Pace reference

7:15 per mile pace

7:15 min/mile is a strong recreational pace — comfortable-hard for a fit runner, race pace for many. Here’s what it does over every distance, in plain maths — then the harder question of when to run it.

7:15 per mile 8.3mph
Speed
13.3 km/h
Per km
4:30
Treadmill
8.3 / 13.3
Even splits at 7:15 /mi
1 mile7:15
2 miles14:30
3 miles21:45
4 miles29:00
5 miles36:15
6 miles43:30
7 miles50:45
8 miles58:00
9 miles1:05:15
10 miles1:12:30

Race times at 7:15 per mile

Every finish below assumes you hold 7:15 /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 7:15 4:30
5K 22:31 4:30
10K 45:03 4:30
15K 1:07:34 4:30
Half marathon 1:35:03 4:30
Marathon 3:10:05 4:30

Is 7:15 per mile a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 7:15 /mi is a strong recreational pace — comfortable-hard for a fit runner, race pace for many. 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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