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jay5201
Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 5:54AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Title says it all.
Same O Same 0
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 6:33AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

jay5201 wrote:

Title says it all.


You problem is self coaching.
OSU_FAN
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 6:35AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I was a 1:52 800m guy and could run 47 for 400m but my best mile was only around 4:25. I could never put together a good mile or 1500m.
jay5201
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 6:55AM - in reply to Same O Same 0 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
@ Sama O Same O

Nah, my problem is bad coaching. I've realized too late in the year that my endurance shouldn't have been neglected, now I'm looking for some hope that I can run a decent 800m time.
randomkid
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 6:57AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
2:01 800 4:54 1600 although I normally do less then 20 miles a week.
Not too shabby
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:25AM - in reply to randomkid Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
154/430
big diff bro
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 11:09AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
My last year of track in high school I ran a 2:03 800 and only managed a 5:16 1600.
heyhi
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 11:11AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
2:07 800, 4:48 1600
Spaz
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 11:37AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
2:08 800m
5:05 1600m
dontflushwhileyousit
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 11:45AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Yes, there are lots of people who fall into this category. Depends if you are a 400/800 guy or a 800/1600 guy. As a coach, I've converted a lot of sprinters to 800 meter runners, but none of them are worth a damn in the 1600. I had a 1:58 guy who ran a 5:20 his senior year.
jaygeta
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:18PM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
400-50.7
800-2:01
1600-5:00
....yeah pathetic but i havent tried in the 16 since i was a freshman.
george oscar bluth
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:24PM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Happens a lot in high school.
High School - 1:57/4:36
College - 1:54/4:17
sloooow dude
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:28PM - in reply to george oscar bluth Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
in high school when i ran 2:15 i only managed 5:10. ran 25-30mpw if i remember
TrueStory
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:42PM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
800m-2:08
1500m-4:11

I still want to know how I pulled that off. I am more of a 5k runner though...
Love skinny legs
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:47PM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Wilson Kipketer: 1:41, and a 3:59 mile (If i recall the mile correctly)
ankle injury
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 10:55PM - in reply to Love skinny legs Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
1:57 (800), 4:27 (1600m). Never heard of a tempo run until 2010, just trusted my coach's regimen of LSD and short intervals.
IDK
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 4/23/2012 11:08PM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Just the opposite...ran 2 flat sooooo many times!!!
4:11 mile PR??? go figure.
lessgoo
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 3/28/2013 10:28AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I ran a 1:58 flat and lots of sub 2:00 times in the 800 but still have a 1600 pr of 4:44
nn
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 3/28/2013 11:51AM - in reply to jay5201 Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
1:56 twice in the same day (prelims and finals), and I never ran the mile faster than 4:26
2012xxx
RE: Anyone run a good 800m time, but a bad 1600m time (by comparison)? 3/28/2013 2:28PM - in reply to nn Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
400m - 51.8
800m - 1:56.9
1600m - 4:42

Based on other posts, I think I'm the winner (either me or the 2:03/5:10 guy). In fact, I don't even understand the prior poster that did 1:56 and 4:26 thinking he also has this imbalance as to me it seems his 1600m was superior (or at the very least equal to his 800).

Note that I did run the 800m a lot more often than the 1600m (say 3X per month for the 800 vs. 1-2X per year for the 1600m), so I probably had more left on the table in the longer distance. That being said, I was probably more fast twitch and somewhat bigger than your typical miler, so I doubt that I could have ever broke say 4:30 even if I had focused on and had more shots at that distance.
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