Without knowing anything about my training, age, how many times I have raced each event, etc. what do you think my best event should be based off my PRs?
800 - 1:59h
1500 - 3:58
Mile - 4:17i
3000 - 8:41i
3k Steeple - 9:17
5000 - 14:52
8k XC - 24:49
10k XC - 32:03
I would probably say marathon to be honest. Start cranking out 16+ miles a day with a weekly 20 mile long run and you could rock a strong marathon time.
3K Steeple and 8k XC
Feel free to follow agc5k's precedent and give an answer that is an event I haven't run before.
Your times are pretty even across the board. Nothing stands out as significantly better than rest.
Give the marathon a shot.
8k, if it was actually an 8k and not a short course.
You have much more potential for success in the longer events, given that your 800 pr is by far the worst of your times (no offense).
Well I'd actually say 1500. When I ran 3:58 I had also run a 30:40 10k.
Does it really matter? Keep doing different distances, it's working well for you.
Solid range. 8K in cross stands out to me, but I bet you could be a threat in the steeple and have not truly tested the distance? If you can turn a 4:14ish mile, you can go sub 9 in the steeple with your strength.
Your 8kCC v. 10K CC times do not jibe all things being equal, but I'm guessing the courses were not.
Let me explain the discrepancy in my 8k and 10k times. My 8k PR is not insanely better than my next 2-3 times, all of which were on fairly flat courses in great conditions. I only ran five 10ks during college xc and 2 of them were in the snow and 2 of them were in 20+ mph wind. The other one I just sucked. Last summer I ran a 32:30ish - I can't remember exactly off of only 10 miles/week of training for the 2 months leading up to it, so I imagine my 10k PR should be better than it really is.
I know my 800 is my worst, no offense taken.
Anyways, I've been out of college for a year and just got back to running seriously after a few injuries. I've mainly focused on steeplechase during outdoor track and I enjoy it, but I'm trying to decide if I want to take a track season to just focus on flat races and see what I can really do there. I'm trying to decide going after the 5k or 1500 this track season. I'm leaning toward the 1500 since I'm not quite at the mileage I should be at to go after some fast 5k times, and then I can do some road 5k and 10ks this summer.
Aim for whatever you feel you have the softer PR in. I think we have comparable but inverse PR's
1500: 3:55
3k (i): 8:37
5k: 15:14
I'm focusing on the 5k post grad because that is what I think I have the best chance of PRing at
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