Pace reference

10:15 per mile pace

10:15 min/mile is a steady, conversational pace for a lot of runners — often exactly where easy runs should sit. Here’s what it does over every distance, in plain maths — then the harder question of when to run it.

10:15 per mile 5.9mph
Speed
9.4 km/h
Per km
6:22
Treadmill
5.9 / 9.4
Even splits at 10:15 /mi
1 mile10:15
2 miles20:30
3 miles30:45
4 miles41:00
5 miles51:15
6 miles1:01:30
7 miles1:11:45
8 miles1:22:00
9 miles1:32:15
10 miles1:42:30

Race times at 10:15 per mile

Every finish below assumes you hold 10:15 /mi evenly the whole way — a useful yardstick, not a prediction. Real races fade; the pace calculator does the Riegel-adjusted version from a race you’ve actually run.

DistanceFinish timePace /km
Mile 10:15 6:22
5K 31:51 6:22
10K 1:03:41 6:22
15K 1:35:32 6:22
Half marathon 2:14:22 6:22
Marathon 4:28:45 6:22

Is 10:15 per mile a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 10:15 /mi is a steady, conversational pace for a lot of runners — often exactly where easy runs should sit. If it’s your goal-race pace, most of your training should happen slower than this — the fastest way to a faster race is a pile of easy kilometres and a handful of hard ones, run on the right days. If it already feels easy, it’s a fine cruising pace to build your base on.

A pace chart can tell you the maths. It can’t tell you whether today is a day to hit it — that depends on your sleep, your legs, and the runs already behind you. That gap is exactly what Liftrun was built to close.

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