49 400 with no training

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2 years ago 06/07/2021 11:50am EDT

re: dhdhdhiekedbd

dhdhdhiekedbd wrote:
12345leg wrote:
haha haven't ran one this year
You're an 8/1500 runner and haven't run any 1500s this year?
A current 1500m pr would be helpful for you to pick your best event. But yeah, like others said, it looks like you should focus on 4/8 based on current info. As you get older and set some more PRs, you can decide if you should focus on just the 400 or just the 800, or keep running both, depending how it goes.
Jump into a 100 and 200 in a low key meet, btw. Just to get more data points. That will help you know if you have the speed to take the 400 to the next level or not.

I've ran a 10.4 100m with a rolling start (150s) and I've done a high 22 200m as a rep.

2 years ago 06/07/2021 12:16pm EDT

re: 12345leg

You might want to take a crack at the 400 meter intermediate hurdles.

2 years ago 06/07/2021 3:05pm EDT

re: 12345leg

maybe i'm missing something

anyone who runs 1:50 should be able to run a 49 400 without much trouble, that's entirely in line with what is expected -- it doesn't make you some 400 savant

2 years ago 06/07/2021 3:12pm EDT

re: you eh eh

you eh eh wrote:
maybe i'm missing something
anyone who runs 1:50 should be able to run a 49 400 without much trouble, that's entirely in line with what is expected -- it doesn't make you some 400 savant

You ARE missing something. O.P. posted stating he is NOT a 1:50 800m runner.

when you're a faster sprinter ... wrote:
you eh eh wrote:
maybe i'm missing something
anyone who runs 1:50 should be able to run a 49 400 without much trouble, that's entirely in line with what is expected -- it doesn't make you some 400 savant
You ARE missing something. O.P. posted stating he is NOT a 1:50 800m runner.

got it -- he's a 1:52

point stands, 1:52 is a 970 on the iaaf table, a 49 400 is a 918

figure if he's running 49 HT in flats with no competition, that's probably worth about a low-mid-48

anyway, OP -- you're a speed 800 guy not a power 800 guy, 1500 isn't for you but 400 isn't either

Not true. Fast middle distance and distance runners were beating their pees at every distance on the track when they were young. Houlihan was running 55 in the 400 in high school. Hocker ran 50 and 1:50 in high school.

2 years ago 06/07/2021 3:50pm EDT

re: Faster than ever

Faster than ever wrote:
Not true. Fast middle distance and distance runners were beating their pees at every distance on the track when they were young. Houlihan was running 55 in the 400 in high school. Hocker ran 50 and 1:50 in high school.

You did not disprove my statemen with Houlihan racing 55.52 400m at age 18. That pretty much falls in line with what Ovett did, maximizing 400m speed to age 18 by training as a 400m person as a teenager. Houlihan is racing good performances at 5000m. You have no proof Houlihan would not have been a better 800m specialist. We have seen this a lot with U.S. teenagers with good 400m speed. Many U.S. teens choose to skip 800m and move directly to 1500m as their primary event. Eight-hundred metre training is grueling. IMO, both Mary Decker & Mary Cain should have been 800m specialists until at least age 21. Jim Ryun should have been an 800m specialist. Cole Hocker does not disprove my point. I do not see a F.A.T. 400m for Hocker on Athletic.net or World Athletics. If Cole Hocker were a 50.xx F.A.T. 400m lad as is O.P., you have no proof Hocker chose the correct event. Time will tell with Hocker.

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