I am a junior in high school who is in average shape. Last year my best 800m time was 2:27. Can I improve that to a 2:10 in 6 months? if so how can I? I also ran a 5:48 mile in which I was in average shape and this is when I was a sophomore. What can I do to improve that mile time to 5:00 in 6 months?
Yes, you'd need to start building a base now though if your doing cross country that would work but if not than you should start building up your mileage for a couple of weeks and then start incorporating more speed workouts like hill sprints or fartleks. Make sure to do weight lifting or body weight workouts as well, I was able to drop 10 seconds off my 800m time by just doing push ups planks l, sit ups, and hamstring raises for a couple of months. If you're really serious look into lactic acid training.
Not to get to Letsrun about this but are you a guy or a girl?
Most guys can do it, most girls can not.
You need to do something like:
http://www.bunnhill.com/BobHodge/rtp3.htm
If you haven't been running, you need to start soon, it takes a long time to build up safely.
I'm a guy
I thought as much but you never know.
Does your school have a track team during November through February?
No, only March through june
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