All other running (2007)
Enter best time ever:
Hours Minutes Seconds
Age at best time ever


These calculations use the running age factors in Table 1 in Fair (2007). They are based on pooling the 800, 1500, 5000, and 10000 meter track events, the 5 and 10 kilometer road racing events, and the marathon. The data are only for men. These age factors should be used for all running events except 100, 200, and 400 meters. The swimming results in the paper suggest that women slow down a little faster than men, which if true, means that the following age factors are a little too low for women. The age factors are:

AgeFactorAgeFactorAgeFactor
35 1.000 60 1.222 85 1.757
36 1.008 61 1.232 86 1.832
37 1.016 62 1.242 87 1.918
38 1.024 63 1.252 88 2.014
39 1.033 64 1.262 89 2.122
40 1.041 65 1.272 90 2.243
41 1.049 66 1.283 91 2.378
42 1.058 67 1.293 92 2.530
43 1.066 68 1.303 93 2.701
44 1.075 69 1.314 94 2.893
45 1.084 70 1.324 95 3.108
46 1.092 71 1.335 96 3.350
47 1.101 72 1.346 97 3.624
48 1.110 73 1.357 98 3.932
49 1.119 74 1.368 99 4.281
50 1.128 75 1.379 100 4.676
51 1.137 76 1.392
52 1.146 77 1.410
53 1.155 78 1.432
54 1.165 79 1.460
55 1.174 80 1.494
56 1.184 81 1.533
57 1.193 82 1.578
58 1.203 83 1.630
59 1.212 84 1.689