Pace reference

7:30 per km pace

7:30 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.

7:30 per km 5.0mph
Speed
8.0 km/h
Per mile
12:04
Treadmill
5.0 / 8.0
Even splits at 7:30 /km
1 km7:30
2 kms15:00
3 kms22:30
4 kms30:00
5 kms37:30
6 kms45:00
7 kms52:30
8 kms1:00:00
9 kms1:07:30
10 kms1:15:00

Race times at 7:30 per km

Every finish below assumes you hold 7:30 /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 12:04 12:04
5K 37:30 12:04
10K 1:15:00 12:04
15K 1:52:30 12:04
Half marathon 2:38:14 12:04
Marathon 5:16:28 12:04

Is 7:30 per km a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 7:30 /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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