Running 15 km is not an Olympic sport, however, this distance is often run in many amateur tournaments.
Grades on a 15-kilometer track are assigned from 3 adults to a candidate for master of sports. Races are held on the highway.
1. World records in running 15 km
The world record holder for the 15 km highway race among men is Kenyan athlete Leonard Komon, who ran the distance in 41 minutes and 13 seconds. He established this achievement on November 21, 2010 in Holland.
Leonard Comont
The women's 15km highway world record belongs to Ethiopian runner, three-time Olympic champion Tirunesh Dibaba, who ran the 15km on November 15, 2009 in the Netherlands in 46 minutes and 28 seconds.
2. Discharge standards for 15 km running among men
| View | Ranks, ranks | Youthful | |||||||||||
| MSMK | MC | CCM | I | II | III | I | II | III | |||||
| 15km | – | – | 47:00 | 49:00 | 51:30 | 56:00 | – | – | – | ||||
3. Discharge standards for 15 km running among women
| View | Ranks, ranks | Youthful | |||||||||||
| MSMK | MC | CCM | I | II | III | I | II | III | |||||
| 15km | – | – | 55:00 | 58:00 | 1:03,00 | 1:09,00 | – | – | – | ||||
4. Tactics of running 15 km
15 kilometer distance, obviously, is exactly between the half marathon and 10 kilometers... but running tactics this distance is more like a ten than 21 km. Nevertheless, 15 km is a fairly fast distance and there is practically no time to "swing", as in a half marathon.
As with any long distance, you need to decide on your running tactics.
If you are not confident in your abilities, or are running the distance for the first time, it is better to start at a calm pace, and then gradually increase the speed. This tactic is convenient in that it excludes the possibility of getting tired ahead of time. It often happens that too fast a start forces you to significantly slow down at the finish. Here, on the contrary, you start calmly. And then you pick up the pace. With such tactics and good preparation, you can easily get to the leaders in the last kilometers of the distance. Do not be afraid of the fact that in the beginning they run far from you. At the beginning the speed will be higher for them, and at the end of the distance you will. This often bears fruit.
If you are confident in your abilities, then choose an average pace and keep it until the end of the distance. Ideally, run every 3 km with the same time, except for the first and last three, which should be slightly faster. A steady but fast run is much better perceived, since, having worked at a certain speed, breathing will not go astray and the body will not fail.
