What do you think is more impressive? A sub-20 minutes 5K? Or a sub-3 marathon? #running - ThreadSky

daviddack88.bsky.social • 71 days ago

What do you think is more impressive?

A sub-20 minutes 5K?

Or a sub-3 marathon?

#running

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jisampedro.bsky.social•71 days ago

definitely the marathon, but you can never underestimate the distance.

twrunning.bsky.social•70 days ago

Sub 3 for sure! I’m very close to a sub 20 5k but will never achieve a sub 3 mara

ck1978.bsky.social•71 days ago

Sub 3 is way harder. Not even close. A sub 17 min would be on a par for me. Maybe.

readrunrepeat.bsky.social•71 days ago

Sub 3 marathon. I’ve done one marathon and it was the hardest thing I have ever done. I would go through labor again before I ran another marathon. lol! Kuddos to people who do them regularly. It’s impressive.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

I totally agree

malmom60.bsky.social•70 days ago

Both are impressive but a marathon is going fast the distance.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

True

mikewilsonruns.bsky.social•70 days ago

Marathon for these times

sodabred.bsky.social•70 days ago

Sub3 marathon, for lots of reasons. But mainly the time it takes to train and stay injury free to achieve it

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yes totally

treborrednel.bsky.social•71 days ago

Sub-3 marathon

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thank you

ohionightrunner.bsky.social•71 days ago

Marathon. I did the 5k, but haven’t got that to translate to longer distances.

happieguy.bsky.social•71 days ago

sub 3 marathon for sure! And i’m fortunate to have both of those things on the PR list.

sksuh.bsky.social•71 days ago

For me, just making it out for a run is impressive

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Sooo true

squirrellyaltruist.bsky.social•69 days ago

Also, height in running really matters. I’m under 5’4”. I’m probably never going to be faster than ~ 25’00” 5k so I’m more impressed by the accomplishments of every day runners and the healthy habits that keep us normies running daily into old age.

skellybob10.bsky.social•70 days ago

3 hour marathon is more impressive, having done 3.01

flyagaric.bsky.social•71 days ago

A sub 3 marathon.

I’ve run a few real fast 5Ks (sub 18 min). Never flirted with anything close to 3 hours for a marathon.

Maybe my PR of 3:20 where I felt like I had plenty on the tank and could have / should have pushed it.

At my age doubtful I could come close to either!

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

How old are you?

flyagaric.bsky.social•70 days ago

I’ll be 50 in a couple of years.

fer-runfan.bsky.social•70 days ago

Both, but more Sub 3 marathon

dusty-trail.bsky.social•71 days ago

Sub 3

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yess

dartholdius.bsky.social•71 days ago

My brain isn't mathing, so I'll go marathon because I can do a 5k. Just not fast.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

How fast?

dartholdius.bsky.social•70 days ago

A little better than 5 mph

errol03.bsky.social•70 days ago

2 completely different things imo both r fantastic 2 achieve, if that's what you aim 4, i went from 20st unfit non runner to 3.45 mara and ultra run finisher in 5 years ,i cant get near a sub 20 5k ,YET 🤞, for me right now after a long injury,just running again means absolutely everything

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thank you. Your story is inpiring

rubgamer895.bsky.social•71 days ago

A sub 3 marathon is harder. I have seen elite runners get injured more than half way in the race because they push to themselves so hard early on in the race. The Marathon is not easy.

coachmike.bsky.social•71 days ago

For sure a sub 3 marathon. It's equivalent time in a 5K race is 18:45ish

drdan1966.bsky.social•70 days ago

Absolutely. Been sub-20 many times but never sub-3.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

How come?

jowonderland.bsky.social•70 days ago

I think the sub 3 marathon. Maintaining speed for much longer distance is much harder

drdan1966.bsky.social•69 days ago

I'd say you need to be closer to 18:30-45 at 5K to consider sub-3.

cody-chitwood.bsky.social•71 days ago

A sub-24 100-miler!

To answer your question, a sub-3 marathon. Sustained speed is hard.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

100-miler is another beast

cody-chitwood.bsky.social•70 days ago

The 100 mile is my favorite distance! Never gets boring

nursedrew.bsky.social•71 days ago

Probably the marathon just for the endurance. I will say people going low 4 miles impresses me as well.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

I agree

triedntru2u.bsky.social•70 days ago

Sub 3 for me at 55 would be amazing. All you sub 3 achievers, are you listening to music? Just wondering how you stay motivated.

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Thank you

rosentalov.bsky.social•60 days ago

A sub-3-hour marathon pace equals 21:20 min/5K. If you can run a sub-3-hour marathon, you will definitely be able to run a sub-20-minute 5K. However, running a sub-20-minute 5K doesn’t guarantee that you can sustain that pace for 3 hours. So, a sub-3-hour marathon is more impressive! :)

cm1277.bsky.social•71 days ago

Since I haven't done either of these it's hard to choose. But a sub 3 hour marathon is pretty damned impressive.

ck1978.bsky.social•71 days ago

Just did it 😎

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Congrats

cm1277.bsky.social•71 days ago

🥳🥳🥳

kafkatheblackcat.bsky.social•70 days ago

The marathon 😁

daviddack88.bsky.social•70 days ago

Yess

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