12:37.35 by Kenenisa Bekele
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The men's world record in the 5k race is held by Joshua Cheptegei from Uganda with a time of 12:35.36 set in 2020.
According to Track and Field, the women's world record for the 5K is 14:11.15, set in 2008 by Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia.
3.5 miles is not an official race distance for a world record. The closest is 3.1 miles or a 5k, for which the world records are: Mens: Kenenisa Bekele, 12:37.35, Ethiopia, 2004 Womens: Tirunesh Dibaba, 14:11.15, Ethiopia, 2008
The current junior 5K world record is 12:58 set by Samuel Tefera of Ethiopia on June 27, 2018.
The world record for the fastest 5K race is 12 minutes and 37 seconds, set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020.
Currently, the largest 5K in the world is the Race for a Cure: DC event in Washington D.C. The largest event in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure series to fight breast cancer, this 5K boasted 35,143 finishers last year. That's a lot of runners!
Kenenissa Bekele holds the current record for 5K and 10K. The 10K record of 26:17:53 was set in Brussels, Belgium on August 26th 2005.
20 minutes is an average tome for a 5k race.
5K, or 5 Kilometers, is 5,000 meters. In US measurements that is the equivalent of 3.1 miles, or 5468 yards. This is about 45 (am.) football fields, or 12.5 laps around a standard-length (400m) Outdoor Track for running.
10k is 6.2 miles so 5k is 3.1miles
There is no such thing. A marathon is a distance race that is 26.2 miles in length.
It's perfectly OK to walk in most 10k races (although more people will be running than walking), especially if the race is titled "10k run/walk." However, if it's specifically called a "10k run," you might want to email the race organizers and ask if it's OK to walk. Sometimes a race has a "5k run/walk" and a "10k run," meaning that you can run and/or walk in the 5k but can only run in the 10k. Basically, it's most likely that walking is totally fine. It's not like they can disqualify you for walking, anyway.