# Running pace chart

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Every pace from 3:00 to 8:00 per kilometre, and 5:00 to 13:00 per mile, with the finish time it gives you over 5K, 10K, a half marathon and a marathon.

Find your row, read across. To solve for a distance or a goal time this chart doesn't have a row for, use the [pace calculator](https://pacewise.doughworks.dev/pace-calculator).

## Pace per kilometre

Pace per kilometre, in 5-second steps, and the finish time it produces at an even pace.

| Pace /km | Pace /mile | 5K | 10K | Half | Marathon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3:00 | 4:50 | 15:00 | 30:00 | 1:03:18 | 2:06:35 |
| 3:05 | 4:58 | 15:25 | 30:50 | 1:05:03 | 2:10:06 |
| 3:10 | 5:06 | 15:50 | 31:40 | 1:06:49 | 2:13:37 |
| 3:15 | 5:14 | 16:15 | 32:30 | 1:08:34 | 2:17:08 |
| 3:20 | 5:22 | 16:40 | 33:20 | 1:10:20 | 2:20:39 |
| 3:25 | 5:30 | 17:05 | 34:10 | 1:12:05 | 2:24:10 |
| 3:30 | 5:38 | 17:30 | 35:00 | 1:13:50 | 2:27:41 |
| 3:35 | 5:46 | 17:55 | 35:50 | 1:15:36 | 2:31:12 |
| 3:40 | 5:54 | 18:20 | 36:40 | 1:17:21 | 2:34:43 |
| 3:45 | 6:02 | 18:45 | 37:30 | 1:19:07 | 2:38:14 |
| 3:50 | 6:10 | 19:10 | 38:20 | 1:20:52 | 2:41:45 |
| 3:55 | 6:18 | 19:35 | 39:10 | 1:22:38 | 2:45:16 |
| 4:00 | 6:26 | 20:00 | 40:00 | 1:24:23 | 2:48:47 |
| 4:05 | 6:34 | 20:25 | 40:50 | 1:26:09 | 2:52:18 |
| 4:10 | 6:42 | 20:50 | 41:40 | 1:27:54 | 2:55:49 |
| 4:15 | 6:50 | 21:15 | 42:30 | 1:29:40 | 2:59:20 |
| 4:20 | 6:58 | 21:40 | 43:20 | 1:31:25 | 3:02:51 |
| 4:25 | 7:06 | 22:05 | 44:10 | 1:33:11 | 3:06:22 |
| 4:30 | 7:15 | 22:30 | 45:00 | 1:34:56 | 3:09:53 |
| 4:35 | 7:23 | 22:55 | 45:50 | 1:36:42 | 3:13:24 |
| 4:40 | 7:31 | 23:20 | 46:40 | 1:38:27 | 3:16:55 |
| 4:45 | 7:39 | 23:45 | 47:30 | 1:40:13 | 3:20:26 |
| 4:50 | 7:47 | 24:10 | 48:20 | 1:41:58 | 3:23:57 |
| 4:55 | 7:55 | 24:35 | 49:10 | 1:43:44 | 3:27:28 |
| 5:00 | 8:03 | 25:00 | 50:00 | 1:45:29 | 3:30:59 |
| 5:05 | 8:11 | 25:25 | 50:50 | 1:47:15 | 3:34:29 |
| 5:10 | 8:19 | 25:50 | 51:40 | 1:49:00 | 3:38:00 |
| 5:15 | 8:27 | 26:15 | 52:30 | 1:50:46 | 3:41:31 |
| 5:20 | 8:35 | 26:40 | 53:20 | 1:52:31 | 3:45:02 |
| 5:25 | 8:43 | 27:05 | 54:10 | 1:54:17 | 3:48:33 |
| 5:30 | 8:51 | 27:30 | 55:00 | 1:56:02 | 3:52:04 |
| 5:35 | 8:59 | 27:55 | 55:50 | 1:57:48 | 3:55:35 |
| 5:40 | 9:07 | 28:20 | 56:40 | 1:59:33 | 3:59:06 |
| 5:45 | 9:15 | 28:45 | 57:30 | 2:01:19 | 4:02:37 |
| 5:50 | 9:23 | 29:10 | 58:20 | 2:03:04 | 4:06:08 |
| 5:55 | 9:31 | 29:35 | 59:10 | 2:04:50 | 4:09:39 |
| 6:00 | 9:39 | 30:00 | 1:00:00 | 2:06:35 | 4:13:10 |
| 6:05 | 9:47 | 30:25 | 1:00:50 | 2:08:21 | 4:16:41 |
| 6:10 | 9:55 | 30:50 | 1:01:40 | 2:10:06 | 4:20:12 |
| 6:15 | 10:04 | 31:15 | 1:02:30 | 2:11:52 | 4:23:43 |
| 6:20 | 10:12 | 31:40 | 1:03:20 | 2:13:37 | 4:27:14 |
| 6:25 | 10:20 | 32:05 | 1:04:10 | 2:15:23 | 4:30:45 |
| 6:30 | 10:28 | 32:30 | 1:05:00 | 2:17:08 | 4:34:16 |
| 6:35 | 10:36 | 32:55 | 1:05:50 | 2:18:54 | 4:37:47 |
| 6:40 | 10:44 | 33:20 | 1:06:40 | 2:20:39 | 4:41:18 |
| 6:45 | 10:52 | 33:45 | 1:07:30 | 2:22:24 | 4:44:49 |
| 6:50 | 11:00 | 34:10 | 1:08:20 | 2:24:10 | 4:48:20 |
| 6:55 | 11:08 | 34:35 | 1:09:10 | 2:25:55 | 4:51:51 |
| 7:00 | 11:16 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 | 2:27:41 | 4:55:22 |
| 7:05 | 11:24 | 35:25 | 1:10:50 | 2:29:26 | 4:58:53 |
| 7:10 | 11:32 | 35:50 | 1:11:40 | 2:31:12 | 5:02:24 |
| 7:15 | 11:40 | 36:15 | 1:12:30 | 2:32:57 | 5:05:55 |
| 7:20 | 11:48 | 36:40 | 1:13:20 | 2:34:43 | 5:09:26 |
| 7:25 | 11:56 | 37:05 | 1:14:10 | 2:36:28 | 5:12:57 |
| 7:30 | 12:04 | 37:30 | 1:15:00 | 2:38:14 | 5:16:28 |
| 7:35 | 12:12 | 37:55 | 1:15:50 | 2:39:59 | 5:19:59 |
| 7:40 | 12:20 | 38:20 | 1:16:40 | 2:41:45 | 5:23:30 |
| 7:45 | 12:28 | 38:45 | 1:17:30 | 2:43:30 | 5:27:01 |
| 7:50 | 12:36 | 39:10 | 1:18:20 | 2:45:16 | 5:30:32 |
| 7:55 | 12:44 | 39:35 | 1:19:10 | 2:47:01 | 5:34:03 |
| 8:00 | 12:52 | 40:00 | 1:20:00 | 2:48:47 | 5:37:34 |

## Pace per mile

Pace per mile, in 10-second steps, and the finish time it produces at an even pace.

| Pace /mile | Pace /km | 5K | 10K | Half | Marathon |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5:00 | 3:06 | 15:32 | 31:04 | 1:05:33 | 2:11:06 |
| 5:10 | 3:13 | 16:03 | 32:06 | 1:07:44 | 2:15:28 |
| 5:20 | 3:19 | 16:34 | 33:08 | 1:09:55 | 2:19:50 |
| 5:30 | 3:25 | 17:05 | 34:11 | 1:12:06 | 2:24:12 |
| 5:40 | 3:31 | 17:36 | 35:13 | 1:14:17 | 2:28:34 |
| 5:50 | 3:37 | 18:07 | 36:15 | 1:16:28 | 2:32:57 |
| 6:00 | 3:44 | 18:38 | 37:17 | 1:18:39 | 2:37:19 |
| 6:10 | 3:50 | 19:10 | 38:19 | 1:20:50 | 2:41:41 |
| 6:20 | 3:56 | 19:41 | 39:21 | 1:23:02 | 2:46:03 |
| 6:30 | 4:02 | 20:12 | 40:23 | 1:25:13 | 2:50:25 |
| 6:40 | 4:09 | 20:43 | 41:25 | 1:27:24 | 2:54:48 |
| 6:50 | 4:15 | 21:14 | 42:28 | 1:29:35 | 2:59:10 |
| 7:00 | 4:21 | 21:45 | 43:30 | 1:31:46 | 3:03:32 |
| 7:10 | 4:27 | 22:16 | 44:32 | 1:33:57 | 3:07:54 |
| 7:20 | 4:33 | 22:47 | 45:34 | 1:36:08 | 3:12:16 |
| 7:30 | 4:40 | 23:18 | 46:36 | 1:38:19 | 3:16:38 |
| 7:40 | 4:46 | 23:49 | 47:38 | 1:40:30 | 3:21:01 |
| 7:50 | 4:52 | 24:20 | 48:40 | 1:42:41 | 3:25:23 |
| 8:00 | 4:58 | 24:51 | 49:43 | 1:44:53 | 3:29:45 |
| 8:10 | 5:04 | 25:22 | 50:45 | 1:47:04 | 3:34:07 |
| 8:20 | 5:11 | 25:53 | 51:47 | 1:49:15 | 3:38:29 |
| 8:30 | 5:17 | 26:24 | 52:49 | 1:51:26 | 3:42:52 |
| 8:40 | 5:23 | 26:56 | 53:51 | 1:53:37 | 3:47:14 |
| 8:50 | 5:29 | 27:27 | 54:53 | 1:55:48 | 3:51:36 |
| 9:00 | 5:36 | 27:58 | 55:55 | 1:57:59 | 3:55:58 |
| 9:10 | 5:42 | 28:29 | 56:58 | 2:00:10 | 4:00:20 |
| 9:20 | 5:48 | 29:00 | 58:00 | 2:02:21 | 4:04:43 |
| 9:30 | 5:54 | 29:31 | 59:02 | 2:04:32 | 4:09:05 |
| 9:40 | 6:00 | 30:02 | 1:00:04 | 2:06:43 | 4:13:27 |
| 9:50 | 6:07 | 30:33 | 1:01:06 | 2:08:55 | 4:17:49 |
| 10:00 | 6:13 | 31:04 | 1:02:08 | 2:11:06 | 4:22:11 |
| 10:10 | 6:19 | 31:35 | 1:03:10 | 2:13:17 | 4:26:33 |
| 10:20 | 6:25 | 32:06 | 1:04:13 | 2:15:28 | 4:30:56 |
| 10:30 | 6:31 | 32:37 | 1:05:15 | 2:17:39 | 4:35:18 |
| 10:40 | 6:38 | 33:08 | 1:06:17 | 2:19:50 | 4:39:40 |
| 10:50 | 6:44 | 33:39 | 1:07:19 | 2:22:01 | 4:44:02 |
| 11:00 | 6:50 | 34:11 | 1:08:21 | 2:24:12 | 4:48:24 |
| 11:10 | 6:56 | 34:42 | 1:09:23 | 2:26:23 | 4:52:47 |
| 11:20 | 7:03 | 35:13 | 1:10:25 | 2:28:34 | 4:57:09 |
| 11:30 | 7:09 | 35:44 | 1:11:27 | 2:30:45 | 5:01:31 |
| 11:40 | 7:15 | 36:15 | 1:12:30 | 2:32:57 | 5:05:53 |
| 11:50 | 7:21 | 36:46 | 1:13:32 | 2:35:08 | 5:10:15 |
| 12:00 | 7:27 | 37:17 | 1:14:34 | 2:37:19 | 5:14:38 |
| 12:10 | 7:34 | 37:48 | 1:15:36 | 2:39:30 | 5:19:00 |
| 12:20 | 7:40 | 38:19 | 1:16:38 | 2:41:41 | 5:23:22 |
| 12:30 | 7:46 | 38:50 | 1:17:40 | 2:43:52 | 5:27:44 |
| 12:40 | 7:52 | 39:21 | 1:18:42 | 2:46:03 | 5:32:06 |
| 12:50 | 7:58 | 39:52 | 1:19:45 | 2:48:14 | 5:36:28 |
| 13:00 | 8:05 | 40:23 | 1:20:47 | 2:50:25 | 5:40:51 |

## What the numbers assume

**Finish time = pace × distance**, and nothing else. Every row is an even effort from the gun to the line, with no allowance for hills, heat, wind or the last 10K of a marathon costing more than the first.

**Where most pace charts lose a few seconds (the mile, and the half marathon)**

- **A mile is 1609.344 metres exactly.** Charts that round it to 1609 metres, or worse to 1.6 km, drift by seconds over a marathon, and a chart is the one place that error compounds, because you read the row rather than recompute it.
- **A half marathon is 21.0975 km.** Not 21. The 97.5 metres are worth about half a minute for most of the rows below, which is exactly the margin people miss a goal by.

Both tables come from the same code the PaceWise apps run, and a build check re-runs the apps' own numeric tests against this page. They can't drift apart without the build failing.

## Questions

**What is a running pace chart?**

A lookup table that turns a pace into a finish time. Find the row for the pace you can hold, read across, and the columns give you what that pace is worth over 5K, 10K, a half marathon and a marathon. It answers in one glance what a calculator answers one query at a time, which is why runners screenshot a chart and carry it.

**How do I find the pace for a goal time?**

Read the chart backwards. Run your eye down the column for your distance until you reach the time you want, then look left at the pace that produced it. For a goal that falls between two rows, the [pace calculator](https://pacewise.doughworks.dev/pace-calculator) will solve it exactly.

**Why is my watch slower than the chart on race day?**

Because you almost certainly ran further than the race distance. A course is measured along the shortest legal line, and nobody runs it: every corner taken wide adds metres. GPS adds a little of its own. Most runners finish a marathon with 42.4 to 42.8 km on the watch, so holding the chart's pace on the watch leaves you a minute or two short of the chart's finish time.

**Should I run the same pace the whole way?**

This chart assumes so, because an even split is the reference every other plan is measured against. It is not the only option. Starting a little conservatively and finishing faster, a negative split, is how most people run their best marathon, and the [pace band generator](https://pacewise.doughworks.dev/pace-band) will lay one out kilometre by kilometre.

## Other calculators

- [**Pace calculator** Solve for pace, time or distance, and see every split.](https://pacewise.doughworks.dev/pace-calculator)
- [**Pace band generator** An even or negative-split plan to print and carry.](https://pacewise.doughworks.dev/pace-band)
- [**Race time predictor** What your time is worth at every other distance.](https://pacewise.doughworks.dev/race-time-predictor)