4:00:00 Marathon: pace, race predictions & training paces

A Marathon in 4:00:00 is an average pace of 5:41 per km, or 10.5 km/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 37.9 (Fitness).

Unit: km mi

Pace

5:41/km

9:09 per mi

Speed

10.5 km/h

Race predictions

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

5K
25:01 5:00/km
10K
52:10 5:13/km
Half Marathon
1:55:06 5:27/km

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

37.9 ml/kg/min

Fitness
Training paces

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

Easy
6:06–7:17/km
Marathon
5:31–6:02/km
Threshold
5:19–5:34/km
Interval
4:48–5:00/km
Repetition
4:27–4:37/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 28:26 29:35
10 56:53 59:09
15 1:25:19 1:28:44
20 1:53:45 1:58:18
25 2:22:12 2:26:07
30 2:50:38 2:53:25
35 3:19:05 3:20:43
40 3:47:31 3:48:01
42.2 4:00:00 4:00:00

400 m lap on a track: 2:17

In the heat

What the same effort as a 4:00:00 Marathon costs on a warmer day.

25 °C
4:46:26 6:47/km
30 °C
5:10:12 7:21/km

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