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
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 18:58 19:43
10 37:55 39:26
15 56:53 59:09
20 1:15:50 1:18:52
25 1:34:48 1:37:24
30 1:53:45 1:55:36
35 2:12:43 2:13:49
40 2:31:41 2:32:01
42.2 2:40:00 2:40:00

400 m lap on a track: 1:31

In the heat

What the same effort as a 2:40:00 Marathon costs on a warmer day.

25 °C
2:58:21 4:14/km
30 °C
3:07:44 4:27/km

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