800m w/ no training - give me a week before workout

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Personally I'd do a workout focussing on pacing, so work out your aim for the 800m, then run 200m reps at that exact pace. Practice breaking on the straight as some of your reps. Start in different lanes. Put your spikes on and get used to them (important to do race pace work in spikes).

tiny pony wrote:

Personally I'd do a workout focussing on pacing, so work out your aim for the 800m, then run 200m reps at that exact pace. Practice breaking on the straight as some of your reps. Start in different lanes. Put your spikes on and get used to them (important to do race pace work in spikes).

How many reps would you suggest, 6 with 200m slow walk rest?

Yes, the plan is to wear spikes for the whole track workout. My spikes are distance spikes, so I'm too worried about easing into them, especially as there will not be a lot of volume.

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I would do a workout that would give you a sense of what pace to race the 800 in. To this end:

5 x 300m with 90 second recovery (jog/walk 100m). Average of these would be around your 800m pace.