race pace
Sustained running speed
Race pace is the speed a runner, cyclist, or swimmer maintains during competition, as distinct from training speeds.
Athletes calibrate workouts around this target: My race pace for a marathon is about eight minutes per mile.
The term implies a sustainable intensity—fast enough to compete, measured enough to finish.
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- tempoRate of musical performance
- strideExtended single footstep
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- finishBring to completion
finish line · personal best · marathon · lap · clock · speed · hurdle · runner · track · heartbeat · heart rate · breath · steady · steady state · quicken · endurance · split · kick
- swimmingswimming, swimmer, swimmers, swim team, swim teams
- fitness metricssteps, calories burned, distance, heart rate, step count
- swim trainingswim lessons, swimming lessons, swim coaching, freestyle, laps
- rowingoars, oar, rowing, crew, scull
- Marathon Termsfinish time, split times, qualifying time, personal best, PR
- race datalap time, fastest lap, split time, finish time, qualifying time