Pace reference

7:25 per mile pace

7:25 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.

7:25 per mile 8.1mph
Speed
13.0 km/h
Per km
4:37
Treadmill
8.1 / 13.0
Even splits at 7:25 /mi
1 mile7:25
2 miles14:50
3 miles22:15
4 miles29:40
5 miles37:05
6 miles44:30
7 miles51:55
8 miles59:20
9 miles1:06:45
10 miles1:14:10

Race times at 7:25 per mile

Every finish below assumes you hold 7:25 /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 7:25 4:37
5K 23:03 4:37
10K 46:05 4:37
15K 1:09:08 4:37
Half marathon 1:37:14 4:37
Marathon 3:14:27 4:37

Is 7:25 per mile a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 7:25 /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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