800m Training

clearer up wrote:

The only thing Bad Wig knows about 800m training is linking to Joe Vigil's training document. Ignore him.

Search the sub 1:50 training thread here at lr and read all Oldsub4's posts.

^^This

I didn't explicitly ask for a program, I asked for "advice." I read the article twice, and got my output on it. I'm not asking to be spoonfed, I'm asking to be informed. Looking at a random training program may or may not suffice, especially when you factor in different types of runners with different backgrounds. I'm not going to blindly accept the regimen of some article online without getting as much information as I can.

This isn't a blog for chastising the educational system either. It's something meant to help out runners of all backgrounds, such as kids like me who want to realize their potential.

clearer up wrote:

There is nothing about 600s for 800m runners in that document.

vigil wrote:

Unfortunately, we have not completed 800m. We have gone less than 600 meters with the two previous systems fully developed. We now have to rely on the aerobic system to complete the race.

The athlete has to run for 90 seconds again with a recovery of 10:1. The intensity has to be faster than race pace. 4:00 miler will have to run faster than 60 second quarter pace for full development of the enzymatic system.

The athlete must now run paces of 10-15 seconds, 40-45 seconds, and 90 seconds, all faster than race pace.

Whoops. Looks like I was dead wrong. What a first class A-hole I am.

I think I'll quit posting till I get out of high school. I'm in way over my head.