50k Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good 50k run time?

A good 50k time is 04:31:44. This is the average 50k time across all ages and genders. The fastest 50k time is 02:29:30.

Male 50k Running Times

A good 50k time for a man is 04:15:57. This is the average 50k time across men of all ages. The fastest 50k time ran by a man is 02:29:30.

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

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

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

Female 50k Running Times

A good 50k time for a woman is 04:55:05. This is the average 50k time across women of all ages. The fastest 50k time ran by a woman is 02:43:00.

Average 50k run time by age and ability

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

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	07:57:58	06:50:04	05:57:33	05:17:23	04:46:58	03:17:30
15	07:05:05	06:04:41	05:17:59	04:42:16	04:15:12	02:55:39
20	06:37:01	05:40:36	04:56:59	04:23:38	03:58:21	02:44:03
25	06:34:28	05:38:25	04:55:05	04:21:57	03:56:50	02:43:00
30	06:34:28	05:38:25	04:55:05	04:21:57	03:56:50	02:43:00
35	06:36:01	05:39:45	04:56:14	04:22:58	03:57:45	02:43:38
40	06:44:05	05:46:40	05:02:17	04:28:20	04:02:36	02:46:58
45	06:59:52	06:00:13	05:14:05	04:38:49	04:12:05	02:53:30
50	07:24:37	06:21:27	05:32:36	04:55:15	04:26:56	03:03:43
55	07:54:11	06:46:48	05:54:43	05:14:52	04:44:41	03:15:56
60	08:27:57	07:15:46	06:19:58	05:37:18	05:04:57	03:29:53
65	09:06:53	07:49:11	06:49:06	06:03:09	05:28:20	03:45:59
70	09:52:18	08:28:08	07:23:04	06:33:18	05:55:36	04:04:45
75	10:46:21	09:14:31	08:03:30	07:09:12	06:28:03	04:27:05
80	12:09:09	10:25:33	09:05:27	08:04:11	07:17:45	05:01:18
85	14:33:18	12:29:13	10:53:16	09:39:54	08:44:18	06:00:52
90	19:12:05	16:28:23	14:21:49	12:45:01	11:31:40	07:56:03

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	09:34	08:12	07:09	06:21	05:44	03:57
15	08:30	07:18	06:22	05:39	05:06	03:31
20	07:56	06:49	05:56	05:16	04:46	03:17
25	07:53	06:46	05:54	05:14	04:44	03:16
30	07:53	06:46	05:54	05:14	04:44	03:16
35	07:55	06:48	05:55	05:16	04:45	03:16
40	08:05	06:56	06:03	05:22	04:51	03:20
45	08:24	07:12	06:17	05:35	05:02	03:28
50	08:54	07:38	06:39	05:54	05:20	03:40
55	09:29	08:08	07:06	06:18	05:42	03:55
60	10:10	08:43	07:36	06:45	06:06	04:12
65	10:56	09:23	08:11	07:16	06:34	04:31
70	11:51	10:10	08:52	07:52	07:07	04:54
75	12:56	11:05	09:40	08:35	07:46	05:20
80	14:35	12:31	10:55	09:41	08:45	06:02
85	17:28	14:59	13:04	11:36	10:29	07:13
90	23:02	19:46	17:14	15:18	13:50	09:31

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	15:23	13:12	11:30	10:13	09:14	06:21
15	13:41	11:44	10:14	09:05	08:13	05:39
20	12:47	10:58	09:34	08:29	07:40	05:17
25	12:42	10:54	09:30	08:26	07:37	05:15
30	12:42	10:54	09:30	08:26	07:37	05:15
35	12:45	10:56	09:32	08:28	07:39	05:16
40	13:00	11:09	09:44	08:38	07:49	05:22
45	13:31	11:36	10:07	08:58	08:07	05:35
50	14:19	12:17	10:42	09:30	08:36	05:55
55	15:16	13:06	11:25	10:08	09:10	06:18
60	16:21	14:02	12:14	10:51	09:49	06:45
65	17:36	15:06	13:10	11:41	10:34	07:16
70	19:04	16:21	14:16	12:40	11:27	07:53
75	20:48	17:51	15:34	13:49	12:29	08:36
80	23:28	20:08	17:33	15:35	14:05	09:42
85	28:07	24:07	21:02	18:40	16:53	11:37
90	37:05	31:49	27:44	24:37	22:16	15:19

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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Male 50k Running Times

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Average 50k run time by age and ability

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