7:22
/km · 8.14 km/h
7:22 per km — marathon in 5:10:50, 8.14 km/h
Running 7:22 per kilometre is 8.14 km/h. Hold it and the half comes in at 2:35:25, the marathon at 5:10:50.
Finish times
These assume you hold the pace from gun to tape. Most runners drift slower in the second half, so leave a margin when setting a target.
- 5K
- 36:50
- 10K
- 1:13:40
- Half
- 2:35:25
- Marathon
- 5:10:50
- Speed
- 8.14 km/h
- Metres per second
- 2.262 m/s
- Pace per mile
- 11:51
- One lap (400 m)
- 2:57
What this pace breaks
The cut-offs are tighter than they look: a sub-4 marathon needs 5:41 per kilometre, and one second slower puts you over four hours.
sub-20 min 5K · nosub-25 min 5K · nosub-30 min 5K · nosub-50 min 10K · nosub-60 min 10K · nosub-100 min Half · nosub-2h Half · nosub-3h Marathon · nosub-3:30h Marathon · nosub-4h Marathon · nosub-5h Marathon · no
Nearby paces
The half and the full are not round numbers
A marathon is 42.195 km and a half is 21.0975 km. Rounding to 42 km costs you about a minute at a 5:00 pace — small, but enough to miss a target.
How to read this
- Pace is the time for one kilometre, so a smaller number means faster.
- To get speed, divide 3600 by the pace in seconds: 300 s gives 12 km/h.
- A finish time is simply the pace multiplied by the distance.
- Mile pace is kilometre pace times 1.609344.
Frequently asked questions
Q. What marathon time does 7:22 per km give?
5:10:50. The half comes in at 2:35:25, the 10K at 1:13:40 and the 5K at 36:50.
Q. How fast is 7:22 per km in km/h?
8.14 km/h, or 2.262 metres per second.
Q. What is that per mile?
11:51, because a mile is 1.609344 km.
Q. And one lap of the track?
2:57 for 400 m.