cross country

i’ve agreed to run cross country for my school, but i’ve never run distance before. I run 100m in roughly 14.8, but the one time i tried to run a 5k i got in around 28 minutes. I’m a 15 yr old girl, around 47kg, plays netball for county, any ideas what time i should hope to run 1.8km in?

So 1.8km or just over a mile then you should be trying to aim for around under 10 minutes but you need to perhaps try to do some training over this distance and see how you get on. You might be able to do it quicker than this time.


I use to do cross country at school and I just missed out getting picked for my national team. I did the 10k and 5km .
I am a keen long distance runner and I did a marathon in May over in my capital city and done this in four hours and firthteen minutes but I had more years experience on yourself. I am doing my own city half marathon in late October.

ok, thanks so much!! our first race is next week, so I’ll see how i get on then lol.

You are welcome 🤗

Just pace yourself out and hopefully you'll do well with the race..x.

turns out that it was 2.3k, and i ended up running it in 8:33 . i just paced and stuck with a group lol, thx for ur advice!

So 1.8km or just over a mile then you should be trying to aim for around under 10 minutes but you need to perhaps try to do some training over this distance and see how you get on. You might be able to do it quicker than this time.


I use to do cross country at school and I just missed out getting picked for my national team. I did the 10k and 5km .
I am a keen long distance runner and I did a marathon in May over in my capital city and done this in four hours and firthteen minutes but I had more years experience on yourself. I am doing my own city half marathon in late October.