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Race Distance Paces/Times

  • 13-09-2013 10:58am
    #1
    slingerz
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    what is the best way to work out your pace/time for 5K, 10K, Half and Full?


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  • #2
    frash
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    http://www.mcmillanrunning.com/


  • #3
    TFBubendorfer
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    slingerz wrote: »
    what is the best way to work out your pace/time for 5K, 10K, Half and Full?

    Take a recent race time and go to the McMillan calculator https://www.mcmillanrunning.com/


    (Doh. Beaten to it by a minute!)


  • #4
    Sacksian
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    The online calculators are useful as a guide but the predicted times are based on being fully trained for that particular event, so your current training dictates whether you're closer to the shorter speedier times or the longer endurance events and which are the most realistic predictions.

    If you want an even more aggressive predictor, this one is based on Daniels' Running Formula: http://www.attackpoint.org/trainingpaces.jsp - but I think it's completely off the wall and I can't run anywhere close to any time it predicts for longer distance based off shorter events.


  • #5
    RayCun
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    Another guide I've heard is that every time you double the distance, your time per 400m lap will increase by 4 seconds.
    400m in 60 seconds means 800m in 2 x (60+4) = 2.08
    4 laps is a mile, so every time you double the distance you go 16 seconds slower per mile. 8 minute pace in a half marathon means 8.16 pace in a marathon.
    (16 seconds slower per mile is 10 seconds slower per kilometre)

    If you think that's a crude calculator, you're right. Remember that any online calculator is doing basically the same thing.


  • #6
    menoscemo
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    RayCun wrote: »
    Another guide I've heard is that every time you double the distance, your time per 400m lap will increase by 4 seconds.
    400m in 60 seconds means 800m in 2 x (60+4) = 2.08
    4 laps is a mile, so every time you double the distance you go 16 seconds slower per mile. 8 minute pace in a half marathon means 8.16 pace in a marathon.
    (16 seconds slower per mile is 10 seconds slower per kilometre)

    If you think that's a crude calculator, you're right. Remember that any online calculator is doing basically the same thing.

    I have used this as a predictor and found it great.
    My current 5k PB is 5:56/mile, 10k is 6:11 and HM 6:28 (currently 6:32 but I think 6:25 is doable on a flat course). Now all I need to do is get the marathon pace down to 6:44-6:48/mile :rolleyes:


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