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Running Pace Converter
Edit any field. The other three update live. Pace as minutes per km or per mile, speed as mph or kph. Built for runners who think in one unit but train with another.
1 km = 0.621371 mi · 1 mile = 1.609344 km · pacemin/km = 60 / kph
Pace or speed?
Runners almost always think in pace. Cyclists almost always think in speed. Both descriptions point at the same number, but in opposite directions. Pace asks how long a kilometer or mile takes. Speed asks how much distance fits inside an hour. Smaller pace is faster. Larger speed is faster. The math is just one divided by the other.
A 5:00 min/km pace is a 12 kph speed, which is roughly 7:30/km for a casual jog and roughly 4:00/km for an elite 10K. A marathon at 6:00 min/km finishes in just under 4:13:00. A marathon at 4:00 min/km finishes in 2:48:30. Knowing both numbers lets you compare a treadmill display, a watch alert, and a GPS reading without doing arithmetic mid-run.
Training pace reference
| min/km | min/mile | kph | mph |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:30 | 5:38 | 17.14 | 10.65 |
| 4:00 | 6:26 | 15.00 | 9.32 |
| 4:30 | 7:15 | 13.33 | 8.28 |
| 5:00 | 8:03 | 12.00 | 7.46 |
| 5:30 | 8:51 | 10.91 | 6.78 |
| 6:00 | 9:39 | 10.00 | 6.21 |
| 6:30 | 10:28 | 9.23 | 5.74 |
| 7:00 | 11:16 | 8.57 | 5.33 |
| 7:30 | 12:04 | 8.00 | 4.97 |
| 8:00 | 12:52 | 7.50 | 4.66 |
| 8:30 | 13:41 | 7.06 | 4.39 |
| 9:00 | 14:29 | 6.67 | 4.14 |
| 10:00 | 16:06 | 6.00 | 3.73 |
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