5:20:00 Marathon: pace, race predictions & training paces

A Marathon in 5:20:00 is an average pace of 7:35 per km, or 7.9 km/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 26.4 (Active).

Unit: km mi

Pace

7:35/km

12:12 per mi

Speed

7.9 km/h

Race predictions

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

5K
33:21 6:40/km
10K
1:09:33 6:57/km
Half Marathon
2:33:28 7:16/km

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

26.4 ml/kg/min

Active
Training paces

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

Easy
8:05–9:34/km
Marathon
7:20–8:00/km
Threshold
7:05–7:24/km
Interval
6:24–6:40/km
Repetition
5:56–6:10/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 37:55 39:26
10 1:15:50 1:18:52
15 1:53:45 1:58:18
20 2:31:41 2:37:45
25 3:09:36 3:14:49
30 3:47:31 3:51:13
35 4:25:26 4:27:37
40 5:03:21 5:04:01
42.2 5:20:00 5:20:00

400 m lap on a track: 3:02

In the heat

What the same effort as a 5:20:00 Marathon costs on a warmer day.

25 °C
6:21:55 9:03/km
30 °C
6:53:36 9:48/km

Similar results

Same distance

Same fitness, other distances