Describe Your Best Ever Race

first time i went sub 1.50 in a 800m...

Those guys went out like crazy..I sat last and was off the pace by about 10 feet at 200m and about 4 feet at the bell in about 53.00. From there I moved up but hugged the rail. Gaps kept opening up on the inside. People were moving out into lane 2 trying to move forward but i just kept going past them on the rail. Hit 600m in about 1.21 and was in about 6th or so. It was a big field of 14. I floated another 50ms then put everything i had into that coming off the bend. I remember feeling drunk at about 80 to go but just driving for the line with everyone spread over about 4 lanes..I didn't win but it was the best race i ran as I know that i had absolutely nothing left in the tank...

Great post - could do with some more though or I will have to bore everyone with my 10 year quest to win a race!

My best race was a shame since I got the third best time in history in 100 m at the time. in atlanta 1996 and got beaten by a guy beating the WR..

some days later I went on to run 200 metres and... what a shame again!, I beat the oldest World record in history of Track and field (19.72 in 1979) but just so unluckily to get beaten by a guy smashing it by 4 tenths!, he was called 'Michael johnson' if I recall correctly.

So You can tell I have been pretty unlucky.. Not to mention the same thing (two silver medals in OG) also happened four years before in barcelona 92..

Not the best time I've ever run, but the most meaningful race for me came in a high school dual meet against a rural team that didn't have any fast runners. I was that kid who would run every 800 by going out in 57 or 58 and then dying to finish in 2:10. For some reason, it just never sunk in for me that this wasn't a good strategy. I think I was convinced that if I just kept going out in 58, some day something magical would happen and I'd just suddenly be able to hold that pace and I'd throw down a 1:56.

Anyway, at this dual meet, I was leading off the 4X800 against a 2:30 guy. I decided to just run the race nice and easy. I ran this race just feeling like I was jogging. For the first time ever, I cruised through the first lap still feeling strong and fresh. I got to 600 still feeling strong and decided to sprint to the line--something I had never had the strength to do before. I finished the race feeling great. I honestly felt like I could have jumped back on the track and run another leg of the same relay.

Because I felt so good, I figured that I must have just run a 2:15 or 2:20. I knew I couldn't have run close to my PR, since after my 2:10 PR (run with splits of 58 and 72), I felt like I was about to die.

When I went to my coach to get my split, I discovered that I had in fact run 2:04 with splits of 65 and 54. I learned a hell of a lot about how to race that day.

5k pr 16:21

1st mile 5:17

2nd mile 5:21

3rd mile 5:12

Out kicked a state champion 800 runner. His 800 pr = 1:49. My 800 pr = 2:06

Bear of Bad News wrote:

I had in fact run 2:04 with splits of 65 and 54.

And, yes, if you're questioning my math, I don't know why I typed this. I think it was 63 and 61 or something like that.

Just like the poster above about going below 1:50 in the 800m, mine was going 1:59 in the 800m this past May for my junior year in track. It was a pretty tactical race. The first lap was a 57, pretty nice... Then i began to lose ground the next 200m, when i felt all was lost and I would never achieve my goal, I just thought about all my training i put in and started pumping on my toes harder than ever before and passed like 4 people as i smashed across the line. It felt so good, and when i heard the number "1:59" shouted by my coach I essentially ejaculated.

AHH thinking about it makes me so happy.