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VDOT pace calculator

Use a recent race result to estimate current fitness and convert it into training paces you can use today.

Included on this page

Easy, marathon, threshold, interval, and repetition paces
Outputs min/km and min/mile
Best with a recent honest race or time trial

Recent result

Calculate your training paces

Finish time
45:00 for 10 km

VDOT estimate

45.3

from race result

Race pace

4:30/km

Easy

Aerobic running and long-run control

per km

6:40

per mile

10:44

Marathon

Sustainable race-specific endurance

per km

5:50

per mile

9:23

Threshold

Comfortably hard tempo and cruise intervals

per km

5:15

per mile

8:27

Interval

VO2max repeats around 3-5 minutes

per km

4:50

per mile

7:47

Repetition

Fast relaxed reps and economy work

per km

4:35

per mile

7:23

Turn these paces into a full adaptive race plan.

Runapt uses your current fitness, race date, training days, readiness, and route needs to build the whole block around these targets.

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Training notes

Make the plan fit the runner.

Use current fitness

Training paces should reflect what you can run now, not only the goal you hope to reach.

Keep zones purposeful

Each pace has a different job. Mixing them randomly makes training harder to adapt.

Turn numbers into weeks

Paces become useful when they are attached to progression, recovery, and race timing.

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