I am a 17 year old male in high school. I currently train with the distance team but I am more of a mid distance person. I'm pretty good at sprinting, but I'm not sure if I should focus more on that or distance training.
100- 12.3
200- 24.5
400- 53.81
800- 2:12
5k- 19:07
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I am a 17 year old male in high school. I currently train with the distance team but I am more of a mid distance person. I'm pretty good at sprinting, but I'm not sure if I should focus more on that or distance training.
100- 12.3
200- 24.5
400- 53.81
800- 2:12
5k- 19:07
Your best event based on these times is the 400. Although I seriously have to wonder what in the world your Coach is doing if you've been training like a distance runner and you can run a 53.8 400 but your 800 time is only 2:12.
I think you’d make a great 4/8 runner with a bit more endurance development. Endurance training doesn’t look the same for a 4/8 guy as it would a 16/32 guy tho. Things like 4-5 300m repeats in 44-45 seconds with long rest and 6-8 400m repeats in 68-70 with shorter rest would give you a lot of bang for your buck in the endurance department, you don’t need to worry a lot about the tempo runs and long runs.
Id try to see if you could do something like training with the 400m crew, but doing a 5-6 mile easy-moderate run and one of those sessions once per week. A strong 4/8 guy is extremely valuable to a highschool program because youd be useful in the 400, 800, 4x4, 4x8, SMR, DMR, and maybe even 4x2, so I’m sure you could get your coach on board with it.
The only double worth trying is the 100m and marathon. Everything else is too close to be compelling, even the 5k and 10k double is weak by comparison.
I didn't look at milesplit to see where he woukd rank nationally in both. But on my team, he woukd be about 10th in the 200, 8th in the 400, and 7th in the 800. So in my small world, he is more useful in the 800.
Your best event based on these times is the 400. Although I seriously have to wonder what in the world your Coach is doing if you've been training like a distance runner and you can run a 53.8 400 but your 800 time is only 2:12.
I mostly agree with this. I would go 400/800 because I think you're probably have a bigger upside in the 800. With your 400m time, you could potentially be around 2:05-06. What kind of splits did you run for 2:12?
I'm not sure exactly but it was around 1:04-1:05 for the first 400. We do a 600 all out with a 30 sec break then 200 all out workout every now and then during the season to kind of gauge what our 800 time would be. I always get around 2:05 with splits of 1:32-1:33 and 32-33. I'm wondering if it's just a mental barrier I need to break during a race but he trains everyone the same. It's either distance or sprints because we only have 2 coaches and if there was a specific mid distance coach I would definitely train with him.
I am a 17 year old male in high school. I currently train with the distance team but I am more of a mid distance person. I'm pretty good at sprinting, but I'm not sure if I should focus more on that or distance training.
100- 12.3
200- 24.5
400- 53.81
800- 2:12
5k- 19:07
Your best event based on these times is the 400. Although I seriously have to wonder what in the world your Coach is doing if you've been training like a distance runner and you can run a 53.8 400 but your 800 time is only 2:12.
Lets not bury the lead. There are no "distance team" times provided? 16, 32????? That would help because the 5k may or may not be helpful at 19:07( best effort?) But yea if you asking about being a "middle distance" runner, a 16 or 3200 time would help.
But based solely on what you provided and assuming they are all best efforts...the 400 is way better than the 800. Maybe you are michael johnson, takes some moxey to be that 200/400 guy!