Running pace is the time it takes to run 1 km (or 1 mile). It is the most basic metric for planning marathon or jogging training.
Enter only the distance (km) and time (minutes) to calculate the pace per km (min/km). Useful for adjusting training intensity to a target pace.
For example, running 5 km in 30 minutes gives a pace of 6 min/km.
Running pace is the time it takes to cover a unit of distance, most commonly minutes per kilometre or per mile. Coaches and race plans are built on pace rather than speed, because pacing keeps effort even.
Enter the distance and the total time to get your pace per kilometre and per mile.
Pace is the time taken to cover a kilometre or a mile, so 5 minutes per kilometre equals 12 km/h, and a marathon in three hours averages 4:16 per kilometre. Training plans are built on pace bands because even effort beats a fast start: going out too quickly costs far more in the closing 10 km than it gains at the beginning.
Pace = Total time / DistanceA casual recreational runner covers a kilometre in about 6–7 minutes; a sub-5-minute pace is a solid club runner; a marathon world record is around 2:35 per kilometre (about 4:10 per mile). Context matters more than the number.
Pace is minutes per distance and speed is distance per hour — they are reciprocals. Runners think in pace because it directly answers "how fast do I need to run each kilometre to finish in 2 hours?"
Divide 60 by the pace in minutes: a 5:00 pace is 12 km/h and a 6:00 pace is 10 km/h. For miles, divide 60 by the pace per mile to get miles per hour.
A conversational pace where full sentences remain possible, typically 6:30 to 8:00 per kilometre for new runners. Most weekly training should stay in that easy zone, with speed work limited to one or two sessions.
2026-10-19