Pace reference

11:20 per mile pace

11:20 min/mile is an easy, base-building pace — and there is nothing wrong with that. Most of your week should feel this relaxed. Here’s what it does over every distance, in plain maths — then the harder question of when to run it.

11:20 per mile 5.3mph
Speed
8.5 km/h
Per km
7:03
Treadmill
5.3 / 8.5
Even splits at 11:20 /mi
1 mile11:20
2 miles22:40
3 miles34:00
4 miles45:20
5 miles56:40
6 miles1:08:00
7 miles1:19:20
8 miles1:30:40
9 miles1:42:00
10 miles1:53:20

Race times at 11:20 per mile

Every finish below assumes you hold 11:20 /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 11:20 7:03
5K 35:13 7:03
10K 1:10:25 7:03
15K 1:45:38 7:03
Half marathon 2:28:34 7:03
Marathon 4:57:09 7:03

Is 11:20 per mile a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 11:20 /mi is an easy, base-building pace — and there is nothing wrong with that. Most of your week should feel this relaxed. 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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