Improving 1500m, 800m times

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5 years ago 05/18/2018 9:31pm EDT

Hi Letsrun

I am a 15 year old male who is in year 10 5 foot 7 125 pounds (sophomore for America but I'm from Australia).

I only just staring training for running about 4 weeks ago and I have my first race on 22/05/2018 which is the 1500m and I am looking to run sub 5. Before this for a number of years I have been playing soccer 3 times a week and running track and XC about 4 t events a year with no over running training before this year which I have only been doing 5 miles plus sprint training.

Times last year

12 min time trail 3200m

1500m 5:10

800m 2:32

400m 1:10 (run straight after 800m)

Times so far this year

12 min time trail 3400m (Had to do 3min Prone Hold and 50 pushups afterwards)

1500m ?

800m?

400m 1:02

Goal times this year (about two months two the end of the track season)

12min time trail

12 min time trail 3600m

1500m 4:55

800m 2:20

400m 59

Firstly I want to know if my goal times are achievable and If not how much more training I need to do

PS: I have grown about 6cm from 14 to 15 and I started to slow down in growth

5 years ago 05/19/2018 4:33am EDT

re: kgort6

ok mate I am an American and I coach and live in Australia!

Rule #1 Be patient

Rule # 2 Set goals but enjoy the process

Rule #3 Progression Progression Progression!

Today I just had one of my 15 year old athletes pull off a 4k win over one of my 3:51 1500 athletes and a Nat'l medalist over 800m in U17. The power of your training group.

The greatness of this sport is that if you do the work you will be successful.

Hopefully you have a good coach in the states and you are not running too much!

You will be fine don't worry! When you come back to Australia and if you move to Canberra you can train with us!

cheers

5 years ago 05/19/2018 5:51pm EDT

re: coahc

Hi I'm back in Australia now and living in Cairns (was only there for 6 months)

We have our sports carnival on 21/05 which I will probably come first in 1500m and 800m (our school is not very good at running). Then we have our district carnival in about a month and then regionals about two weeks after that. Most years I have made the district team and last year I came 8th in the 1500m at the regional trials all this is off no training. Some of the top runners from Cairns in my year have moved to Brisbane to improve at running so this year I am looking to finished top 5 at regionals in a least one event. As you said you were a middle distance coach could you tell me what training you do in a unusually week.

Thanks Kell

5 years ago 05/19/2018 8:58pm EDT

re: kgort6

Another Ausie here mate, good luck with your training, just stay patient and consistent..

Are you weight lifting? Try and add some muscle to that 125 lb frame and work on bringing your 400m time down. You may not think so, but this will translate to an increase in speed over all distances.

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