Your pace card before you type anything: the pace behind every barrier from 30:00 to 60:00, and your watch at each mile marker, six miles plus the point two. A 10k is 10.000 km, or 6.2137 miles.
What pace do I need for my 10k goal?
Required pace = goal time ÷ 10.000 km. Mile pace = kilometre pace × 1.609344. Paces are rounded down to the full second, so each one finishes at or under the goal time.
Goal time
Pace per km
Pace per mile
30:00
3:00 /km
4:49 /mi
35:00
3:30 /km
5:37 /mi
40:00
4:00 /km
6:26 /mi
45:00
4:30 /km
7:14 /mi
50:00
5:00 /km
8:02 /mi
55:00
5:30 /km
8:51 /mi
60:00
6:00 /km
9:39 /mi
Mile-marker clock for a US-style 10k
Each clock = goal time × (miles covered × 1.609344 ÷ 10.000 km), at a perfectly even pace and rounded down. After the 6-mile marker, 344 metres remain — the point two that ends every US 10k.