Is it important to have a running goal? Some folks need to work towards a marathon, or a personal-best 5K time, in order to maintain the motivation to train. I haven’t really felt that way in the five ...

Welcome to our Runner's World Club Sub-20 minutes 5K plans, written by world-class coaches Tom Craggs and Robbie Britton. Here, we are offering non-members a free, two-week sample of our 12-week ...

Many runners spend their whole life trying to break the 20-minute mark for 5k. P Burton-Morgan, now 42, achieved it in just 18 months as ‘a middle-aged mum who’d done no exercise for two decades’.

Certain factors can influence 5K running times, such as age, sex, and level of ability and experience. A person’s 5K running time is the time that it takes them to run 5 kilometers, which is ...