20 Mile Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 20 mile run time?

A good 20 mile time is 02:52:21. This is the average 20 mile time across all ages and genders. The fastest 20 mile time is 01:32:48.

Male 20 Mile Running Times

A good 20 mile time for a man is 02:42:04. This is the average 20 mile time across men of all ages. The fastest 20 mile time ran by a man is 01:32:48.

Average 20 mile run time by age and ability

Finish Time
Pace (min/km)
Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	04:29:29	03:46:16	03:13:58	02:49:56	02:32:09	01:51:03
15	03:53:12	03:15:48	02:47:51	02:27:04	02:11:40	01:36:06
20	03:45:10	03:09:04	02:42:04	02:22:00	02:07:08	01:32:48
25	03:45:10	03:09:04	02:42:04	02:22:00	02:07:08	01:32:48
30	03:45:10	03:09:04	02:42:04	02:22:00	02:07:08	01:32:48
35	03:46:25	03:10:07	02:42:58	02:22:47	02:07:51	01:33:19
40	03:52:14	03:15:00	02:47:09	02:26:27	02:11:08	01:35:42
45	04:01:50	03:23:04	02:54:04	02:32:31	02:16:33	01:39:40
50	04:12:23	03:31:55	03:01:39	02:39:10	02:22:30	01:44:00
55	04:23:53	03:41:34	03:09:56	02:46:25	02:29:00	01:48:45
60	04:36:29	03:52:09	03:19:01	02:54:22	02:36:07	01:53:57
65	04:50:22	04:03:48	03:29:00	03:03:07	02:43:57	01:59:40
70	05:05:42	04:16:41	03:40:02	03:12:47	02:52:36	02:05:59
75	05:26:49	04:34:25	03:55:14	03:26:06	03:04:32	02:14:41
80	06:00:58	05:03:06	04:19:49	03:47:38	03:23:49	02:28:46
85	06:56:04	05:49:21	04:59:28	04:22:23	03:54:55	02:51:28
90	08:30:36	07:08:44	06:07:31	05:22:00	04:48:18	03:30:25

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	08:22	07:02	06:02	05:17	04:44	03:27
15	07:15	06:05	05:13	04:34	04:05	02:59
20	07:00	05:52	05:02	04:25	03:57	02:53
25	07:00	05:52	05:02	04:25	03:57	02:53
30	07:00	05:52	05:02	04:25	03:57	02:53
35	07:02	05:54	05:04	04:26	03:58	02:54
40	07:13	06:03	05:12	04:33	04:04	02:58
45	07:31	06:19	05:24	04:44	04:15	03:06
50	07:50	06:35	05:39	04:57	04:26	03:14
55	08:12	06:53	05:54	05:10	04:38	03:23
60	08:35	07:13	06:11	05:25	04:51	03:32
65	09:01	07:34	06:30	05:41	05:06	03:43
70	09:30	07:58	06:50	05:59	05:22	03:55
75	10:09	08:32	07:18	06:24	05:44	04:11
80	11:13	09:25	08:04	07:04	06:20	04:37
85	12:56	10:51	09:18	08:09	07:18	05:20
90	15:52	13:19	11:25	10:00	08:57	06:32

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	13:28	11:19	09:42	08:30	07:36	05:33
15	11:40	09:47	08:24	07:21	06:35	04:48
20	11:16	09:27	08:06	07:06	06:21	04:38
25	11:16	09:27	08:06	07:06	06:21	04:38
30	11:16	09:27	08:06	07:06	06:21	04:38
35	11:19	09:30	08:09	07:08	06:24	04:40
40	11:37	09:45	08:21	07:19	06:33	04:47
45	12:06	10:09	08:42	07:38	06:50	04:59
50	12:37	10:36	09:05	07:57	07:08	05:12
55	13:12	11:05	09:30	08:19	07:27	05:26
60	13:49	11:36	09:57	08:43	07:48	05:42
65	14:31	12:11	10:27	09:09	08:12	05:59
70	15:17	12:50	11:00	09:38	08:38	06:18
75	16:20	13:43	11:46	10:18	09:14	06:44
80	18:03	15:09	12:59	11:23	10:11	07:26
85	20:48	17:28	14:58	13:07	11:45	08:34
90	25:32	21:26	18:23	16:06	14:25	10:31

Female 20 Mile Running Times

A good 20 mile time for a woman is 03:07:34. This is the average 20 mile time across women of all ages. The fastest 20 mile time ran by a woman is 01:42:16.

Average 20 mile run time by age and ability

Finish Time
Pace (min/km)
Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	05:12:29	04:27:13	03:52:12	03:25:28	03:05:16	02:06:36
15	04:34:40	03:54:53	03:24:06	03:00:36	02:42:51	01:51:17
20	04:14:15	03:37:25	03:08:56	02:47:11	02:30:44	01:43:01
25	04:12:25	03:35:52	03:07:34	02:45:59	02:29:39	01:42:16
30	04:12:25	03:35:52	03:07:34	02:45:59	02:29:39	01:42:16
35	04:14:04	03:37:16	03:08:48	02:47:04	02:30:38	01:42:56
40	04:19:42	03:42:05	03:12:59	02:50:46	02:33:58	01:45:13
45	04:29:46	03:50:42	03:20:28	02:57:23	02:39:56	01:49:18
50	04:45:09	04:03:51	03:31:54	03:07:30	02:49:04	01:55:32
55	05:03:34	04:19:36	03:45:35	03:19:37	02:59:59	02:03:00
60	05:24:29	04:37:29	04:01:08	03:33:22	03:12:23	02:11:28
65	05:48:33	04:58:04	04:19:01	03:49:11	03:26:39	02:21:13
70	06:16:28	05:21:56	04:39:45	04:07:33	03:43:12	02:32:31
75	06:49:15	05:49:58	05:04:07	04:29:06	04:02:38	02:45:48
80	07:36:32	06:30:25	05:39:15	05:00:12	04:30:40	03:04:58
85	08:58:13	07:40:15	06:39:57	05:53:54	05:19:06	03:38:03
90	11:31:23	09:51:14	08:33:46	07:34:36	06:49:54	04:40:07

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	09:42	08:18	07:13	06:23	05:45	03:56
15	08:32	07:18	06:20	05:37	05:04	03:27
20	07:54	06:45	05:52	05:12	04:41	03:12
25	07:51	06:42	05:50	05:09	04:39	03:11
30	07:51	06:42	05:50	05:09	04:39	03:11
35	07:54	06:45	05:52	05:11	04:41	03:12
40	08:04	06:54	06:00	05:18	04:47	03:16
45	08:23	07:10	06:14	05:31	04:58	03:24
50	08:52	07:35	06:35	05:50	05:15	03:35
55	09:26	08:04	07:01	06:12	05:36	03:49
60	10:05	08:37	07:29	06:38	05:59	04:05
65	10:50	09:16	08:03	07:07	06:25	04:23
70	11:42	10:00	08:41	07:41	06:56	04:44
75	12:43	10:52	09:27	08:22	07:32	05:09
80	14:11	12:08	10:32	09:20	08:25	05:45
85	16:43	14:18	12:26	11:00	09:55	06:46
90	21:29	18:22	15:58	14:07	12:44	08:42

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	15:37	13:22	11:37	10:16	09:16	06:20
15	13:44	11:45	10:12	09:02	08:09	05:34
20	12:43	10:52	09:27	08:22	07:32	05:09
25	12:37	10:48	09:23	08:18	07:29	05:07
30	12:37	10:48	09:23	08:18	07:29	05:07
35	12:42	10:52	09:26	08:21	07:32	05:09
40	12:59	11:06	09:39	08:32	07:42	05:16
45	13:29	11:32	10:01	08:52	08:00	05:28
50	14:15	12:12	10:36	09:23	08:27	05:47
55	15:11	12:59	11:17	09:59	09:00	06:09
60	16:13	13:52	12:03	10:40	09:37	06:34
65	17:26	14:54	12:57	11:28	10:20	07:04
70	18:49	16:06	13:59	12:23	11:10	07:38
75	20:28	17:30	15:12	13:27	12:08	08:17
80	22:50	19:31	16:58	15:01	13:32	09:15
85	26:55	23:01	20:00	17:42	15:57	10:54
90	34:34	29:34	25:41	22:44	20:30	14:00

What do the running abilities mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of runners. A beginner runner has started running and has run for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of runners. A novice runner has run regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of runners. An intermediate runner has run regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of runners. An advanced runner has run for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of runners. An elite runner has dedicated over five years to become competitive at running.

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What is a good 20 mile run time?

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Average 20 mile run time by age and ability

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Average 20 mile run time by age and ability

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