Running Pace & Split Calculator

Turn a goal time into the even pace to hold, with cumulative splits for 5K, 10K, half and full marathons — or predict a finish time from your pace.

All calculations happen entirely in your browser. Your distance, goal time and pace are never transmitted to any server.

Your Run

How It Works

Even pacing is division: convert everything to seconds, divide by the distance you must cover, and you get the pace to hold for every kilometre or mile. The calculator shows that arithmetic in both directions and lays the result onto a cumulative split table.

The pace math
pace = total time ÷ distance
finish = pace × distance
speed = 3,600 ÷ pace-seconds per unit
Why 5K, 10K, half and full are the canonical splits
Those four distances are the road-racing calendar: 5 km, 10 km, the half marathon (21.097 km / 13.109 mi) and the marathon (42.195 km / 26.219 mi). The table marks every 5 units, inserts the official half and full distances when they fall inside your run, and ends exactly on your finish — so checkpoint times line up with real race course markers.
The honest limit
This is a flat-course, no-fatigue model: the same pace from the first step to the last. Real racing on hills, heat or a tired body needs adaptive pacing — treat the numbers as the even pace you must average, not a complete race plan, and bank time on the easy parts instead of gambling on the hard ones.

Frequently Asked Questions

What pace do I need to run a 4-hour marathon?

Straight arithmetic, not coaching advice: 4:00:00 is 14,400 seconds, and the marathon is 42.195 km, so you need 14,400 ÷ 42.195 ≈ 341 seconds per kilometre — 5:41/km, which is 9:09 per mile. Enter 4:00:00 with the Marathon preset and the table shows every 5K checkpoint you must hit to stay on that line.

Is it accurate on hilly courses?

The math is exact, the model is not. The table assumes a flat course and an even pace, but a climb costs more time than the matching descent gives back, so a hilly marathon runs slower than the even-pace number suggests. Use the splits as a ceiling to check against and plan to slow on the climbs rather than chasing the same watch pace everywhere.

Does it work in miles?

Yes. Switch the km/mi toggle and the distance, presets (5K = 3.11 mi, half = 13.11 mi, full = 26.22 mi), split table and interval column all move to miles, while per-km and per-mile pace are always both shown in the result cards.

Can I use it with walk breaks?

Yes — the calculator works with average-pace math. A run/walk plan still has one total time over the whole distance, so enter that finished time (running plus walking plus pauses) and the pace it reports is the average you must sustain, which is exactly what a race clock sees.

Is anything uploaded to a server?

No. The whole calculator is a few lines of vanilla JavaScript running in your browser. Your distance, goal time and pace never leave your device — there is no account, no tracking and no network request attached to a calculation.