Half marathon goal · 2:30:00

2:30 Half Marathon Pace

The 2:30 half marathon is a durable, honest goal — 13.1 miles covered with intent, at a pace that keeps the race enjoyable start to finish. The requirement is exact: 11:27 per mile or 7:07 per kilometre, held for 13.1 miles (21.10 km), from the start line to the finish — the chart below has the goal pre-selected with every split and a printable pace band.

Required pace: 11:27 /mi
Metric pace: 7:07 /km
Goal time: 2:30:00
5K equivalent: 33:02

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Splits

Half marathon pace chart: goal finish times with the average pace per mile and per kilometre each one requires, plus the even-pace halfway split and checkpoint times along the way.
Goal time	Pace /mi	Pace /km	5K	10K	Halfway
1:00:00	4:35	2:51	14:13	28:26	30:00
1:01:00	4:39	2:53	14:27	28:55	30:30
1:02:00	4:44	2:56	14:42	29:23	31:00
1:03:00	4:48	2:59	14:56	29:52	31:30
1:04:00	4:53	3:02	15:10	30:20	32:00
1:05:00	4:57	3:05	15:24	30:49	32:30
1:06:00	5:02	3:08	15:38	31:17	33:00
1:07:00	5:07	3:11	15:53	31:45	33:30
1:08:00	5:11	3:13	16:07	32:14	34:00
1:09:00	5:16	3:16	16:21	32:42	34:30
1:10:00	5:20	3:19	16:35	33:11	35:00
1:11:00	5:25	3:22	16:50	33:39	35:30
1:12:00	5:30	3:25	17:04	34:08	36:00
1:13:00	5:34	3:28	17:18	34:36	36:30
1:14:00	5:39	3:30	17:32	35:05	37:00
1:15:00	5:43	3:33	17:46	35:33	37:30
1:16:00	5:48	3:36	18:01	36:01	38:00
1:17:00	5:52	3:39	18:15	36:30	38:30
1:18:00	5:57	3:42	18:29	36:58	39:00
1:19:00	6:02	3:45	18:43	37:27	39:30
1:20:00	6:06	3:48	18:58	37:55	40:00
1:21:00	6:11	3:50	19:12	38:24	40:30
1:22:00	6:15	3:53	19:26	38:52	41:00
1:23:00	6:20	3:56	19:40	39:20	41:30
1:24:00	6:24	3:59	19:54	39:49	42:00
1:25:00	6:29	4:02	20:09	40:17	42:30
1:26:00	6:34	4:05	20:23	40:46	43:00
1:27:00	6:38	4:07	20:37	41:14	43:30
1:28:00	6:43	4:10	20:51	41:43	44:00
1:29:00	6:47	4:13	21:06	42:11	44:30
1:30:00	6:52	4:16	21:20	42:40	45:00
1:30:30	6:54	4:17	21:27	42:54	45:15
1:31:00	6:56	4:19	21:34	43:08	45:30
1:31:30	6:59	4:20	21:41	43:22	45:45
1:32:00	7:01	4:22	21:48	43:36	46:00
1:32:30	7:03	4:23	21:55	43:51	46:15
1:33:00	7:06	4:24	22:02	44:05	46:30
1:33:30	7:08	4:26	22:10	44:19	46:45
1:34:00	7:10	4:27	22:17	44:33	47:00
1:34:30	7:13	4:29	22:24	44:48	47:15
1:35:00	7:15	4:30	22:31	45:02	47:30
1:35:30	7:17	4:32	22:38	45:16	47:45
1:36:00	7:19	4:33	22:45	45:30	48:00
1:36:30	7:22	4:34	22:52	45:44	48:15
1:37:00	7:24	4:36	22:59	45:59	48:30
1:37:30	7:26	4:37	23:06	46:13	48:45
1:38:00	7:29	4:39	23:14	46:27	49:00
1:38:30	7:31	4:40	23:21	46:41	49:15
1:39:00	7:33	4:42	23:28	46:55	49:30
1:39:30	7:35	4:43	23:35	47:10	49:45
1:40:00	7:38	4:44	23:42	47:24	50:00
1:40:30	7:40	4:46	23:49	47:38	50:15
1:41:00	7:42	4:47	23:56	47:52	50:30
1:41:30	7:45	4:49	24:03	48:07	50:45
1:42:00	7:47	4:50	24:10	48:21	51:00
1:42:30	7:49	4:52	24:18	48:35	51:15
1:43:00	7:51	4:53	24:25	48:49	51:30
1:43:30	7:54	4:54	24:32	49:03	51:45
1:44:00	7:56	4:56	24:39	49:18	52:00
1:44:30	7:58	4:57	24:46	49:32	52:15
1:45:00	8:01	4:59	24:53	49:46	52:30
1:45:30	8:03	5:00	25:00	50:00	52:45
1:46:00	8:05	5:01	25:07	50:15	53:00
1:46:30	8:07	5:03	25:14	50:29	53:15
1:47:00	8:10	5:04	25:22	50:43	53:30
1:47:30	8:12	5:06	25:29	50:57	53:45
1:48:00	8:14	5:07	25:36	51:11	54:00
1:48:30	8:17	5:09	25:43	51:26	54:15
1:49:00	8:19	5:10	25:50	51:40	54:30
1:49:30	8:21	5:11	25:57	51:54	54:45
1:50:00	8:23	5:13	26:04	52:08	55:00
1:50:30	8:26	5:14	26:11	52:23	55:15
1:51:00	8:28	5:16	26:18	52:37	55:30
1:51:30	8:30	5:17	26:25	52:51	55:45
1:52:00	8:33	5:19	26:33	53:05	56:00
1:52:30	8:35	5:20	26:40	53:19	56:15
1:53:00	8:37	5:21	26:47	53:34	56:30
1:53:30	8:39	5:23	26:54	53:48	56:45
1:54:00	8:42	5:24	27:01	54:02	57:00
1:54:30	8:44	5:26	27:08	54:16	57:15
1:55:00	8:46	5:27	27:15	54:31	57:30
1:55:30	8:49	5:28	27:22	54:45	57:45
1:56:00	8:51	5:30	27:29	54:59	58:00
1:56:30	8:53	5:31	27:37	55:13	58:15
1:57:00	8:55	5:33	27:44	55:27	58:30
1:57:30	8:58	5:34	27:51	55:42	58:45
1:58:00	9:00	5:36	27:58	55:56	59:00
1:58:30	9:02	5:37	28:05	56:10	59:15
1:59:00	9:05	5:38	28:12	56:24	59:30
1:59:30	9:07	5:40	28:19	56:39	59:45
2:00:00	9:09	5:41	28:26	56:53	1:00:00
2:00:30	9:12	5:43	28:33	57:07	1:00:15
2:01:00	9:14	5:44	28:41	57:21	1:00:30
2:01:30	9:16	5:46	28:48	57:35	1:00:45
2:02:00	9:18	5:47	28:55	57:50	1:01:00
2:02:30	9:21	5:48	29:02	58:04	1:01:15
2:03:00	9:23	5:50	29:09	58:18	1:01:30
2:03:30	9:25	5:51	29:16	58:32	1:01:45
2:04:00	9:28	5:53	29:23	58:46	1:02:00
2:04:30	9:30	5:54	29:30	59:01	1:02:15
2:05:00	9:32	5:55	29:37	59:15	1:02:30
2:05:30	9:34	5:57	29:45	59:29	1:02:45
2:06:00	9:37	5:58	29:52	59:43	1:03:00
2:06:30	9:39	6:00	29:59	59:58	1:03:15
2:07:00	9:41	6:01	30:06	1:00:12	1:03:30
2:07:30	9:44	6:03	30:13	1:00:26	1:03:45
2:08:00	9:46	6:04	30:20	1:00:40	1:04:00
2:08:30	9:48	6:05	30:27	1:00:54	1:04:15
2:09:00	9:50	6:07	30:34	1:01:09	1:04:30
2:09:30	9:53	6:08	30:41	1:01:23	1:04:45
2:10:00	9:55	6:10	30:49	1:01:37	1:05:00
2:10:30	9:57	6:11	30:56	1:01:51	1:05:15
2:11:00	10:00	6:13	31:03	1:02:06	1:05:30
2:11:30	10:02	6:14	31:10	1:02:20	1:05:45
2:12:00	10:04	6:15	31:17	1:02:34	1:06:00
2:12:30	10:06	6:17	31:24	1:02:48	1:06:15
2:13:00	10:09	6:18	31:31	1:03:02	1:06:30
2:13:30	10:11	6:20	31:38	1:03:17	1:06:45
2:14:00	10:13	6:21	31:45	1:03:31	1:07:00
2:14:30	10:16	6:23	31:53	1:03:45	1:07:15
2:15:00	10:18	6:24	32:00	1:03:59	1:07:30
2:15:30	10:20	6:25	32:07	1:04:14	1:07:45
2:16:00	10:22	6:27	32:14	1:04:28	1:08:00
2:16:30	10:25	6:28	32:21	1:04:42	1:08:15
2:17:00	10:27	6:30	32:28	1:04:56	1:08:30
2:17:30	10:29	6:31	32:35	1:05:10	1:08:45
2:18:00	10:32	6:32	32:42	1:05:25	1:09:00
2:18:30	10:34	6:34	32:49	1:05:39	1:09:15
2:19:00	10:36	6:35	32:57	1:05:53	1:09:30
2:19:30	10:38	6:37	33:04	1:06:07	1:09:45
2:20:00	10:41	6:38	33:11	1:06:22	1:10:00
2:20:30	10:43	6:40	33:18	1:06:36	1:10:15
2:21:00	10:45	6:41	33:25	1:06:50	1:10:30
2:21:30	10:48	6:42	33:32	1:07:04	1:10:45
2:22:00	10:50	6:44	33:39	1:07:18	1:11:00
2:22:30	10:52	6:45	33:46	1:07:33	1:11:15
2:23:00	10:54	6:47	33:53	1:07:47	1:11:30
2:23:30	10:57	6:48	34:01	1:08:01	1:11:45
2:24:00	10:59	6:50	34:08	1:08:15	1:12:00
2:24:30	11:01	6:51	34:15	1:08:29	1:12:15
2:25:00	11:04	6:52	34:22	1:08:44	1:12:30
2:25:30	11:06	6:54	34:29	1:08:58	1:12:45
2:26:00	11:08	6:55	34:36	1:09:12	1:13:00
2:26:30	11:11	6:57	34:43	1:09:26	1:13:15
2:27:00	11:13	6:58	34:50	1:09:41	1:13:30
2:27:30	11:15	6:59	34:57	1:09:55	1:13:45
2:28:00	11:17	7:01	35:05	1:10:09	1:14:00
2:28:30	11:20	7:02	35:12	1:10:23	1:14:15
2:29:00	11:22	7:04	35:19	1:10:37	1:14:30
2:29:30	11:24	7:05	35:26	1:10:52	1:14:45
2:30:00	11:27	7:07	35:33	1:11:06	1:15:00
2:31:00	11:31	7:09	35:47	1:11:34	1:15:30
2:32:00	11:36	7:12	36:01	1:12:03	1:16:00
2:33:00	11:40	7:15	36:16	1:12:31	1:16:30
2:34:00	11:45	7:18	36:30	1:13:00	1:17:00
2:35:00	11:49	7:21	36:44	1:13:28	1:17:30
2:36:00	11:54	7:24	36:58	1:13:57	1:18:00
2:37:00	11:59	7:26	37:12	1:14:25	1:18:30
2:38:00	12:03	7:29	37:27	1:14:53	1:19:00
2:39:00	12:08	7:32	37:41	1:15:22	1:19:30
2:40:00	12:12	7:35	37:55	1:15:50	1:20:00
2:41:00	12:17	7:38	38:09	1:16:19	1:20:30
2:42:00	12:21	7:41	38:24	1:16:47	1:21:00
2:43:00	12:26	7:44	38:38	1:17:16	1:21:30
2:44:00	12:31	7:46	38:52	1:17:44	1:22:00
2:45:00	12:35	7:49	39:06	1:18:12	1:22:30
2:46:00	12:40	7:52	39:20	1:18:41	1:23:00
2:47:00	12:44	7:55	39:35	1:19:09	1:23:30
2:48:00	12:49	7:58	39:49	1:19:38	1:24:00
2:49:00	12:53	8:01	40:03	1:20:06	1:24:30
2:50:00	12:58	8:03	40:17	1:20:35	1:25:00
2:51:00	13:03	8:06	40:32	1:21:03	1:25:30
2:52:00	13:07	8:09	40:46	1:21:32	1:26:00
2:53:00	13:12	8:12	41:00	1:22:00	1:26:30
2:54:00	13:16	8:15	41:14	1:22:28	1:27:00
2:55:00	13:21	8:18	41:28	1:22:57	1:27:30
2:56:00	13:26	8:21	41:43	1:23:25	1:28:00
2:57:00	13:30	8:23	41:57	1:23:54	1:28:30
2:58:00	13:35	8:26	42:11	1:24:22	1:29:00
2:59:00	13:39	8:29	42:25	1:24:51	1:29:30
3:00:00	13:44	8:32	42:40	1:25:19	1:30:00
3:01:00	13:48	8:35	42:54	1:25:48	1:30:30
3:02:00	13:53	8:38	43:08	1:26:16	1:31:00
3:03:00	13:58	8:40	43:22	1:26:44	1:31:30
3:04:00	14:02	8:43	43:36	1:27:13	1:32:00
3:05:00	14:07	8:46	43:51	1:27:41	1:32:30
3:06:00	14:11	8:49	44:05	1:28:10	1:33:00
3:07:00	14:16	8:52	44:19	1:28:38	1:33:30
3:08:00	14:20	8:55	44:33	1:29:07	1:34:00
3:09:00	14:25	8:58	44:48	1:29:35	1:34:30
3:10:00	14:30	9:00	45:02	1:30:03	1:35:00
3:11:00	14:34	9:03	45:16	1:30:32	1:35:30
3:12:00	14:39	9:06	45:30	1:31:00	1:36:00
3:13:00	14:43	9:09	45:44	1:31:29	1:36:30
3:14:00	14:48	9:12	45:59	1:31:57	1:37:00
3:15:00	14:52	9:15	46:13	1:32:26	1:37:30
3:16:00	14:57	9:17	46:27	1:32:54	1:38:00
3:17:00	15:02	9:20	46:41	1:33:23	1:38:30
3:18:00	15:06	9:23	46:55	1:33:51	1:39:00
3:19:00	15:11	9:26	47:10	1:34:19	1:39:30
3:20:00	15:15	9:29	47:24	1:34:48	1:40:00
3:21:00	15:20	9:32	47:38	1:35:16	1:40:30
3:22:00	15:25	9:34	47:52	1:35:45	1:41:00
3:23:00	15:29	9:37	48:07	1:36:13	1:41:30
3:24:00	15:34	9:40	48:21	1:36:42	1:42:00
3:25:00	15:38	9:43	48:35	1:37:10	1:42:30
3:26:00	15:43	9:46	48:49	1:37:39	1:43:00
3:27:00	15:47	9:49	49:03	1:38:07	1:43:30
3:28:00	15:52	9:52	49:18	1:38:35	1:44:00
3:29:00	15:57	9:54	49:32	1:39:04	1:44:30
3:30:00	16:01	9:57	49:46	1:39:32	1:45:00

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Half marathon · even splits

2:30:00

11:27 /mi

7:07 /km

5K35:3310K1:11:0615K1:46:39Finish2:30:00

Mi 1
11:27
11:27
Mi 2
11:27
22:54
Mi 3
11:27
34:21
Mi 4
11:27
45:48
Mi 5
11:27
57:15
Mi 6
11:27
1:08:42
Mi 7
11:27
1:20:09
Mi 8
11:26
1:31:35
Mi 9
11:26
1:43:01
Mi 10
11:26
1:54:27
Mi 11
11:26
2:05:53
Mi 12
11:26
2:17:19
Mi 13
11:26
2:28:45
Mi 13.1 *
1:15
2:30:00

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Where does 11:27/mi come from?

The arithmetic

2:30:00 = 150 minutes

150.00 min ÷ 13.109 mi = 11.442 min per mile

150.00 min ÷ 21.098 km = 7.110 min per km

2:30 half marathon = 11:27/mi = 7:07/km, every split of the way

Is a 2:30:00 half marathon realistic?

Realistic with a 10K around 67:30 or the ability to sustain 11:30/mi for an hour in training. The usual gap to close is the long run: runners who can run 70 minutes but have never run 100+ minutes need time on feet more than they need pace work. Build the long run by 10–15 minutes a week and the 2:30 tends to arrive without drama.

Typical prerequisite performances — rules of thumb, not predictions

5K ≈ 33:02
10K ≈ 1:07:34
Marathon ≈ 5:12:30

What does this goal mean for training?

Goal pace is 11:27/mi. Easy running at 12:30–13:30/mi, optional tempo at 11:00–11:15/mi, and weekly long runs building to 1:50–2:00 by time. Run/walk (4:1 on, 0:1 off) averages almost exactly this pace and keeps the final 5 km strong.

Training paces implied by a 2:30:00 half marathon.
Session	Pace /mi	Role
Race goal	11:27	the pace on the day
Tempo / threshold	11:07–11:17	comfortably hard, 20–40 min
Long run	11:57–12:27	the backbone of the build
Easy running	12:57–13:27	conversational, most miles

Ranges are standard coaching rules of thumb — individual economy varies

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Where does 11:27/mi come from?

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What does this goal mean for training?

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