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Marathon Pace Calculator

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Calculates the required pace per mile or kilometer to finish a marathon in a target time.

How To Use

How to use this calculator

Start with your values, or try a preset.

Step 1

Enter Target Time (Hours), Target Time (Minutes), Target Time (Seconds), and Distance Unit in the units shown.

Step 2

Read Marathon Distance (Kilometers), Marathon Distance (Miles), Total Time (Seconds), Pace per Kilometer (Seconds), Pace per Mile (Seconds), Pace (Seconds per Kilometer), Pace (Minutes per Kilometer), Pace (Seconds per Mile), Pace (Minutes per Mile), and Pace in the results panel. Results update as you change the inputs.

Step 3

Choose a preset to load an example, then adjust the values for your situation.

Worked Examples

Example calculations

See the inputs and their calculated results.

3:00 Marathon

Target Time (Hours): 3 hours; Target Time (Minutes): 0 minutes; Target Time (Seconds): 0 seconds; Distance Unit: Miles

Marathon Distance (Kilometers): 42.195 kilometers; Marathon Distance (Miles): 26.2 miles; Total Time (Seconds): 10,800 seconds; Pace per Kilometer (Seconds): 255.954497 seconds/kilometer; Pace per Mile (Seconds): 412.2137405 seconds/mile; Pace (Seconds per Kilometer): 16 seconds/kilometer; Pace (Minutes per Kilometer): 4 minutes/kilometer; Pace (Seconds per Mile): 52 seconds/mile; Pace (Minutes per Mile): 6 minutes/mile; Pace: 6:52 per mile

3:30 Marathon

Target Time (Hours): 3 hours; Target Time (Minutes): 30 minutes; Target Time (Seconds): 0 seconds; Distance Unit: Miles

Marathon Distance (Kilometers): 42.195 kilometers; Marathon Distance (Miles): 26.2 miles; Total Time (Seconds): 12,600 seconds; Pace per Kilometer (Seconds): 298.6135798 seconds/kilometer; Pace per Mile (Seconds): 480.9160305 seconds/mile; Pace (Seconds per Kilometer): 59 seconds/kilometer; Pace (Minutes per Kilometer): 4 minutes/kilometer; Pace (Seconds per Mile): 1 seconds/mile; Pace (Minutes per Mile): 8 minutes/mile; Pace: 8:01 per mile

4:00 Marathon

Target Time (Hours): 4 hours; Target Time (Minutes): 0 minutes; Target Time (Seconds): 0 seconds; Distance Unit: Miles

Marathon Distance (Kilometers): 42.195 kilometers; Marathon Distance (Miles): 26.2 miles; Total Time (Seconds): 14,400 seconds; Pace per Kilometer (Seconds): 341.2726626 seconds/kilometer; Pace per Mile (Seconds): 549.6183206 seconds/mile; Pace (Seconds per Kilometer): 41 seconds/kilometer; Pace (Minutes per Kilometer): 5 minutes/kilometer; Pace (Seconds per Mile): 10 seconds/mile; Pace (Minutes per Mile): 9 minutes/mile; Pace: 9:10 per mile

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