Sub 4.00 1500 shape

1200m in 2:29? 😂

I was a 3:57.9 guy when dinosaurs roamed the earth. (And 15:10).

I'd have a hard time with that 12-6-8-4 session (assuming 3:39!)

What is your current PR?

Anyway, you must be close.

Yeah, that was a typo — obviously meant 3:29.
My PR’s 4:01.6 from last season. Still chasing that sub-4… kinda turning into a personal obsession at this point.
Hoping this is the year I finally break through.
Anyone else got thoughts?

I know how this feels!

1985 - 4:04.6

1986 - 4:02.6

1987 - 4:01.5

1988 - 4:01.2

1989 - 3:59.4!!! 🏅

I was 27 on the big night!!!

I had some more thoughts/recollections:

Back then I religiously did 15km "easy" every second day, (with the sexy track sessions inbetween) with a strong runner friend. We often got carried away, and sometimes the (measured) kms would go by in 3:30ish, or less!

One day early in 1989 I said "Dude, we are getting silly on these runs. Let's lose the watch, and actually go easy."

And 3:59.4 happened for me!

We often look at the sexy track stuff for the answers, when in fact the "background" ("base/boring") thing is most important.

The speed stuff is the icing!! Bake that cake first!! 😂

Agreed. Aerobically strong people can gut out a 4:00 1500 off truly no speedwork. But that's the low 14:10s guy who runs a ton of threshold at around 5 flat and runs a 1500/mile solely as a rustbuster and fitness check. For someone whose season potential is more like a 3:57, it'll take a few 1500 races or 1500 paced workouts to run under 4.