2:20:00 Marathon: pace, race predictions & training paces

A Marathon in 2:20:00 is an average pace of 3:19 per km, or 18.1 km/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 71.9 (Elite).

Unit: km mi

Pace

3:19/km

5:20 per mi

Speed

18.1 km/h

Race predictions

What this result projects to at the other distances, if you trained for each.

5K
14:35 2:55/km
10K
30:26 3:03/km
Half Marathon
1:07:08 3:11/km

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

71.9 ml/kg/min

Elite
Training paces

The paces this fitness supports, from easy runs to short repetitions.

Easy
3:39–4:23/km
Marathon
3:17–3:36/km
Threshold
3:10–3:19/km
Interval
2:51–2:59/km
Repetition
2:39–2:45/km
Splits to run this time

Your time at each mark, at an even pace or with a negative split (second half faster).

km Even Negative split
5 16:35 17:15
10 33:11 34:30
15 49:46 51:46
20 1:06:22 1:09:01
25 1:22:57 1:25:14
30 1:39:32 1:41:09
35 1:56:08 1:57:05
40 2:12:43 2:13:01
42.2 2:20:00 2:20:00

400 m lap on a track: 1:20

In the heat

What the same effort as a 2:20:00 Marathon costs on a warmer day.

25 °C
2:34:03 3:39/km
30 °C
2:41:14 3:49/km

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