Guess my 1600m PR

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9 years ago 12/18/2014 8:14am EST

I'm wondering what a good goal time would be for my freshman year in college. I know I'm running 1500m vs 1600m but it's easier to set a 1600m goal, then convert it. My history:

year 1600m PR training

Fr HS N/A didn't run; didn't train

So HS 4:45 no summer training prior to XC; 1 yr XC

Jr HS 4:33 45 mpw summer + 1 more season XC

Sr HS 4:17 45 mpw summer + 1 more season XC

Fr Col ? 75 mpw summer + 1 season college XC

I'm also lifting, getting excellent coaching and training with guys that are faster than me, all for essentially the first time. The volume and quality of my training has increased tremendously since late August.

I'd love to break 4:10 in the 1600 or even 3:50 in the 1500, but I think a more realistic goal would be 4:13 / 3:55.

Is my goal too aggressive? Too easy?

9 years ago 12/18/2014 8:27am EST

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9 years ago 12/18/2014 8:54am EST

re: d1 walk on

I am surprised you have no indicator, i.e. workouts that allow your coach to make an educated guess. He'd know better than us...Also, what about your teammates that are faster than you. What do they run?

But if I must guess, barring no injuries and that you are doing 1600m/mile specific training, then 4:06 +-7s is reasonable. It's okay to entertain the idea of a sub 4 but hold out hope to see how you react to this year's training.

Cheers.

9 years ago 12/18/2014 10:46am EST

re: myguess

myguess wrote:
I am surprised you have no indicator, i.e. workouts that allow your coach to make an educated guess. He'd know better than us...Also, what about your teammates that are faster than you. What do they run?
But if I must guess, barring no injuries and that you are doing 1600m/mile specific training, then 4:06 +-7s is reasonable. It's okay to entertain the idea of a sub 4 but hold out hope to see how you react to this year's training.
Cheers.

I don't have good indicators yet because I haven't done much track work. I haven't run an indoor race yet. I should do that in late Jan.

I have several teammates that are sub 4:10 milers. I also work out with 1 - 2 sub 4:00 milers from time to time.

And a lot of sub 1:53 800m guys.

Thanks for the vote of confidence, BTW. I'd be very happy with a 4:07 1600m. I'm keeping my mind open to something like that or even lower.

9 years ago 12/19/2014 1:00am EST

re: d1 walk on

Woah... That sounds creepily like exactly what I am. I ran 4:42 as a sophomore, 4:22 as a junior, and then had a bad season senior year and only ran 4:30, all on 45 miles a week at my peak each season. Then this summer I was running 75 mile weeks and walked on a D1 XC team with great coaching, teammates, Etc. I already ran a 4:31 mile at altitude with just three track workouts under my belt this December, and that was on a pretty bad day too. I'm shooting to be able to run a 4:10 mile at sea level by the end of indoor. Idk how much you've improved since this past year of track, but we both seem to have all the components to improve a ton. If you've improved like I have, 4:10 is completely realistic. Good luck.

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