MHMW

Sub-4:30 marathon is 6:24 per km

Pace needed for sub-4:30 marathon

6:24 / km

Per mile
10:18 / mi
Finish time
4:30:00
Distance
42.195 km (26.22 mi)

To run sub-4:30 marathon you need 6:24 per kilometre, or 10:18 per mile, held across the full 42.195 km. The split table below shows the clock time at each kilometre.

Split times for sub-4:30 marathon
DistanceElapsed time
1 km6:24
2 km12:48
3 km19:12
4 km25:36
5 km32:00
6 km38:24
7 km44:48
8 km51:11
9 km57:35
10 km1:03:59
11 km1:10:23
12 km1:16:47
13 km1:23:11
14 km1:29:35
15 km1:35:59
16 km1:42:23
17 km1:48:47
18 km1:55:11
19 km2:01:35
20 km2:07:59
21 km2:14:23
22 km2:20:46
23 km2:27:10
24 km2:33:34
25 km2:39:58
26 km2:46:22
27 km2:52:46
28 km2:59:10
29 km3:05:34
30 km3:11:58
31 km3:18:22
32 km3:24:46
33 km3:31:10
34 km3:37:34
35 km3:43:58
36 km3:50:22
37 km3:56:45
38 km4:03:09
39 km4:09:33
40 km4:15:57
41 km4:22:21
42 km4:28:45
42.195 km (finish)4:30:00
Even-pace splits. Most runners deliberately run the first kilometre a few seconds slower than target.

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