Running: What’s A Good 1-mile/Cooper/5k/10K Record?

Last August, I got into that typical family dinner table dispute over what constitutes a decent 10-kilometre time. For whatever reason, I felt 40 minutes or a 4:00 pace weren’t anything to write home about. I got up from the table, went, and did a 56:13. On rough terrain and all that, but still.

I’ve clocked almost 100 runs on Strava since September. Unlike my last article, I feel I’m vaguely qualified to have an opinion now. I still can’t touch the records of people I know doing track, but my 11:17 2-miler beats out some of the golfers. As a…