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What is a good 10 mile time for a 25-year-old woman?

Regional class (70% age-graded) is 1:07:26. National class (80%) is 59:00. World class (90%) is 52:27. Those are the 10 mile times a 25-year-old woman needs against the world best for that age, graded with AJ 2025.

Tiers at 25

10 mile target times by age-grade tier for a 25-year-old woman
Age gradeTierTimemin/km
90%World class52:273:16
80%National class59:003:40
70%Regional class1:07:264:11
60%Local class1:18:404:53
50%Recreational1:34:245:52

Ages 23 to 27

The tables are single-year. This is how much the target moves in the two years either side of 25.

10 mile target times for women aged 23 to 27
Age50%Recreational60%Local class70%Regional class80%National class90%World class
231:34:241:18:401:07:2659:0052:27
241:34:241:18:401:07:2659:0052:27
251:34:241:18:401:07:2659:0052:27
261:34:241:18:401:07:2659:0052:27
271:34:241:18:401:07:2659:0052:27

Questions

What is a good 10 mile time for a 25-year-old woman?#

Against the world best adjusted for age, a 25-year-old woman scores 60% (local class) with 1:18:40, 70% (regional class) with 1:07:26, 80% (national class) with 59:00 and 90% (world class) with 52:27 over the 10 mile. Graded with AJ 2025.

What 10 mile time is 80% age-graded at 25 for women?#

59:00, which is 3:40 min/km. 80% is the usual shorthand for national class. In a big-city marathon field roughly one finisher in eighty reaches it.

Does the target change at 26?#

Yes, a little. The tables are single-year, so every birthday moves the target a few seconds over a 5K and a minute or two over a marathon. The rows for 23 to 27 on this page show the slope.

Where the numbers come from

Age grading divides the world best for the distance, adjusted for age and sex, by your time. 100% is that world best. The road factors are the AJ 2025tables, approved by USATF’s Masters Long Distance Running Council. The methodology page has the formula, and this post shows what 80% looks like across every distance.

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