5K Pace Calculator

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Choose whether you know your finish time and want your pace, or know your target pace and want your finish time.
Your total 5K finish time: enter whole minutes here.
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The remaining seconds of your 5K finish time.
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Pace per kilometerAverage recreational runner
5:00 /km

How long each kilometer takes at your average 5K speed

Pace per mile8:03 /mi
Average speed12.00 km/h
Pace categoryAverage recreational runner
300 s/km
Elite / Sub-20<240Competitive240-300Recreational300-360Beginner360-480Walk/Run480+

Your 5K pace is 5:00 /km.

  • A finish time of 25:00 works out to 5:00 /km (8:03 /mi).
  • This is a solid recreational pace; most adult finishers land in the 5-7 min/km range.
  • For reference, the Olympic 5000 m record is 12:58 for men (2:36/km) and 14:26 for women (2:53/km).

Next stepTo improve, add one tempo run per week at about 10 seconds per km faster than your current 5K pace.

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