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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: John Candy Subject: RE: How to build strength for the 800 with 6 weeks left in season. Body: When I was in HS, I had PRs identical to yours (I bet you can run a 200 in 23 mid). Your salvation is most likely found in long intervals at ~5k pace average or hard tempo runs. You don't have enough time to go with a high-mileage approach. Examples: 5 x 800 cut downs. 2:50, 2:45, 2:40, 2:35, 2:30 w/ 3 mins rest in week 1, 2:30 rest week 2, 2 mins week 3. Week 4 you run each rep 5 secs faster and move the rest back to 2:30, week 5 rest 2:00. Week 6 reduce the pace 5 secs/rep again. 3 mile tempo runs starting at 6:30, 6:15, 6:00 for weeks 1 and 2, week 3 and 4 reduce the pace 15secs per mile. Resist temptation to go too fast at the beginning or you will ruin the workout. This will hurt towards the end. Informal approach: Alternate 1 mins on, 1 min off, 2 mins on, 2 mins off, start over for 20 mins total. Feel it out each time but again, its easy (especially for a sprinter) to go too fast in the beginning so watch yourself. Good luck. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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