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

A Marathon in 4:00:00 is an average pace of 9:09 per mi, or 6.6 mi/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 37.9 (Fitness).

Unit: km mi

Pace

9:09/mi

5:41 per km

Speed

6.6 mi/h

Race predictions

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

5K
25:01 8:03/mi
10K
52:10 8:24/mi
Half Marathon
1:55:06 8:47/mi

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

37.9 ml/kg/min

Fitness
Training paces

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

Easy
9:49–11:44/mi
Marathon
8:53–9:43/mi
Threshold
8:33–8:58/mi
Interval
7:43–8:03/mi
Repetition
7:09–7:25/mi
Splits to run this time

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

mi Even Negative split
5 45:46 47:36
10 1:31:32 1:35:12
15 2:17:18 2:21:25
20 3:03:05 3:05:21
25 3:48:51 3:49:17
26.22 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.

77 °F
4:46:26 10:55/mi
86 °F
5:10:12 11:50/mi

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