35:00 10K pace
Target pace
5:37 / mile
3:30 / km
for 6.2137 miles · 10 km
To finish a 10k in 35:00 you need to average 5:37 per mile or 3:30 per kilometre. Halfway should come up on the watch at 17:30.
Both paces are rounded down, so they are targets to beat rather than to match exactly — hold them and you finish a few seconds inside 35:00 rather than a few seconds outside it.
Mile splits for 35:00
| Mile | Pace | Elapsed |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5:37 | 5:37 |
| 2 | 5:37 | 11:15 |
| 3 | 5:37 | 16:53 |
| 4 | 5:37 | 22:31 |
| 5 | 5:37 | 28:09 |
| 6 | 5:37 | 33:47 |
| 6.2137 (final 0.21 mi) | 5:37 | 35:00 |
Kilometre splits for 35:00
| Split | Elapsed |
|---|---|
| 1 km | 3:30 |
| 2 km | 7:00 |
| 3 km | 10:30 |
| 4 km | 14:00 |
| 5 km | 17:30 |
| 6 km | 21:00 |
| 7 km | 24:30 |
| 8 km | 28:00 |
| 9 km | 31:30 |
| 10 km (finish) | 35:00 |
How to pace it
A 10K is run close enough to threshold that the pace has to be right from the first kilometre; there is not enough race left to correct a bad opening mile.
- Bank nothing. Time gained in the first mile is borrowed at a punitive rate. Running the opening mile 15 seconds quick almost never returns 15 seconds at the end.
- Check at halfway, not at every mile. 17:30 is the number that matters. Mile-to-mile variation of a few seconds is normal and chasing it wastes attention.
- Know your slow-down plan. Decide in advance which splits you will accept losing if conditions or the day turn against you, so the decision is not made mid-race.
- Run the pace in training. A goal pace you have never held for a sustained effort is a guess. Practise it in blocks long enough to feel like the race.
Adjust the target
Not quite the time you are chasing? The running pace calculator will take any distance and any goal time and give you the same numbers.