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Statistics hunt - where could I find a breakdown of what average speeds runners run at?

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deslauriers May 2017 8:36pm, 25 May 2017 186 posts	Quote Pin deslauriers The normal distribution of VO2 max, with 48 as the mode seems unlikely.
Bazoaxe May 2017 8:48pm, 25 May 2017 11,328 posts	Quote Pin Bazoaxe I can see my own details...avge pace over last 12 weeks is about 8:28mm and I ran a 3:12 mararthon and a 1:26 half Go back 12 months and for 8:18mm I ran 3:00:27 and 1:23:59
The_Saint May 2017 10:04pm, 25 May 2017 6,017 posts	Quote Pin The_Saint What would you expect to see as the distribution of VO2 Max? I completely accept that the estimation the watches do is highly unlikely to be particularly accurate.
larkim May 2017 5:58am, 26 May 2017 2,073 posts	Quote Pin larkim According to that Garmin data, over 40% of Garmin users run less than 1 mile per week too. Is it sound data to be drawing average pace conclusions from?
The_Saint May 2017 7:47am, 26 May 2017 6,018 posts	Quote Pin The_Saint It really depends on who you want to compare yourself against as I observed earlier
Julii May 2017 9:22pm, 26 May 2017 61 posts	Quote Pin Julii Try this calculator, predicts how fast you CAN run depending on your VO2max, age, gender. Assuming that you are also at your peak fitness. runningforfitness.org It said 22minutes for me... which is hilarious. Or I thought it was, but I've been steadily improving at 2 mile time trials for last 6 months, now down to under 16 minutes. Suddenly 22 minutes for 5km doesn't seem so crazy. (Wow emoji here)