Attn posters!! THE OFFICIAL THREAD: Go down to your local track and run a 400M post your time.

Age 59.5 at the time, 6'0" 160 lbs. Ran 70.7 pacing my client for an 800 last summer. Too cold for that #&@^ right now. Going for mid-60's this summer.

Ran a 58.xx 400 m for the 1st 400m of a 1500m Sat morn race on the track at UNLV when I was 18 off of just distance and hill training. I thought I might be able to win the race and went out front to avoid the crowd. About had a heart attack when I hear the time called out. Finished second in 4:35. Also was about 1.5 months after recovering from pneumonia. I was probably in about 4:2x mile shape before the pneumonia.

Actually you ran 71.8175 a lap on average with no rest. 72 secounds 4 times with no rest would be 4:48.00 so get it right.

That guy... wrote:

I'm not willing to do it again because it hurt too much. I did this about a year ago after a night of drinking and challenges. 44yo former mediocre at best runner. Have taken up other sports and have gained about 30 lbs of muscle and fat since the running days. 6', 200. Ran 67. Felt like I was absolutely flying, thought it would be 60 or better. Crushing when I looked at watch.

Trust me it was mainly fat

If you're under 40 yrs old, then you should be running a 400M fairly quick. It's the 55 and older crowd, that I like to hear from.

Age: 56

Height: 5 10

Weight: 174

400M time: 69.3 (33/35)

Commentary: former college AA/sub-elite 800m, run for fun/exercise every other day, no speed work in several years, jump into a 5k on rare occasions, total mileage is about 18 mpw. I probably should not have done this, it hurt like heck, my glutes are on fire. - Sadly, I can only run with a world class marathoner for 400m.

Age: 49 (f)

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 115

400m time: 81 secs

Commentary or other info: XC background not track, best mile repeat these days is only 6:45 but 1:30 HM, shows you how wrong vdot can be with age

35 yo, 6'2", 175 lbs, hobby jogger.

59.76 FAT two weeks ago

63.93 FAT today about 15 mins after a 223 800m

There's a weekly all-comers meet near me with FAT and multiple heats per event, which is cool.

Age: 33 in april

Height: 5'11"

Weight: 180

400M time: 59.20 hand timed by myself, 59.58 hand timed by another person with me

Commentary or other info: This was on 9/12/16 just after David Rudisha had run 56.9 for 500m at the GreatNorth City Games. Some friends and I were talking and wondering if any of us could run 400m in the time it took him to run 500m. I was the only one who tried, it was a spur of the moment Monday evening after work. I was confident I could run at least under 58 (clearly wrong) and when I hit 29.high at halfway I new it was all over.

SlowDad wrote:

35 yo, 6'2", 175 lbs, hobby jogger.

59.76 FAT two weeks ago

63.93 FAT today about 15 mins after a 223 800m

There's a weekly all-comers meet near me with FAT and multiple heats per event, which is cool.

I would think your 800m speed would be closer to 2:10-2:12 with your 400 times .

Do you do any runs of 30 to 45 min ?

Nonetheless, kudos on your double .

Not a 400 but my fitness center had a challange a couple weeks ago. 15% incline at 6 minute pace. Jump on and go as long as you can. It's like the last 200 of a mile if you go all out. Your legs start getting rubbery and hard to keep up with the belt. Then your breathing goes but you want to just get one more second. You have to decide when to jump off or the belt would take you off the back.

I made it 33 seconds.

Treadmill calculator says that is 3:34/mile pace (about 27 second 200)

52

5'8"

130

Seriously doubt I could run faster than a 33 200 on the track.

2:10 goes with 56-57. I know because as a 40+ I did a ton of both.

My guess wrote:

SlowDad wrote:

35 yo, 6'2", 175 lbs, hobby jogger.

59.76 FAT two weeks ago

63.93 FAT today about 15 mins after a 223 800m

There's a weekly all-comers meet near me with FAT and multiple heats per event, which is cool.

I would think your 800m speed would be closer to 2:10-2:12 with your 400 times .

Do you do any runs of 30 to 45 min ?

Nonetheless, kudos on your double .

Next Saturday-hoping to just crack 58 at all comers

Age 48 5'9" 148

Today's workout

4 x 50 in and out around track.

2x300 400 jog recovery in 3 minutes

43.30, 43.12. 95% effort

:60r 100 in 14.5 following second 300

2x 175-225 easy walk/jog between

23.62, 24.01

2 x 100 100%

13.26,13.19.

Plyos

2x 50 meter bounding

2x 50 meter skips.

15yrs old

5'11

135 lb

57

Age: 15

Height: 5'9

Weight: 124 pounds

400m time: 54.32

The 400 run at close to 100% is very tough. I have been training for months now to improve my 200 and 400 times.

Short hill Sprints, long hill sprints and dynamic warm ups.

With rested and fresh legs I should be able to run 62 right now.

Today I felt completely spent and would have been lucky to run 68.

Age: 53

6'1"

189 pounds

400m 64.2 on 200m indoor track 3 weeks ago

400m Goal sub 60

200m Goal sub 28

800m Goal sub 2:12

why 400M wrote:

Age: 49 (f)

Height: 5'6"

Weight: 115

400m time: 81 secs

Commentary or other info: XC background not track, best mile repeat these days is only 6:45 but 1:30 HM, shows you how wrong vdot can be with age

Oh Lordy, I'm close to your age but I'm @ 5'4 and 123lbs now and my best half 5 yrs ago was 1:34. I've barely trained or run these past few months or last couple years and it's been raining all day today and possiblely tomorrow, I hope I can bust out a decent 400? I'm kinda shakin' in my flats...😬

I haven't run a hard 400 or anything on the track in years.

I may give it a shot tomorrow. The weather is good in MD right now.

I am also training for Boston. Ran my first two marathons this summer along with a 1:32 HM and a few other races including 5Ks in the spring and fall with a friend. I still can't believe I ran the HM in 1:32 given that pace has been about as fast as I have managed to run 5 mile competitive training runs with a running group. 2nd 5K was a PR (post high school) of 19:15. I only run the 5Ks because they are with a close friend who is my speed and I can't convince him to move up in distance. He runs my speed with just a few runs under 5 miles a week I think while I run 35 mpw minimum and have upped my mile to 50 to 70 a few times this winter. I now don't like 5K's due to the speed. A 400m will really feel fast to me now and hurt. I have not done any hard training runs under 5 miles in the last two years. I am running out of routes to keep my long runs interesting too. I did happen to come across and run with a former D1, female, runner today at a local busy park today which made for a mile or two of interesting conversation since my daughter is now running for the same team and coach.

Age: 51

Height: 6'0"

Weight: 165 lbs down from 230 a few years ago. Currently trying to get down to 150 before Boston after feeling fat shamed while reading some other Letsrun threads recently--learned that over 150 for a distance runner is considered fat. I weighed 145 at the same height when running on high school team.

400m time: low 70's when doing 400s 2 years ago in training with some track runners. I may try an all out 400 in a few days to see if I can do one, all out, 400 in under 70 seconds. I ran 17+ miles for my 2+ hour marathon training run today so it will be about 4 days until my legs feel fresh again and allow me to try an all-out 400.