What 400m pr is required to run a 2:10 marathon

NO ONE RUNNING 2:10 LACKS SUB 60 400 ABILITY

Agreed.

A related question, what triple jump PR is required to run a 2:10 marathon? discuss

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51.

I'd say 52-53 could get you there. Tabb was <50 as I recall.

dasfasd@hasd.com wrote:

Why must there be that person? Must there also be a person that can't break 60 but has run sub 2:05? How about can't break 60 but has run sub 2:00? What about a 4 minute mile with a 59s 400m pr? Does that person need to exist?

But yeah I am sure I can find a guy that ran a 75s pr in 4th grade in the 400m and never ran it again. Then 15 years later runs a 2:10. You can consider his PR 75s if you want. After all, all those 400ms in 64 he runs in practice are hand timed and shouldn't count.

wellnow wrote:

Don't be so cynical. There must be runners in Japan who have goen under 2.10 but can't go sub 60 for 400.

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I disagree with your analysis. It's a big ole World out there beyond your computer screen, lotsa different kindsa people. No need to keep posting silly stuff, you can do better than that.

I'd say 49-50sec, maybe even faster. Elite 10k runners kick the last lap in around 52sec... which means that they are capable of running about a 48sec 400 when fresh. Should be similar times for the marathon.

There is absolutely no way a 2:10 marathoner can only run a 60sec 400!! If they can only do this, then they would struggle to even complete a mile in 4:40. which is slow as hell for an elite.

Is this thread full of know it alls, or just a few idiots posting under different names?

Your right it is a big world out there. So there must also be a person that can fly right? And another one that can teleport? Must be one that can go invisible? And the lockness monster and bigfoot? They are about as likely as a 60s guy running 2:10

wellnow wrote:

dasfasd@hasd.com wrote:

Why must there be that person? Must there also be a person that can't break 60 but has run sub 2:05? How about can't break 60 but has run sub 2:00? What about a 4 minute mile with a 59s 400m pr? Does that person need to exist?

But yeah I am sure I can find a guy that ran a 75s pr in 4th grade in the 400m and never ran it again. Then 15 years later runs a 2:10. You can consider his PR 75s if you want. After all, all those 400ms in 64 he runs in practice are hand timed and shouldn't count.

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I disagree with your analysis. It's a big ole World out there beyond your computer screen, lotsa different kindsa people. No need to keep posting silly stuff, you can do better than that.

You're wrong, there are 'slow' runners in this World who can run a fast Marathon.

Looking at the website for (2:09)Bill Rodgers Running Center he posts 4:18 as his mile PR. How far under 64 could he go? I don't remember him having a lot of speed.

Big whoop about 400 PR's, what does it matter? The key is being able to pound out 105 in a row at 74 sec.

Jerome Drayton, who ran a 2:09, did not break 2:00 in the 800 (or half).

george malley, a 2.12 guy, never broke 58.

Who trains for a 400 PR and manages to run a 2:10 the same year?

There is no "required" time in the 400 to do any sort of marathon, doofus.

Mbarak Hussein Jan 20, 2008 ... MBARAK HUSSEIN Event: Marathon Height: 5-8. Weight: 140 ... 2004: Ran personal best of 2:08:10 in Seoul, Korea…best of 2:08:10 ...

Formerly a middle distance specialist, Hussein was an NJCAA champion in cross country as well as in both the 800 and the 1,500 meters for South Plains Junior College; later, he also won national titles in the 800 and 1,500 while at Lubbock Christian University, an NAIA school.

Ran 47.8r.

dsrunner has the day off wrote:

I'd say 52-53 could get you there. Tabb was <50 as I recall.

I don't think that Tabb could break 56.

michael t. smith wrote:

I heard it said that Tony Sandoval, a 2:10 marathoner in late 70s-early 80s, was a 49-1:47 guy.

Benji Durden confided in me he'd broken 50, but stll thought it prudent to drop Hailu Ebba before entering the stadium.

I myself never broke 60,ran 2:46.

Sandoval never ran anywhere near that fast. Neither did Durden. Maybe you're mixing them up with John Lodwick and Jeff Wells?