Your paces with a MAS of 12 km/h
Endurance, threshold, intervals: each zone as a pace per kilometre, and your 200, 400 and 1,000 m times.
With a maximal aerobic speed (MAS) of 12 km/h, easy running sits between 8:20 and 6:40 per kilometre, threshold between 5:53 and 5:26, and a 400 m at 100% MAS takes 2:00.
Your maximal aerobic speed
12km/h
- Pace at max aerobic speed
- 5:00/km
- Estimated VO2max
- 42 ml/kg/min
Your training paces
The MAS zones Fitinova coaches programme with.
| Zone | % of max speed | Pace |
|---|---|---|
| Recovery | 0–60% | slower than 8:20/km |
| Easy endurance | 60–75% | 8:20 → 6:40/km |
| Steady endurance | 75–85% | 6:40 → 5:53/km |
| Threshold | 85–92% | 5:53 → 5:26/km |
| Max aerobic speed | > 92% | faster than 5:26/km |
Your track times
The time for each rep, by the share of MAS you aim for.
| % of max speed | 200 m | 400 m | 1,000 m |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 1:15 | 2:30 | 6:15 |
| 85% | 1:11 | 2:21 | 5:53 |
| 90% | 1:07 | 2:13 | 5:33 |
| 95% | 1:03 | 2:06 | 5:16 |
| 100% | 1:00 | 2:00 | 5:00 |
| 105% | 0:57 | 1:54 | 4:46 |
- 6-minute test: the distance run in 6 minutes divided by 100. Cooper test: in 12 minutes, divided by 200.
- Incremental test (VAMEVAL, Léger-Boucher): your maximal aerobic speed is the speed of the last stage you completed.
- Estimated VO2max ≈ 3.5 × maximal aerobic speed: a benchmark, not a lab measurement.
Frequently asked questions
The 6-minute test can be run alone on a track. VAMEVAL, more precise, needs an audio track and cones every 20 m.
Every 6 to 8 weeks, or at the start of each training block.
Yes: these are the zones Fitinova coaches use to programme their athletes.
- Running pace calculatorPace, speed and splits
- Race time predictorYour likely time over 5K, 10K, half and marathon
- Heart rate zonesYour five heart rate zones
- Max heart rateYour maximum heart rate
- Running training planYour training plan, week by week
- Beep testYour VO2max from the beep test
- Fitness ageYour fitness age
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