Pace reference

7:20 per km pace

7:20 min/km 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.

7:20 per km 5.1mph
Speed
8.2 km/h
Per mile
11:48
Treadmill
5.1 / 8.2
Even splits at 7:20 /km
1 km7:20
2 kms14:40
3 kms22:00
4 kms29:20
5 kms36:40
6 kms44:00
7 kms51:20
8 kms58:40
9 kms1:06:00
10 kms1:13:20

Race times at 7:20 per km

Every finish below assumes you hold 7:20 /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 11:48 11:48
5K 36:40 11:48
10K 1:13:20 11:48
15K 1:50:00 11:48
Half marathon 2:34:43 11:48
Marathon 5:09:26 11:48

Is 7:20 per km a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 7:20 /km 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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