What pace is a 71 minute 10K?

7:06 per kilometre for the full ten kilometres. On a 400 metre track that is 2:50 for each of the twenty-five laps, with nothing left over. In imperial units it is 11:26 per mile, or 5.25 mph, and halfway at an even pace is 35:30.

What should I go through 5 km in?

35:30 for an even race. The halves must add to 1:11:00, so anything taken off the first is owed back on the second — through in 34:45 and the second half has to be 36:15, a minute and a half slower. Most 10K personal bests are run with the halves within about fifteen seconds of each other.

What should the clock read along the way?

At an even 7:06: 14:12 at two kilometres, 28:24 at four, 35:30 at halfway, 56:48 at eight and 1:11:00 at the finish. On a track those fall at laps five, ten, twelve and a half, twenty and twenty-five — a 10K is exactly twenty-five laps, so it starts and finishes on the same line.

How much quicker is 70 minutes than 71?

Six seconds per kilometre. Ten kilometres divides a minute into six-second steps — half the twelve seconds a minute is worth over 5 km — so a whole minute is a smaller pace change here than at the shorter distance. 71:00 needs 7:06, 70:00 needs 7:00, and 72:00 needs 7:12.

What does a 71 minute 10K suggest at other distances?

Using Riegel's model, roughly 34:03 for 5K, 2:36:39 for a half marathon and 5:26:37 for a marathon. The 5K figure implies a pace about 0:17 per kilometre quicker than your 10K pace, which is the usual gap between the two distances.

How should I pace the second half of a 10K?

By having something left to pace it with. The closing three kilometres are decided almost entirely by the first five — if you are holding pace comfortably at seven kilometres, the finish is yours to shape. If you are already struggling, the only remaining strategy is damage limitation, which is the practical argument for starting a little inside target.

Is a planned run-walk slower than running throughout?

Often faster, particularly at this end of the range. Alternating running with short planned walk breaks keeps the running segments quicker and delays the point at which form deteriorates, so the average can come out ahead. The important word is planned — breaks decided in advance work, breaks taken once you are already struggling do not.

What is a realistic first 10K goal?

Finishing comfortably, and a time on the second attempt. Setting a target before you know what the distance feels like usually produces a badly paced first race, which teaches less than a steady one. Run the first at an effort you could hold a conversation at, note the time, and build the target from there.

Why does my watch never show exactly 10 km?

Because GPS is accurate to roughly one or two percent and courses are measured along the shortest legal line. Almost everyone records slightly more than ten kilometres — 10.1 or 10.15 km at the finish is entirely normal rather than a long course. That extra distance also makes your recorded average pace read slower than the pace you actually ran.

10K in 71 Minutes — Pace, Splits and Halfway Plan

A 10K in 71 minutes means holding 7:06 per kilometre — 2:50 for each of the twenty-five laps of a 400 metre track, with halfway at 35:30. That is 11:26 per mile, or 8.45 km/h. Seventy-one minutes is a good time at which to separate race effort from training effort. Almost all of your running should ...

YOUR 10K TARGET

TARGET TIME — mm:ss or h:mm:ss

COMMON TARGETS

YOU NEED TO HOLD

7:06 / km

PER MILE

11:26

PER LAP × 25

2:50

HALFWAY

35:30

8.45 km/h, 5.25 mph. On a track that is 2:50 for twenty-five laps with nothing left over — a 10K starts and finishes on the same line.

KILOMETRE SPLITS — EVEN PACE

1 km

lap 2.5