How should each 200m of a 600m be split?

No one in the history of mankind has run a 400m PR under 45 seconds or an 800m PR under 1:44 without a positive split.

Yet some still think even splits would be most efficient.

duke e wrote:

No one in the history of mankind has run a 400m PR under 45 seconds or an 800m PR under 1:44 without a positive split.

Yet some still think even splits would be most efficient.

You sure? Reynolds' record had negative splits, meaning that the second half of the race was completed more quickly than the first half, and was the first time anyone had set a world record for the men's 400 meters with negative splits. His splits were 21.9 seconds for the opening 200 meters and 21.4 seconds for the closing 200 meters, giving a differential of -0.5 seconds.

Ended up running 1:26.01!

26.xx,29.xx,29.xx I believe we’re splits

I was running solo and coming off a 23.5 4x200. Happy with the result, it’s a good start.

high school xc coach wrote:

I have kept a stop watch on over one hundred 600 meter races. A 1:25 would usually go something like 26.5, 28.5, 30.5.

Each lap slows somewhere around 2 seconds.

What I often see is that guys come around the first 400 at just about 3 seconds slower than their 400 PR.

Good luck. This is probably my favorite race to watch at an indoor track meet.

How about the 1000 m - is running positive splits no longer ideal?

the_guy_yeah wrote:

Ended up running 1:26.01!

26.xx,29.xx,29.xx I believe we’re splits

I was running solo and coming off a 23.5 4x200. Happy with the result, it’s a good start.

Congrats on a nice performance!

Stage 5 Clinger wrote:

How about the 1000 m - is running positive splits no longer ideal?

I think somewhere around 1000m is where you start to get more into even/negative split territory. Obviously depends on who you are and all that.