6:00:00 Marathon: pace, race predictions & training paces

A Marathon in 6:00:00 is an average pace of 8:32 per km, or 7.0 km/h. That result suggests a VO2max of about 22.7 (Active).

Unit: km mi

Pace

8:32/km

13:44 per mi

Speed

7.0 km/h

Race predictions

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

5K
40:07 8:01/km
10K
1:25:08 8:31/km
Half Marathon
2:59:59 8:32/km

Fitness

Estimated VO2max

22.7 ml/kg/min

Active
Training paces

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

Easy
9:03–10:40/km
Marathon
8:14–8:58/km
Threshold
7:57–8:19/km
Interval
7:12–7:30/km
Repetition
6:41–6:56/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 42:40 44:22
10 1:25:19 1:28:44
15 2:07:59 2:13:06
20 2:50:38 2:57:28
25 3:33:18 3:39:10
30 4:15:57 4:20:07
35 4:58:37 5:01:04
40 5:41:16 5:42:01
42.2 6:00:00 6:00:00

400 m lap on a track: 3:25

In the heat

What the same effort as a 6:00:00 Marathon costs on a warmer day.

25 °C
7:09:40 10:11/km
30 °C
7:45:18 11:02/km

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