile at 8:34 minutes, is that a good mile time?

Question

i'm also a little overweight but have gym 2-3 days a week and play softball on a team 2 times a week

Answer 1

its ok, 8:00 is the average

Answer 2

It's.... a little bit below average. I run a mile in a little under 6 minutes average, I can do better though. You could work on your endurance for softball.

Answer 3

thats good =] you can definitly get that down =]

my fastest mile when i was 13 was 8:10 and i was just 105 at 5' 8", and now i run 5:35 average at 15 years of age =]

Answer 4

That's not bad for a thirteen year old girl. Granted, no offense, it's not amazing, but it's workable with :)

Answer 5

That's great! You exercise a lot so you're fit. =]  It's not a bad mile time. (You want to aim for 8:00 - 9:00 mins. That's what an average female should be able to run at. For guys/males, well...it's less mile time than females'. I believe it's 6:00 - 7:00... xP ) Keep up the good work! =D

Answer 6

I would say that is pretty decent. I believe that the 13 year old girl time (for presidential award) is somewhere around that. Plus, some people just aren't made to run. But if you are on the softball team I wouldn't worry about it.

Answer 7

Joseph apparent goes to a world class school for runners.  Yeah, that's pretty good time for a 13 year old girl.  Keep up the good and hard work!

Answer 8

That is very good! Great job!!!! Most girls your age can barely run a 10 minute mile! Congrats, and keep up the great work!!

Answer 9

its better than mine, i'm 14. (11:42)

Answer 10

Its kind of below average, the girls at my school run it near 6 flat, I run it at around 5 just keep exercising, you should be really good once you’re accustomed to running the mile!

Answer 11

good kind of slow

Answer 12

i ran dat time wen i was in 4th grade......im 13 aswell and i run a mile in 6:13 sec!

its decent

Answer 13

Well if you're not a runner, and just doing it for the h**l of it, I'd say it's pretty good. If you were a runner though then that won't cut it.