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Treadmill Conversions

Friday, December 31, 2004

MPH to KM/hr to Min/Mile to Min/Kilometer ... and back again!

My new tredmill works in Miles and MPH only. My brain, unfortunately works in kilometers and km/hr only.

Some treadmills have a "magic-button-sequence" that converts from MPH to km/hr automatically - mine doesn't.

To help with my confusion - I created these charts that list speed in MPH, an equivalent km/hr speed, a Minutes/Mile Pace, a Minutes/Km pace, and the time it would take to finish the following distances: 3 miles, 5K, 8K (5 Miles), 10K, 1/2 Marathon and Full Marathon. I've printed mine out double-sided, and have it next to my treadmill (in a sweat-proof sheet protector!).

Download Pace Chart

Download the PDF here

Good Luck, happy training.

12 Comments:

Posted By Anonymous, Sat Nov 19, 05:17:00 PM EST

Awesome conversion chart! I've been looking for this for ages!

Posted By Stephanie, Fri Nov 25, 09:08:00 PM EST

This is absolutely the best. Thank you for sharing!

Posted By Anonymous, Wed Sep 20, 01:40:00 PM EDT

Great conversion chart!

Thank you very much.

Posted By Francois, Fri Dec 29, 09:48:00 AM EST

That's awesome! Did you generate it with Excel? If yes, is it possible to get the base file? Thanks again!

Francois
yxpers@gmail.com

Posted By Anonymous, Thu Feb 01, 10:11:00 AM EST

thank you very very much. you're a genius.

Posted By Anonymous, Wed Feb 21, 03:26:00 PM EST

Hey what a go buddy!!! Great stuff. Thanks for helping us same time and grey cells too!
Have a great season!
Dan

Posted By Anonymous, Wed Mar 19, 09:10:00 PM EDT

What a great chart... now if you can figure out how to add the incline component you will be up for a Nobel Prize!

Thank you so much for this!

Posted By pHreddie, Wed Jul 09, 09:05:00 PM EDT

This is the most fabulous sheet ever!!! You rock! thanks so much for posting it to share! I've been looking for something like this - and you covered a fabulous range of times! thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!

Posted By Anonymous, Fri Aug 15, 10:30:00 PM EDT

Thanks very much. This should be distributed far and wide. Very usefull and convenient.

Posted By jb, Tue Dec 16, 06:22:00 PM EST

Thanks for the table, really needed it. Anyone have a table that converts additionally for incline percent and what it does for effective speed. Example: If I run at 6:00 min pace at a 5% grade is that like running 5:40 pace?

Posted By Anonymous, Wed Mar 25, 01:25:00 PM EDT

FANTASTIC conversion chart !!
best
Michael

Posted By Sportyboy, Tue Apr 21, 10:10:00 AM EDT

My thanks too, Phil - fantastic.