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What does it mean if you finish 124th in a race of 223 people?

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I ran my first 5k yesterday, does that mean I did well?

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  1. It means your pretty fast!!!


  2. u beat 99 people, so u need more practice

  3. Your time was close to the median of the people who ran that race. Not only did you do better than half the people in that race, you did better than the six billion people who didn't run in it.

  4. Well, you are pretty fit. i am 13 and i was in cross country and got 20 something out of 40 something people, which isnt my best, so we are about the same except for age. It also depends on how fast you run a mile. i can do 7 flat, and i used to train at leat 3 times a week

  5. seems  pretty good if ur nota pro

  6. what was your time because the iwnner may have run a 30 minute 5k and even if you cane in first that wouldnt have been to great

  7. it means out of 223 people u got 124th place. its not bad. hope that helped

  8. Not bad but not good.

  9. It depends on your time compared to everyone else. If you were close to the leader (ie all 124 of you finished within 2 secs of each other) then you are very fast and nearly a winner. And if you are minutes faster than the last person then you are still doing well. I would use your time, but at the minute, you seem like you are doing well because you have beaten plenty of people. Keep training and you may come 1st!

  10. It means you didn't win.

  11. it means you tried a with the more races you run the better you should do congradulations on your first 5k

  12. I means you were the 123rd loser of the race.

  13. For your first you should be happy to just of finished.

  14. You did very well. As long as you are keeping count, you know that you can do better. You must take it 'slow' and make a positive choice in your mind to eat balanced meals, keep your physical examinations in order, and then your speed - everything will greatly improve. I wish you well.

  15. It depends who the people are.  If they are all olympic quality runners, then you are pretty dang good.  If they were all overweight people in an excercise class it means you're pretty dang slow.

  16. It means you were mid pac - thats not bad for your first race.

  17. well it means you got 124th place out of 223, but look at the bright side you beat 99 people!

  18. It means you were a little bit back from midpack of the runners .....let me quess was your time about 30 Min. ?

  19. it means that you beat 99 people and were beaten by 123.... it means that you need to run faster if you want to score better....

  20. you placed decently. it wasnt sauper good but its not bad. you were in the lower half which isnt so good but you could have done worse

  21. well you did better than 99 people...  i would say it was pretty good.

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  23. you did pretty well for your first time. at least you didnt come last like the poor sole who did.

  24. Thats okay.

    Pretty much saying you were second out of a race of 3 people.

  25. Placing isn't as important as if your run was a personal record or if you have shown any improvement. All that placing 124th means is that 123 people ran faster than you did. For all you know you might be improving faster than they are and you could place even better within a couple more weeks of training.

  26. It means your fitter than me. Well done

  27. It means your not 125th or worse :)

  28. I guess it would depend on where you started.

  29. it means you're not the best but you're a good runner.

  30. it means you came in ahead of 99 people.

    i think you did very well.

    i think it would have good just to finish.

  31. It means you did a good job and beat about a hundred people, but you could also improve. Just keep practicing and see if you can do better next time.
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