Running Pace Calculators & Race Planning Tools

Choose a calculator by race distance or by the planning task you need to solve. Every tool runs in your browser, supports metric and imperial units where relevant, and links to a printable race plan without requiring an account.

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Enter a distance and finish time to get pace per kilometer and mile.

5:00 /km8:03 /mi

Pace calculators by race distance

A distance-specific calculator sets the official race distance for you, so a goal finish time can be converted into pace without retyping 5 km, 10 km, 21.0975 km, or 42.195 km. Each page also includes common goal times, a halfway checkpoint, and unit conversions.

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10K Pace Calculator

Calculate 10K pace for a 40, 45, 50, 55 or 60-minute goal. See pace per kilometer and mile, speed, halfway split and a practical 10K pacing table.

10 km · 6.2137 miles

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5K Pace Calculator

Calculate 5K pace for a 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40-minute goal. See pace per kilometer and mile, speed, halfway split and a simple 5K pacing table.

5 km · 3.1069 miles

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General pace and split tools

Pace charts and treadmill tools

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5K Pace Chart

Compare 5K finish times from 12 to 45 minutes with pace per kilometer, pace per mile, and 1K checkpoint splits. Plan a 5K target pace.

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10K Pace Chart

Compare 10K finish times from 35 to 70 minutes with pace per kilometer, pace per mile, and halfway splits. Find the pace for a 45, 50, or 60-minute 10K.

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Marathon Pace Chart

Marathon pace chart from 3:00 to 6:00 with pace per kilometer, pace per mile, and 5K, 10K, half marathon, and 30K checkpoint splits.

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Goal-time race calculators

Start with the exact result you want, such as a sub-4 marathon or a 50-minute 10K. Each page preloads the target pace and shows the most useful race checkpoints.

Which calculator should I use?

You want to…Use this tool
Find the pace for a known time and distanceRunning pace calculator
Plan a 4-hour marathon or 2-hour halfMarathon or half marathon calculator
Check a 30-minute 5K or 50-minute 10K5K or 10K pace calculator
Build a lap-by-lap tableRace split calculator
Plan a faster second halfNegative split calculator

Why use a running pace calculator?

Pace is useful because it converts a race goal into a number you can compare during training. A finish time is easy to understand but hard to monitor at kilometer five. Pace gives you a repeatable target, and a split table turns that target into checkpoints. The calculation is simple — time divided by distance — but unit conversion and rounding are where many race plans go wrong.

RunPaceKit keeps the underlying distance in meters and time in seconds, then rounds only the displayed result. That means switching from minutes per kilometer to minutes per mile does not silently change your goal. The split planner also ensures that displayed segment times add back to the target finish time instead of drifting because of independent rounding.

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