2:40:00 Marathon: pace, race predictions & training paces

A Marathon in 2:40:00 is an average pace of 3:48 per km, or 15.8 km/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 61.5 (High Performance).

Unit: km mi

Pace

3:48/km

6:06 per mi

Speed

15.8 km/h

Race predictions

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

5K
16:40 3:20/km
10K
34:46 3:29/km
Half Marathon
1:16:44 3:38/km

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

61.5 ml/kg/min

High Performance
Training paces

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

Easy
4:08–4:58/km
Marathon
3:44–4:06/km
Threshold
3:36–3:46/km
Interval
3:15–3:23/km
Repetition
3:00–3:07/km