I've never done track before but I do like to run and think it would be fun. I'm in the nineth grade in high school and am considering doing the 1 mile race. Currently my times are all around 5min50sec. What should my time be if I wanted to be a "good" runner for that race. Also what's a good time for the 3200meter.
2006-11-23 00:13:32 · 7 answers · asked by Will 1 in Sports ➔ Running
for the mile around 5:33- 5:47 as you have just begun,it'll get better with training, time and experience. the 3000m around 11:43
2006-11-23 02:42:52 · answer #1 · answered by moglie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the ninth grade you are doing just fine. That is a pretty good time. If you wanted to compete with the juniors and seniors a good time would be around 5 minutes or less. I think the top runners at our local high school run between 4:30 and 5 minutes for the mile.
2006-11-23 13:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by Bman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was in 9th grade I started out running like 540-545 and end of freshman year got it down to 520. 550 is alright for a freshman but it depends on how much you are really into the sport. If your into it then your going to start wanting to train harder and probobly get around 5:20. Then for the 2 mile a 1145-12 is pretty average.
2006-11-25 14:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by Runner88 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When i was in 9th grade (last year) i started out with your exact time range. through out the season my time kept going down by about 10 seconds per track meet and i ended the season with a time of 4min58sec. however i ran varsity until league finals so that my times would have a better chance of improving. i finished 6th in the leauge (the only guys that beat me were 10th graders) which was when i got my 4min58sec mile.
as for the 3200, it was really boring and id get decent times of about 10 or 11 something. mostly 11s i think. but it was fun to run more than 1 event
2006-11-27 00:01:10 · answer #4 · answered by fnmfnm 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the general border between JV and varsity in our area is around a 5:00 mile and 11:00 2 mile.
but that shouldn't affect your decision to join track, since you won't really know where you are until you start running track races. Its a lot of fun, so go for it.
2006-11-23 19:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Daniel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a girl & aged 16 i cd do a 5:00-5:05 mile but im a club athlete. boys wd probly do it half a minute quicker than me. for 2miles it shd be about double & add 20secs.
2006-11-25 13:45:53 · answer #6 · answered by Just me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am in the 9th grade and i ran track(3200m). your one mile time is GREAT for that race and a "good" 3200m time is about 13:00 or less. Good Luck in track!
2006-11-23 12:07:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋