Great job, most people would not even come close to those numbers and you are investing in your long-term health. I would recommend working on improving form going forward so you can stay injury free. One thing that helps is to look at stride count and try to hit 180 per minute (count every other arm swing for 30 seconds and aim for 45)
Your 100m speed is more than sufficient to continue dropping a lot of time at every distance 400m and up. I can't even run close to that anymore (14"/100m), but about five to ten years back when I probably couldn't even run better than 14, I could do 33-34" 200s in workouts and get close to 16 flat for 5000m. It should feel good to know you have that much room to improve.
zxcvcvxz wrote:
Your 100m speed is more than sufficient to continue dropping a lot of time at every distance 400m and up. I can't even run close to that anymore (14"/100m), but about five to ten years back when I probably couldn't even run better than 14, I could do 33-34" 200s in workouts and get close to 16 flat for 5000m. It should feel good to know you have that much room to improve.
I am seriously speechless to see how all the posts are encouraging and in good faith. Am I still on letsrun? Where did all the trolls go?
keep i going and good on you . just have fun and don't push the workouts too hard until your fitness is up there . sometimes the head takes you where the ticker doesn't want to go.
That’s a darn good 650 time, DLR! Just keep it up over the turn…
What most of us here wouldn't give for a 20% PR. Good work!
troll_69 wrote:
zxcvcvxz wrote:
Your 100m speed is more than sufficient to continue dropping a lot of time at every distance 400m and up. I can't even run close to that anymore (14"/100m), but about five to ten years back when I probably couldn't even run better than 14, I could do 33-34" 200s in workouts and get close to 16 flat for 5000m. It should feel good to know you have that much room to improve.
I am seriously speechless to see how all the posts are encouraging and in good faith. Am I still on letsrun? Where did all the trolls go?
Sincerely appreciate all the positive comments and feedback.
zxcvcvxz wrote:
Your 100m speed is more than sufficient to continue dropping a lot of time at every distance 400m and up. I can't even run close to that anymore (14"/100m), but about five to ten years back when I probably couldn't even run better than 14, I could do 33-34" 200s in workouts and get close to 16 flat for 5000m. It should feel good to know you have that much room to improve.
I'm 50 with advanced osteoarthritis of the hips and I can run 14s without getting out of breath.
Must suck to be so slow twitch.
8ease,,,,I remember back in the day it was so easy, could have eaten a 4 course meal while doing those....
Congratulations to you! Great work. PBS feel good.
Coevett wrote:
zxcvcvxz wrote:
Your 100m speed is more than sufficient to continue dropping a lot of time at every distance 400m and up. I can't even run close to that anymore (14"/100m), but about five to ten years back when I probably couldn't even run better than 14, I could do 33-34" 200s in workouts and get close to 16 flat for 5000m. It should feel good to know you have that much room to improve.
I'm 50 with advanced osteoarthritis of the hips and I can run 14s without getting out of breath.
Must suck to be so slow twitch.
Even someone who can run 14.00 all out in a 100m wouldn't be out of breath. Do you mean you could comfortably dip under 14? Even though you're not that old, it's really impressive at your age.
arunaround wrote:
Hello superhuman ladies and gentleman, mere mortal here wanting to share my excitement today at cracking the 80 second barrier for — hold your breath — the 400m distance!
In my forties, started running last thanksgiving, and current fun goal is to be within 2x of world record speeds all the way up to 10K. For a while I could never explain my following weird numbers with such a sharp PB drop from 100m to 400m and then a smooth decline thereafter for longer distances.
100m: 14’ flat/3’45” pace (likely 13’ with fresh legs)
400m: 100’/6’40” pace, TODAY 80’
1 mile: 7’40”
5000m: 8’45” pace
10000m: 10’ pace
Before today, whenever I measured one lap on the track, my best was 100’. I knew I wasn’t going totally all-out because it would usually be in the middle of a workout, but I really didn’t think I could better 95’ even if I did go all out.
But today, it was so sweet to see 1’20” on my watch. Just to make sure, I tried one more lap and clearly felt gassed out the second time, especially the last 100m, but still got 1’23”, so it wasn’t a fluke or measurement error.
Wade Van Niekerk, I’ve finally shattered your 400m WR of 43s (in my 2x world).
Rudisha and El Guerrouj, coming for your records next!
Good job brother. Don't let up.