Is this workout worth anything?/ Track Season 2017 prospects

Bump

You run a 26 200 and only a 59 400? Like the guy says "Bump."

Like I said, both were hand timed on our bad track team and so there are a couple of explanations:

1) either time is innacurate (our coaches are kind of out to lunch) - maybe the 200

2) the 400 timing leads to slow conditions- we run it at the beginning of the season in a big group and break immediately, so the track gets crowded.

3) There are fewer people on my terrible team to push me to race in a 400m TT

4) we timed the 400 after the 200, so my legs may have been worn out.

Not trying to make excuses just saying: these aren't real races, just close estimates, and conditions may have had an effect.

I agree, you're in PR shape. It's impossible to say what your time in May will be. But the next time you race a mile, aim for 4:50. First 800 in 2:25, and then either pick it up from there, or hold on as best you can.

Ok bump/update:

Today I ran 6x1k (in my own supplementing) w/ 3 min rest. 3:26 avg. (3:30, 3:24, 3:26, 3:26, 3:27, 3:24) It was a tougher workout, but not insane, just long.

4:50 you say? Is it unreasonable to expect fast improvement now that I'm working much harder? Could I run 4:39-ish by the end of the season?

Oh, anything is possible. It's just that you're not running the last race of your season this week. You're running whatever race your coach is sticking you in this weekend (or next weekend, or whenever). Run that race first before you start planning how your season ends.

Your 6 x 1K is a good workout, but not really a mile workout. More of a 5K/XC workout, but it will help with a 3200 as well. You might want to be a bit more cautious about supplemental workouts, though. Usually some easy miles are all that's needed unless your coach is really not giving you any workouts. Make sure to run your full training program (at school plus your supplements) by a responsible, knowledgeable adult to make sure you're not shooting yourself in the foot.

I ran 5:05/10:55 at our only indoor meet and then about 1 month later I ran this workout:

5x1000 (3:21, 3:24, 3:27, 3:26, 3:28) was really windy that day as well... but im hoping for sub 4:50/10:30 at our first meet, so idk if that helps you

I am generally being careful about my supplements (I have an adult helping me) and I do need to run workouts on my own.

I'm running the 4x8, 1600 and 800 at our first meet (our team is bad so I can run pretty much whatever I want). Will aim for 2:10/4:50. Any other advice/input?

You should be able to run a big PR if you ran that workout easily. In fact, if you don't, I'd wonder what was wrong.

Thanks for the advice Les and prognosis PR. Good luck heyheyheysame!

I might update this after my meet just for the heck of it.

Update to seek more advice:

Racing on Wednesday, had a pretty good track workout today. About 7-8/10 effort.

300: 47, 400: 65, 600: 1:47, 400: 66, 300: 44

Could this be used to predict my 800 or 1600 (in combination with my VO2 max workout- 1000s- and 800s.

There was 3-4min rest (long I know) although we only rested about 2:30 after the first 300. I figured this was ok as I was running close to 800 pace for everything except for the 600.

Way too much rest in these workouts for them to really predict anything. You are most likely going to run just about your 5:04 PR, especially because you are probably under reporting how hard those 800s were. You seem to lack both absolute speed and aerobic ability. Don't bother trying to train on your own. At your speed you shouldn't really need much training.