Pace reference

6:15 per km pace

6:15 min/km 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.

6:15 per km 6.0mph
Speed
9.6 km/h
Per mile
10:04
Treadmill
6.0 / 9.6
Even splits at 6:15 /km
1 km6:15
2 kms12:30
3 kms18:45
4 kms25:00
5 kms31:15
6 kms37:30
7 kms43:45
8 kms50:00
9 kms56:15
10 kms1:02:30

Race times at 6:15 per km

Every finish below assumes you hold 6:15 /km 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 /mi
Mile 10:04 10:04
5K 31:15 10:04
10K 1:02:30 10:04
15K 1:33:45 10:04
Half marathon 2:11:52 10:04
Marathon 4:23:43 10:04

Is 6:15 per km a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 6:15 /km 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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