🏃 Running Pace Calculator
Enter your distance and finishing time to see your pace per kilometre and per mile, plus your average speed in km/h and mph — everything you need to plan training runs and pace a race.
🏃 Work Out Your Pace & Speed
What is a Running Pace Calculator?
It translates a distance and a time into the metrics runners actually train by. Give it how far you ran and how long it took, and it returns your pace — minutes and seconds per kilometre and per mile — plus your average speed in km/h and mph, so you can compare efforts across sessions and units.
Use it to set realistic race targets, check whether your easy runs are genuinely easy, or convert a treadmill speed into an outdoor pace. Pace is the language of endurance training, and having it in front of you makes it far easier to run smarter, not just harder.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
How does the running pace calculator work?
Enter the distance you ran and the time it took (hours, minutes, and seconds). It divides your time by the distance to find your pace per kilometre, converts that to a per-mile pace, and works out your average speed in both km/h and mph — the four numbers runners use to plan sessions and race goals.
What is a good running pace?
It depends entirely on your fitness, the distance, and the terrain. A comfortable recreational pace is often around 6:00–7:00 per kilometre, while trained distance runners hold well under 5:00 per kilometre for long races. The best pace is one you can sustain for your target distance without fading badly in the final stretch.
How do I convert pace between kilometres and miles?
One mile is 1.60934 kilometres, so your per-mile pace is your per-kilometre pace multiplied by 1.60934. A 5:00/km pace is therefore about 8:03 per mile. The calculator does this conversion for you so you can read your effort in whichever unit your race or watch uses.
Should I train at race pace all the time?
No. Most endurance plans build the bulk of weekly volume at an easy, conversational pace and reserve faster race-pace and threshold efforts for specific sessions. Training slower on easy days is what lets you go fast on hard days and race day — this tool helps you check you're actually hitting each target pace.