Pace reference

11:40 per mile pace

11:40 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.

11:40 per mile 5.1mph
Speed
8.3 km/h
Per km
7:15
Treadmill
5.1 / 8.3
Even splits at 11:40 /mi
1 mile11:40
2 miles23:20
3 miles35:00
4 miles46:40
5 miles58:20
6 miles1:10:00
7 miles1:21:40
8 miles1:33:20
9 miles1:45:00
10 miles1:56:40

Race times at 11:40 per mile

Every finish below assumes you hold 11:40 /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 11:40 7:15
5K 36:15 7:15
10K 1:12:30 7:15
15K 1:48:44 7:15
Half marathon 2:32:57 7:15
Marathon 5:05:53 7:15

Is 11:40 per mile a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 11:40 /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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