4:20:00 Marathon: pace, race predictions & training paces

A Marathon in 4:20:00 is an average pace of 9:55 per mi, or 6.1 mi/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 34.4 (Fitness).

Unit: km mi

Pace

9:55/mi

6:10 per km

Speed

6.1 mi/h

Race predictions

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

5K
27:06 8:43/mi
10K
56:31 9:06/mi
Half Marathon
2:04:42 9:31/mi

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

34.4 ml/kg/min

Fitness
Training paces

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

Easy
10:36–12:38/mi
Marathon
9:36–10:30/mi
Threshold
9:15–9:41/mi
Interval
8:21–8:42/mi
Repetition
7:44–8:02/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 49:35 51:34
10 1:39:10 1:43:08
15 2:28:45 2:33:12
20 3:18:20 3:20:48
25 4:07:55 4:08:24
26.22 4:20:00 4:20:00

400 m lap on a track: 2:28

In the heat

What the same effort as a 4:20:00 Marathon costs on a warmer day.

77 °F
5:10:19 11:50/mi
86 °F
5:36:03 12:49/mi

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