Pace chart · Half Marathon
Every half marathon finish time from 1:05 to 3:15 in 5-minute steps, with the pace per mile, the pace per kilometer, and the even-pace split at 5K, 10K and 10 Miles. Highlighted times open a full page of mile splits and training paces.
Splits assume an even pace from start to finish.
| Finish | Per Mile | Per Km | 5K | 10K | 10 Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:05:00 | 4:57 | 3:05 | 15:24 | 30:49 | 49:35 |
| 1:10:00 | 5:20 | 3:19 | 16:35 | 33:11 | 53:24 |
| 1:15:00 | 5:43 | 3:33 | 17:46 | 35:33 | 57:13 |
| 1:20:00 | 6:06 | 3:48 | 18:58 | 37:55 | 1:01:02 |
| 1:25:00 | 6:29 | 4:02 | 20:09 | 40:17 | 1:04:50 |
| 1:30:00 | 6:52 | 4:16 | 21:20 | 42:40 | 1:08:39 |
| 1:35:00 | 7:15 | 4:30 | 22:31 | 45:02 | 1:12:28 |
| 1:40:00 | 7:38 | 4:44 | 23:42 | 47:24 | 1:16:17 |
| 1:45:00 | 8:01 | 4:59 | 24:53 | 49:46 | 1:20:06 |
| 1:50:00 | 8:23 | 5:13 | 26:04 | 52:08 | 1:23:55 |
| 1:55:00 | 8:46 | 5:27 | 27:15 | 54:31 | 1:27:43 |
| 2:00:00 | 9:09 | 5:41 | 28:26 | 56:53 | 1:31:32 |
| 2:05:00 | 9:32 | 5:55 | 29:37 | 59:15 | 1:35:21 |
| 2:10:00 | 9:55 | 6:10 | 30:49 | 1:01:37 | 1:39:10 |
| 2:15:00 | 10:18 | 6:24 | 32:00 | 1:03:59 | 1:42:59 |
| 2:20:00 | 10:41 | 6:38 | 33:11 | 1:06:22 | 1:46:48 |
| 2:25:00 | 11:04 | 6:52 | 34:22 | 1:08:44 | 1:50:36 |
| 2:30:00 | 11:27 | 7:07 | 35:33 | 1:11:06 | 1:54:25 |
| 2:35:00 | 11:49 | 7:21 | 36:44 | 1:13:28 | 1:58:14 |
| 2:40:00 | 12:12 | 7:35 | 37:55 | 1:15:50 | 2:02:03 |
| 2:45:00 | 12:35 | 7:49 | 39:06 | 1:18:12 | 2:05:52 |
| 2:50:00 | 12:58 | 8:03 | 40:17 | 1:20:35 | 2:09:41 |
| 2:55:00 | 13:21 | 8:18 | 41:28 | 1:22:57 | 2:13:30 |
| 3:00:00 | 13:44 | 8:32 | 42:40 | 1:25:19 | 2:17:18 |
| 3:05:00 | 14:07 | 8:46 | 43:51 | 1:27:41 | 2:21:07 |
| 3:10:00 | 14:30 | 9:00 | 45:02 | 1:30:03 | 2:24:56 |
| 3:15:00 | 14:52 | 9:15 | 46:13 | 1:32:26 | 2:28:45 |
Each page has the mile splits for a slightly faster second half, the halfway time, and easy, tempo and interval training paces for that goal.
At each of those distance markers, compare the race clock with the elapsed time for your goal to see whether you are ahead or behind, the way a pace band is read. Check the course markers, not the watch's laps: a watch that logs extra distance sounds its lap alerts before you reach each marker.
McMillan Running calls even splits a sound strategy, and describes a slightly faster second half as its preferred road-race strategy because it rewards patience and resists fading late.
Barry Smyth's 2018 analysis of 1.7 million recreational marathoners, published in the Journal of Sports Analytics, found that starting too quickly can result in poorer finish times. That study looked at marathoners only.
Certified courses are measured along the shortest possible route, so any deviation from that line adds real distance. In a field study at one German marathon event, Pobiruchin et al. (2017) found that GPS sport watches averaged 21.18 km on the 21.0975 km half marathon course, with a mean absolute error of 0.12 km.
Daniels and Gilbert's VDOT formulas assign an effective fitness value to any race result and read equivalent performances at other distances from it. Amby Burfoot's RRCA pace chart states that a half marathon is a better predictor of a marathon than a 5K. Each marathon goal-time page lists the half marathon time that lines up with it.
