What is a good time to aim for to run 3.1 miles for cross country for a beginner?

Question

i'm a sophmore

Answer 1

30 minutes

Answer 2

if your just begining and dont run a lot any where between 17:30-19 wouldnt be to bad. Most beginingfreshmanon our team who end up running for thefull 4 years run like 18-19..i think that, that is very do able for you..best of luck!

Answer 3

when i was a sophmore my best was 17:01 on a really hilly course. it really depends on how much in shape you are. but for an average time for a guy who is a sophmore i would have to say somewhere between 18 and 19 minutes. if you run that then that means that you have a lot of potential and will continue to improve. for a girl i would have to say somewhere around 21 minutes

Answer 4

i would consider a begginning girl good if they got 22-24 minutes. if it's faster, you're a star. if you're slower, it's okay because you just started. good luck.

Answer 5

i agree with allstar. 22-24 minutes is a good range. when i started out, my first times were around the late 24 minutes.. this was last year during the summer (before season started) for a fun run. i thought it was pretty bad but then training really helped and my times were 2-3 minutes faster than 24 minutes.

just don't set your expectations too high because you may become disappointed. make your goal a reasonable one or talk to your coach about it. he/she should be able to estimate an approximate time that you should be getting so far (according to your training)

Answer 6

It depends if you have ever ran before, I'm assuming you are a freshman starting cross country training at the end of my freshman year I broke 20 min at 19:43  but before that I was getting anywhere from 26 min and lower Depending on the course.

If not 25 min is a very good time

Answer 7

i was a freshman girl last year and most of my times were around 25 minutes with my personal best of 23 minutes

i had never run a day in my life tho i was active in other sports such as basketball

i also knew freshmen who broke 20 minutes

and those whose best was 29 minutes

just do your best

if you give it your all and dont leave anything out there you will be satisfied

my best race in my mind was worst time due alot of hills mud and losing a shoebut i never gave up, and gave it my all which was the best feeling after the race