Jeff Galloway's Method

Magic Mile Race Predictor

Enter your Magic Mile time (a hard but sustainable 1-mile effort) to predict your race paces for 5K through marathon distances.

Your Magic Mile Time

Run 1 mile at a hard, sustainable pace — not an all-out sprint.

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How to Run Your Magic Mile

  • • Warm up with a slow 1-mile jog
  • • Do a few short accelerations
  • • Run hard but don't sprint — you should feel like you couldn't run more than 100m further
  • • Keep your pace even throughout
  • • Re-test every 2 weeks during training