Running Pace vs Speed: What Watch Displays Actually Mean
Pace and speed describe the same run in opposite directions. Learn the exact relationship, the conversion formula, and when each unit is useful.
Read guide →Running Guides
These guides explain the numbers behind the calculators: how pace and speed relate, how the kilometer and mile conventions convert, how to read and carry a split table, and what the gap between a plan and an actual race does and does not tell you. RunPaceKit is a calculator-first site, so every guide points back to the tool that does the arithmetic.
Min per km vs Min per Mile: Converting Between the Two
Why running uses two pace conventions, the exact 1.609344 conversion factor, a comparison table, and quick mental math that holds up.
Read guide →How to Read a Race Split Table
Cumulative vs segment times, why the columns differ, what the finish row means, and why a 1-second wobble between segments is just display rounding.
Read guide →Even vs Negative Splits: The Model Behind the Calculator
What even, negative and positive splits mean, the two-pace formula the negative split calculator uses, and a fully worked 10 km example.
Read guide →Planning 5K Splits: A Worked Example
How to turn a 5K goal into a lap-by-lap split table, which intervals match real course markers, and what the rounding notes mean for race day.
Read guide →Half Marathon Splits: Kilometer and Mile Tables for 21.0975 km
Building a half marathon split table, why mile tables end with a 176-metre tail, and how to read a 2:00:00 plan at every marker.
Read guide →Planned Pace vs Actual Results: Reading the Gap Honestly
What a split table can and cannot tell you after a race, where the display numbers end and the day begins, and how to feed one race into the next plan.
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