MHMW

Sub-5:00 marathon is 7:07 per km

Pace needed for sub-5:00 marathon

7:07 / km

Per mile
11:27 / mi
Finish time
5:00:00
Distance
42.195 km (26.22 mi)

To run sub-5:00 marathon you need 7:07 per kilometre, or 11:27 per mile, held across the full 42.195 km. The split table below shows the clock time at each kilometre.

Split times for sub-5:00 marathon
DistanceElapsed time
1 km7:07
2 km14:13
3 km21:20
4 km28:26
5 km35:33
6 km42:40
7 km49:46
8 km56:53
9 km1:03:59
10 km1:11:06
11 km1:18:12
12 km1:25:19
13 km1:32:26
14 km1:39:32
15 km1:46:39
16 km1:53:45
17 km2:00:52
18 km2:07:59
19 km2:15:05
20 km2:22:12
21 km2:29:18
22 km2:36:25
23 km2:43:32
24 km2:50:38
25 km2:57:45
26 km3:04:51
27 km3:11:58
28 km3:19:05
29 km3:26:11
30 km3:33:18
31 km3:40:24
32 km3:47:31
33 km3:54:37
34 km4:01:44
35 km4:08:51
36 km4:15:57
37 km4:23:04
38 km4:30:10
39 km4:37:17
40 km4:44:24
41 km4:51:30
42 km4:58:37
42.195 km (finish)5:00:00
Even-pace splits. Most runners deliberately run the first kilometre a few seconds slower than target.

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