Half Marathon Run Times By Age And Ability

What is a good half marathon run time?

A good half marathon time is 01:50:15. This is the average half marathon time across all ages and genders. The fastest half marathon time is 58:01.

Male Half Marathon Running Times

A good half marathon time for a man is 01:43:33. This is the average half marathon time across men of all ages. The fastest half marathon time ran by a man is 58:01.

Average half marathon run time by age and ability

Finish Time
Pace (min/km)
Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	02:53:28	02:25:01	02:03:56	01:48:22	01:36:56	01:09:26
15	02:30:07	02:05:30	01:47:15	01:33:47	01:23:53	01:00:05
20	02:24:57	02:01:11	01:43:33	01:30:33	01:21:00	58:01
25	02:24:57	02:01:11	01:43:33	01:30:33	01:21:00	58:01
30	02:24:57	02:01:11	01:43:33	01:30:33	01:21:00	58:01
35	02:25:45	02:01:51	01:44:08	01:31:03	01:21:26	58:20
40	02:29:29	02:04:59	01:46:48	01:33:24	01:23:32	59:50
45	02:35:40	02:10:09	01:51:13	01:37:15	01:26:59	01:02:19
50	02:42:28	02:15:49	01:56:04	01:41:30	01:30:47	01:05:02
55	02:49:52	02:22:01	02:01:22	01:46:07	01:34:55	01:07:59
60	02:57:59	02:28:48	02:07:09	01:51:12	01:39:27	01:11:14
65	03:06:54	02:36:16	02:13:32	01:56:46	01:44:26	01:14:49
70	03:16:47	02:44:31	02:20:35	02:02:56	01:49:57	01:18:46
75	03:30:19	02:55:50	02:30:15	02:11:24	01:57:31	01:24:11
80	03:52:02	03:13:59	02:45:46	02:24:57	02:09:39	01:32:52
85	04:26:50	03:43:05	03:10:39	02:46:42	02:29:06	01:46:48
90	05:26:01	04:32:34	03:52:55	03:23:41	03:02:10	02:10:30

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	08:13	06:52	05:52	05:08	04:36	03:17
15	07:07	05:57	05:05	04:27	03:59	02:51
20	06:52	05:45	04:55	04:18	03:50	02:45
25	06:52	05:45	04:55	04:18	03:50	02:45
30	06:52	05:45	04:55	04:18	03:50	02:45
35	06:54	05:47	04:56	04:19	03:52	02:46
40	07:05	05:55	05:04	04:26	03:58	02:50
45	07:23	06:10	05:16	04:37	04:07	02:57
50	07:42	06:26	05:30	04:49	04:18	03:05
55	08:03	06:44	05:45	05:02	04:30	03:13
60	08:26	07:03	06:02	05:16	04:43	03:23
65	08:52	07:24	06:20	05:32	04:57	03:33
70	09:20	07:48	06:40	05:50	05:13	03:44
75	09:58	08:20	07:07	06:14	05:34	03:59
80	11:00	09:12	07:51	06:52	06:09	04:24
85	12:39	10:34	09:02	07:54	07:04	05:04
90	15:27	12:55	11:02	09:39	08:38	06:11

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	13:14	11:04	09:27	08:16	07:24	05:18
15	11:27	09:34	08:11	07:09	06:24	04:35
20	11:03	09:15	07:54	06:54	06:11	04:26
25	11:03	09:15	07:54	06:54	06:11	04:26
30	11:03	09:15	07:54	06:54	06:11	04:26
35	11:07	09:18	07:57	06:57	06:13	04:27
40	11:24	09:32	08:09	07:07	06:22	04:34
45	11:52	09:56	08:29	07:25	06:38	04:45
50	12:24	10:22	08:51	07:45	06:55	04:58
55	12:57	10:50	09:15	08:06	07:14	05:11
60	13:35	11:21	09:42	08:29	07:35	05:26
65	14:15	11:55	10:11	08:54	07:58	05:42
70	15:01	12:33	10:43	09:23	08:23	06:00
75	16:03	13:25	11:28	10:01	08:58	06:25
80	17:42	14:48	12:39	11:03	09:53	07:05
85	20:21	17:01	14:33	12:43	11:22	08:09
90	24:52	20:47	17:46	15:32	13:54	09:57

Female Half Marathon Running Times

A good half marathon time for a woman is 02:00:12. This is the average half marathon time across women of all ages. The fastest half marathon time ran by a woman is 01:04:31.

Average half marathon run time by age and ability

Finish Time
Pace (min/km)
Pace (min/mile)

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	03:24:32	02:54:12	02:30:51	02:13:09	01:59:51	01:20:58
15	02:58:13	02:31:46	02:11:26	01:56:01	01:44:26	01:10:33
20	02:44:14	02:19:52	02:01:07	01:46:54	01:36:14	01:05:01
25	02:42:59	02:18:48	02:00:12	01:46:06	01:35:30	01:04:31
30	02:43:02	02:18:50	02:00:14	01:46:08	01:35:32	01:04:32
35	02:44:34	02:20:09	02:01:22	01:47:07	01:36:26	01:05:09
40	02:48:23	02:23:24	02:04:11	01:49:37	01:38:40	01:06:39
45	02:54:51	02:28:55	02:08:57	01:53:49	01:42:28	01:09:13
50	03:04:28	02:37:06	02:16:03	02:00:05	01:48:06	01:13:01
55	03:16:00	02:46:55	02:24:34	02:07:36	01:54:51	01:17:35
60	03:29:05	02:58:04	02:34:12	02:16:06	02:02:31	01:22:46
65	03:44:02	03:10:47	02:45:14	02:25:50	02:11:16	01:28:41
70	04:01:16	03:25:28	02:57:57	02:37:04	02:21:23	01:35:31
75	04:21:24	03:42:37	03:12:47	02:50:10	02:33:10	01:43:29
80	04:48:34	04:05:45	03:32:49	03:07:51	02:49:05	01:54:14
85	05:35:00	04:45:18	04:07:04	03:38:05	03:16:18	02:12:37
90	06:59:50	05:57:32	05:09:38	04:33:18	04:06:01	02:46:12

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	09:42	08:15	07:09	06:19	05:41	03:50
15	08:27	07:12	06:14	05:30	04:57	03:21
20	07:47	06:38	05:44	05:04	04:34	03:05
25	07:44	06:35	05:42	05:02	04:32	03:03
30	07:44	06:35	05:42	05:02	04:32	03:04
35	07:48	06:39	05:45	05:05	04:34	03:05
40	07:59	06:48	05:53	05:12	04:41	03:10
45	08:17	07:03	06:07	05:24	04:51	03:17
50	08:45	07:27	06:27	05:42	05:07	03:28
55	09:17	07:55	06:51	06:03	05:27	03:41
60	09:55	08:26	07:19	06:27	05:48	03:55
65	10:37	09:03	07:50	06:55	06:13	04:12
70	11:26	09:44	08:26	07:27	06:42	04:32
75	12:23	10:33	09:08	08:04	07:16	04:54
80	13:41	11:39	10:05	08:54	08:01	05:25
85	15:53	13:31	11:43	10:20	09:18	06:17
90	19:54	16:57	14:41	12:57	11:40	07:53

Age	Beginner	Novice	Intermediate	Advanced	Elite	WR
10	15:36	13:17	11:30	10:09	09:09	06:11
15	13:36	11:35	10:02	08:51	07:58	05:23
20	12:32	10:40	09:14	08:09	07:20	04:58
25	12:26	10:35	09:10	08:06	07:17	04:55
30	12:26	10:35	09:10	08:06	07:17	04:55
35	12:33	10:41	09:15	08:10	07:21	04:58
40	12:51	10:56	09:28	08:22	07:32	05:05
45	13:20	11:22	09:50	08:41	07:49	05:17
50	14:04	11:59	10:23	09:10	08:15	05:34
55	14:57	12:44	11:02	09:44	08:46	05:55
60	15:57	13:35	11:46	10:23	09:21	06:19
65	17:05	14:33	12:36	11:07	10:01	06:46
70	18:24	15:40	13:34	11:59	10:47	07:17
75	19:56	16:59	14:42	12:59	11:41	07:54
80	22:01	18:45	16:14	14:20	12:54	08:43
85	25:33	21:46	18:51	16:38	14:58	10:07
90	32:02	27:16	23:37	20:51	18:46	12:41

What do the running abilities mean?

Beginner	Faster than 5% of runners. A beginner runner has started running and has run for at least a month.
Novice	Faster than 20% of runners. A novice runner has run regularly for at least six months.
Intermediate	Faster than 50% of runners. An intermediate runner has run regularly for at least two years.
Advanced	Faster than 80% of runners. An advanced runner has run for over five years.
Elite	Faster than 95% of runners. An elite runner has dedicated over five years to become competitive at running.

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What is a good half marathon run time?

Male Half Marathon Running Times

Average half marathon run time by age and ability

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Average half marathon run time by age and ability

What do the running abilities mean?

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