I have a couple of questions: Basically how fast do my sessions suggest I can run? What changes should I make to my training program?
Last year I ran 2 minutes for 800m with little training. About 30 miles a week, very little race pace. I picked up an injury at the end of the summer, and so I didn't train much again until October, when I started running 50 miles a week.
I generally find that I race quicker than people would think my sessions suggest. For example, shortly before my PR in the summer, I ran 4x400m in 62 with 4mins recovery (this was alone on a fairly poor grass track though). Another session was with others: 3x600m in 94 with 5 mins and 10 mins recovery (working hard here because I was sick after this one).
In October I just built up the miles and did some long rep sessions (i.e. 6x approx. 1km in 3:18 with 90 second recovery) - I know my aerobic endurance is a lot better now than in the summer. I've mostly continued with more of the same in November, but I ran 5x300m in 45 with 2 minutes recovery on my own (was going to do 6, but worried about my calves). This session being in mid November in unfavourable conditions, what do you reckon I can run indoors and next year?
Any thoughts on how I should prepare for indoors? How many race pace sessions? Which sessions in particular are good? Why do I race faster than I train? Should 800m runners do tempo runs?