Yes, you obviously need to be able to run a 400 at the same pace that you want to run a 1600 at. I was talking about the people who said you need to run a 57 or slow down 4 seconds per lap or whatever. That’s not a rule; it doesn’t apply to most people.
It does apply to most people, though like many rules, there'll be some exceptions. I'm sticking with the 4"/lap slowdown for each doubling in distance at the elite level and 5"/lap for non-elites.
Go to any school and pick milers who have a 400m PR of 57.5 or something very close to that time. I guarantee you that most of their 1600 PRs will be slower than 4:30/67.5" per lap pace, though you might get a third of them to run 4:2x with sufficient mileage (assuming no further improvements to their 400 time).
i dont see a reason why you couldn’t. You only need to run 67.5 to run a 430. And for people saying you cant do it as a Highschool kid I disagree. I know a 14 year old who ran a 61 in a time trial, then ran a 426 full mile later in the season off 30 miles a week. It’s important to remember that its a time trial in march and it was probably colder and windier than it will be in late may.
And 2+ months of training and race sharpening. If you had to bet 100k on him breaking 61 if he ran a 400m 3 days after that mile, which side of the bet are you taking?
i dont see a reason why you couldn’t. You only need to run 67.5 to run a 430. And for people saying you cant do it as a Highschool kid I disagree. I know a 14 year old who ran a 61 in a time trial, then ran a 426 full mile later in the season off 30 miles a week. It’s important to remember that its a time trial in march and it was probably colder and windier than it will be in late may.
And 2+ months of training and race sharpening. If you had to bet 100k on him breaking 61 if he ran a 400m 3 days after that mile, which side of the bet are you taking?
Oh yeah ofc that kid breaks 61. The point is also that a lot can happen in 2 months.