Pace reference

8:15 per km pace

8:15 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.

8:15 per km 4.5mph
Speed
7.3 km/h
Per mile
13:17
Treadmill
4.5 / 7.3
Even splits at 8:15 /km
1 km8:15
2 kms16:30
3 kms24:45
4 kms33:00
5 kms41:15
6 kms49:30
7 kms57:45
8 kms1:06:00
9 kms1:14:15
10 kms1:22:30

Race times at 8:15 per km

Every finish below assumes you hold 8:15 /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 13:17 13:17
5K 41:15 13:17
10K 1:22:30 13:17
15K 2:03:45 13:17
Half marathon 2:54:03 13:17
Marathon 5:48:07 13:17

Is 8:15 per km a good pace?

Honestly, the number matters less than the day it lands on. 8:15 /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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