Marathon pace calculator

Marathon Pace Calculator: Sub 2:42

Required pace

6:11/mi

3:50 per km

Marathon · Sub 2:42

Mile-by-mile splits

  • Mile 1
    6:116:11
  • Mile 2
    6:1112:21
  • Mile 3
    6:1118:32
  • Mile 4
    6:1124:43
  • Mile 5
    6:1130:54
  • Mile 6
    6:1137:04
  • Mile 7
    6:1143:15
  • Mile 8
    6:1149:26
  • Mile 9
    6:1155:37
  • Mile 10
    6:111:01:47
  • Mile 11
    6:111:07:58
  • Mile 12
    6:111:14:09
  • Mile 13
    6:111:20:19
  • Mile 14
    6:111:26:30
  • Mile 15
    6:111:32:41
  • Mile 16
    6:111:38:52
  • Mile 17
    6:111:45:02
  • Mile 18
    6:111:51:13
  • Mile 19
    6:111:57:24
  • Mile 20
    6:112:03:35
  • Mile 21
    6:112:09:45
  • Mile 22
    6:112:15:56
  • Mile 23
    6:112:22:07
  • Mile 24
    6:112:28:17
  • Mile 25
    6:112:34:28
  • Mile 26
    6:112:40:39
  • Finish (26.2 mi)
    1:212:42:00

Few runners crack Sub 2 hours 42 minutes at the Marathon; 3:50/km is the rhythm. Holding this effort takes deliberate speed sessions layered on consistent mileage. Keep the splits above nearby — they turn an abstract pace into something tangible.

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