Running Cadence Calculator

Running Cadence Calculator

Cadence — steps per minute — is one of the most-tracked running form metrics, but on its own it says little without your pace. Enter your cadence and your pace per kilometre, and this calculator returns your stride length, your speed, and how many steps you take per kilometre. Use it to dial in a target cadence, understand the stride length it requires at your race pace, or compare easy and tempo runs on the same terms.

Cadence is how many steps you take per minute; stride length is how far each step covers. Speed is simply cadence × stride, so at a given pace a higher cadence means shorter, lighter steps. Many runners aim for roughly 170–185 steps/min because a quicker, shorter stride tends to reduce overstriding and impact. Use this to check your cadence at race pace or to see the stride length a target cadence implies.