Pace reference

12:25 per mile pace

12:25 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.

12:25 per mile 4.8mph
Speed
7.8 km/h
Per km
7:43
Treadmill
4.8 / 7.8
Even splits at 12:25 /mi
1 mile12:25
2 miles24:50
3 miles37:15
4 miles49:40
5 miles1:02:05
6 miles1:14:30
7 miles1:26:55
8 miles1:39:20
9 miles1:51:45
10 miles2:04:10

Race times at 12:25 per mile

Every finish below assumes you hold 12:25 /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 12:25 7:43
5K 38:35 7:43
10K 1:17:09 7:43
15K 1:55:44 7:43
Half marathon 2:42:46 7:43
Marathon 5:25:33 7:43

Is 12:25 per mile a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 12:25 /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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