sub 10 in 2mile

In highschool I had PRs of (1:58) and (4:28). And my 3200 PR was only (10:20). So you need strength for the 3200. I only did 25-30 miles a week all year long so I had no strength.

My PR for the mile is 4:40, I've run a 9 flat indoor 3k. A lot of it depends on what type of runner you are.

Hey Joffori are you from LA.

When I first broke 10, my mile pr was about 4:43ish and my half pr was like 2:12ish. Breaking 10 is largely mental, I think. It's really not as hard as HS kids make it out to be.

My 800 PR was only 2:07 and my best track 1600 about 4:36, I ran 9:47 for the 3200. It is definitely more of a strength event.

Way back then ....

800 2:01

Mile 4:28

2 mile 9:52

All things being equal, I'd say that you really need to be a sub 4:40 miler to have much hope of breaking 10 minutes for the two...

right, at least 4:40 mile, but it's possible to have 4:30 milers who can't break 10:00 no matter how hard they try, until they do the training to run for eight laps

i ran:

800- 2:01.

1600-4:31

3200-9:39

it all depends. as for being a strength runner i doubt that i would have been considered one in hs. i trained on average about 25-35 mile a week with MAYBE if i was lucky a 40 mile week once or twice a year.

it all depends on the person to be honest. just go out in 4:55 and see what happens.

id say 4:35 and 10 are pretty equal.

i ran 9:55 3200, 4:40 in the 1600, but I couldnt run sub 60 for the 400 (even after numerous tries). Now Im running 53-54 (splits). I started doing sprint workouts after all workouts in base training.

In high school, I had a mental barrier in the 1600, with my best time being 5:07. My best in the 3200 was 10:19. My 800 best was 2:12, which is not fast, but should have been sufficient to break 5 in the 1600. However, I have since been able to break 5 in a 1600 time trial (last summer (I am now a freshman in college), 4:56) and I think now I would be able to do 4:40 something for the mile and a little under 10 for two miles. I recently set a PR in the 5k (16:29) and will soon run a 3000, hopefully in under 9:25.

I ran 9:59 my junior year and ran 61.8 for the 400, 2:12 for the 800 and 4:47 for a 1600. Breaking 10 just takes guts

The first time i broke 10 i was a junior. My pr's at the time were 2:08, 4:36, and then I ran a 9:56, 2 weeks later I ran a 9:52

in high school, my best times were 2:15 (800), 5:08 (1600) and 11:23 (3200). last year, my junior year in college, i went 2:01 (800-relay split), 4:16 (1500), 16:09 (5k) and 9:15 (indoor 3k). i def. agree that one needs to be able to break 4:40 in the mile (or 1600) to be able to go sub 10:00 for a 3200.

When I broke 10 for the first time, my mile PR was in the 4:45 range. The biggest key, I thought, was even splits. I remember I split 5:00-4:55.

Good luck!

I only ran the 3200 once in high school and that was my junior year at conference. Ran 10:03 splitting something like 4:51/5:12 and that 5:12 was with a 64 last lap. Pretty much went into a huge mental lapse from 1600-2800. The key is to stay focused. At the time I had pr's of 2:01.1 and 4:35. You probably need a good base from winter training and a 1600 time of around 445.

Back in the day...

800m - 2:10

1600m - 4:44

3200m - 10:01

So I'd say if you can run around a 4:40 you should be able to break 10, but like everyone else said, a lot of it depends on the person.

High school, senior year:

800 = 2:05

1600 = 4:35

3200 = 9:55

The biggest thing that I did was run 4:40 for 1600m by myself in a weak dual meet. When I was able to knock off 70 sec quarters like that by myself I knew I could give breaking 10 a honest shot.