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Sub-5:00 Marathon pace

To finish a marathon in under 5:00, you need to average 7:07 per kilometre, or 11:27 per mile, for the full 42.195 km.

Required pace
7:07 /km
11:27 per mile · finish 5:00:00
Recovery effort

Even-paced splits

Elapsed time you should see at each marker if you run the whole thing at one effort.

DistanceElapsed
1 km7:07
2 km14:13
3 km21:20
4 km28:26
5 km35:33
6 km42:40
7 km49:46
8 km56:53
9 km1:03:59
10 km1:11:06
11 km1:18:12
12 km1:25:19
13 km1:32:26
14 km1:39:32
15 km1:46:39
16 km1:53:45
17 km2:00:52
18 km2:07:59
19 km2:15:05
20 km2:22:12
21 km2:29:18
22 km2:36:25
23 km2:43:32
24 km2:50:38
25 km2:57:45
26 km3:04:51
27 km3:11:58
28 km3:19:05
29 km3:26:11
30 km3:33:18
31 km3:40:24
32 km3:47:31
33 km3:54:37
34 km4:01:44
35 km4:08:51
36 km4:15:57
37 km4:23:04
38 km4:30:10
39 km4:37:17
40 km4:44:24
41 km4:51:30
42 km4:58:37
42.2 km5:00:00
DistanceElapsed
1 mi11:27
2 mi22:53
3 mi34:20
4 mi45:46
5 mi57:13
6 mi1:08:39
7 mi1:20:06
8 mi1:31:32
9 mi1:42:59
10 mi1:54:25
11 mi2:05:52
12 mi2:17:18
13 mi2:28:45
14 mi2:40:11
15 mi2:51:38
16 mi3:03:05
17 mi3:14:31
18 mi3:25:58
19 mi3:37:24
20 mi3:48:51
21 mi4:00:17
22 mi4:11:44
23 mi4:23:10
24 mi4:34:37
25 mi4:46:03
26 mi4:57:30
26.22 mi5:00:00

Pacing it in practice

These splits assume even effort on a flat course. Most personal bests are actually run slightly negative. That means a touch slower than target for the first half, then faster once you know the effort is sustainable. Going out fast and hanging on is the most common way to miss a time goal.

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