I'm looking for sub-2 800 m this outdoor season. Best training?

The first thing is to bump up your mileage, try to be somewhere between 80-100.

Next is what type of workouts to do. One of the staple 800m workouts is 8x400m with 1 minute rest at 800m goal pace.

Then for shorter speed work i suggest to do 4 sets of 4x200 at 26-27

Once you can hit those times on workouts you have a shot at sub-2

you don't need 80-100 miles a week to go sub 2 in an 800m. you need like at least 40 and up to maybe 55-60 to get it done.

What are your 400 and 1 mile/2 mile/5k PRs?

warm up champ wrote:

The first thing is to bump up your mileage, try to be somewhere between 80-100.

Next is what type of workouts to do. One of the staple 800m workouts is 8x400m with 1 minute rest at 800m goal pace.

Then for shorter speed work i suggest to do 4 sets of 4x200 at 26-27

Once you can hit those times on workouts you have a shot at sub-2

8X400 @ 800m goal pace with a min rec? Is this possible? I recall years ago there was a training video where Verzbicas went 6X400 at about his 800 pace but he took a few minutes between...and he was an all timer.

I will also mention what we had a kid from our local HS who split 1:49 a few years ago at a county meet in DE. He was discussed on this site, I believe, but I know that he did not go above 25 mpw. We have a kid this year from the same school who goes 1:59 so far and he doesn't go over 30 mpw.

Sorry man, you are responding to a troll post.

OP: start digging into this classic thread:

D3 Chose me wrote:

What are your 400 and 1 mile/2 mile/5k PRs?

I have a 56 in the 400, 4:58 in the mile, not good in the two mile (I haven't ran it since eighth grade/freshman year when I got an 11 flat) and a 17:35 in the 5k.

I know I'm not that good at the longer distances; for some reason I have always been better at mid-distances (even then I'm not that good, I'm just looking for some sub two).

Your speed is on the borderline for 2 mins fut you need to knock 20 seconds off your mile time to be fit enough to do it.

Aim for pb's and just keep going. You are young and still have a lot of growing and improving to do and can definitely go sub 2 just not right away

ukathleticscoach wrote:

Your speed is on the borderline for 2 mins fut you need to knock 20 seconds off your mile time to be fit enough to do it.

Aim for pb's and just keep going. You are young and still have a lot of growing and improving to do and can definitely go sub 2 just not right away

Thanks. I have been training all winter season (probably not as much as I should...) but I feel in better shape than XC. One of my workouts that I'm going to start next week is a 2-3 mile warm-up and then 6x600 with the first 400 at 90% of race pace and the last 200 as fast as possible. My coach gave me that workout and I think it's a good 800 training workout.