Running pace chart: 5K, 10K, half marathon and marathon finish times
Find your pace per kilometre or per mile in the first two columns and read across to the finish time you get if you hold it for the whole race. Every figure is computed from the pace and the exact race distance, not rounded by eye.
The chart
| Pace per km | Pace per mile | 5K | 10K | Half marathon | Marathon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4:00 | 6:26 | 20:00 | 40:00 | 1:24:23 | 2:48:47 |
| 4:15 | 6:50 | 21:15 | 42:30 | 1:29:40 | 2:59:20 |
| 4:30 | 7:15 | 22:30 | 45:00 | 1:34:56 | 3:09:53 |
| 4:45 | 7:39 | 23:45 | 47:30 | 1:40:13 | 3:20:26 |
| 5:00 | 8:03 | 25:00 | 50:00 | 1:45:29 | 3:30:59 |
| 5:15 | 8:27 | 26:15 | 52:30 | 1:50:46 | 3:41:31 |
| 5:30 | 8:51 | 27:30 | 55:00 | 1:56:02 | 3:52:04 |
| 5:45 | 9:15 | 28:45 | 57:30 | 2:01:19 | 4:02:37 |
| 6:00 | 9:39 | 30:00 | 1:00:00 | 2:06:35 | 4:13:10 |
| 6:15 | 10:04 | 31:15 | 1:02:30 | 2:11:52 | 4:23:43 |
| 6:30 | 10:28 | 32:30 | 1:05:00 | 2:17:08 | 4:34:16 |
| 6:45 | 10:52 | 33:45 | 1:07:30 | 2:22:24 | 4:44:49 |
| 7:00 | 11:16 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 | 2:27:41 | 4:55:22 |
| 7:15 | 11:40 | 36:15 | 1:12:30 | 2:32:57 | 5:05:55 |
| 7:30 | 12:04 | 37:30 | 1:15:00 | 2:38:14 | 5:16:28 |
| 7:45 | 12:28 | 38:45 | 1:17:30 | 2:43:30 | 5:27:01 |
| 8:00 | 12:52 | 40:00 | 1:20:00 | 2:48:47 | 5:37:34 |
| 8:15 | 13:17 | 41:15 | 1:22:30 | 2:54:03 | 5:48:07 |
| 8:30 | 13:41 | 42:30 | 1:25:00 | 2:59:20 | 5:58:39 |
How to read it
- Know your goal time? Find the closest finish time in the column for your race, then read the pace from the left. For a 2:00:00 half marathon, hold about 5:41 per kilometre (9:09 per mile).
- Know your training pace? Find it on the left and read the time you would finish if you could hold it for the full distance. Most runners cannot hold a training pace for a marathon, so treat the marathon column as a ceiling, not a prediction.
- Distances used: 5 km, 10 km, 21.0975 km and 42.195 km. One mile is 1.609344 km, and the mile paces are rounded to the nearest second.
What this chart does not tell you
It assumes level ground and an even pace from start to finish. Real courses have hills, and many runners do better with a slightly faster second half. Two free tools on this site cover those cases: the hill pace calculator turns a flat pace into the pace that costs the same effort on a given grade, and how to pace a hilly race walks through a full worked plan.
Print it as a wrist band
The free flat band on Hillband turns a goal time into a printable wrist strip with even, negative or positive splits in kilometres or miles. Hillband's $5 pass adds your own GPX course for hill-adjusted splits.
Estimates for planning only, not coaching or medical advice. Race-day pace depends on heat, wind, course and how you feel.