What would be a good 2.5 mile time? (4000 meters)?

Question

So our first meet in cross country will be a 2.5 mile instead of a traditional 5K. Lets say most of my team averages around 17:20 for a 5K. What would be a good 2.5 mile time?

Answer 1

well I would say at the most of 30 min.!!!

trust me I am in croos country our first meet is next monday GO EAGLES!!!

Answer 2

Well lets say a 5k is 3 miles, for easy math.

17:20 5k would be about 5 minutes and 47 seconds per mile (5:47)

Which would be about 2:24 for the half mile.

So 5:47 + 5:47 + 2:24 = 13:58 .... but thats a 5k pace, your running 4k

So I would shoot for unter 13:30.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Close to 20 mins is good for a 2.5 mile

Answer 4

Well the average pace for the 5k disance is about  5.18/mile

mile one   518

mile two  1036

last.5mile  239

4K Finishing Time: 13.15 (maybe faster) these times are base on the teams average. Aslo keep in mind that every course is differnt. This makes it almost imposible to compare times unless they are on the same cource andunder the same weather conditions

The 5k or 5,000 meter run is 3.1 miles long

A good strategy often used by distance runner is the 2/3rds rule. This is a fancy way of saying run the first 2/3 of the race at a realistic pace that you can handle for you current level of fitness. The 1/3of the race should be more of a challenging pace that you can maintain for the remainder of the race.  

I did not see any of you personal times for this distance (4K) in your posting. So I used the teams average time for the 5k distance. But this process work bets with exact numbers for that same distance. If I had a 5k time that you ran say in the last 2-4 week I would be able to give you a better idea of a 4k time paced on that same pace. However in reality your time would be faster due to the shorter.

Answer 5

probably somewhere in the 13:20-14:20 range for a 4k

Answer 6

the top girls at my school were just under 17 min. last year and were middle of the pack runners... 16 flat would be great, anything under that would be awesome... the elite high school runners in my state are right around 14