2x400 in 53.8, 56.5 off 2min???

1:55, give or take 5 seconds.

didn't you already post this >:(

1:56 maybe. Who the hell knows. What do you think you could have ran?

2:06

Yeah, I posted it earlier, but it slipped off the first page ... and I was still curious ... so I opted for a more catchy title.

And, to answer the question ... I felt like I could have run in the 1:53-1:56 range ... I was having "psychological" issues with the 800 and wasnt have much fun ... that's why I was working on my weaker event, the 1500, at the time.

Since then, I have had a string of problems ... so I was just curious about what could have been, and maybe use that as a starting point to what will be again ...

btw, i was doing repeats of 2:06 without much rest 4-5 ... so, I'll disregard that answer ;)

Based on your "psychological" issues with the 800, I will stick with 2:06.

sfu'ed wrote:

btw, i was doing repeats of 2:06 without much rest 4-5 ... so, I'll disregard that answer ;)

2:06 x 4 or 5? how much rest did you get there, a day or two?

He's right if you had psychological issues...running is determined so much by the mind that 2:06 or maybe 2:05 is accurate.

okay, not quite 2:06 800s ... i liked to do 900s and 700s ... the 900s i would split 2:07/8 ... the 700s would be 1:49 usually (2:05 pace)

i tired off 2min ... couldn't quite do it ... 3-4min was do-able ... but very tough (alone too)

actually, one of my favorite 1500 prep workouts was 700, 1min rest, 2x200, 2min, 700, 1min rest, 2x200, 1min, 700

700s at 1500 tempo ... 200s (off maybe 30-45sec) slow relaxed (worked perfectly because there was a group on the track running 200s in 31-32 ... just jumped in)

700s were 1:49, 1:49, 1:46 feeling quite relaxed

sfu'ed wrote:

The summer before college, I ran the first and last legs of a relay at a twilight meet in 53.8, 56.5 ... off slightly less than 2min

The first one was probably an even split 26/26, just cruising ... the second was probably about 25/31 ... the last 200 hurt.

I raced another 400 40min earlier, and I was focusing on the 1500 at the time (probably about 4:00 or just under shape).

Just wondering what my possible 800 time could've been at the time?

Thanks

What was your best 1500 time that summer? I assume you ran one, since you said you were focussing on it. By combining your 1500 time with your basic 400 speed, you could get an idea of what you might run an 800 in.

But like the guy above said, who the hell really knows?????

who cares about this sought of Sh%t. Get a life you'll probably never capture that form again. Go spend time with your boyfriend and stop posting on this forum

Aussie: By your response, you seem to be the one who needs to get a life, so please don't take your closeted homosexual angst out here. I regularly post my own predictions on other people's "what can I run topics"; it's kinda fun. Everyone is curious once in a while ... lighten up - you might start enjoying life more!

As to the 1500, I did race one ... I won't say the final time, but here's a recap:

High Performance race after Canadian Nationals, feeling alright, but not terrific.

400m 61/62 settled in comfortably behind "Merm"

pack through in 57

800m 2:05 whole lap having the distinct feeling that the pace is slowing down, and getting restless, stutter stepping to stay behind "Merm"

1000m 2:37/8 "Merm" starts too pick it up, and slowly drops me ... he goes on to run 3:54 ... my last lap wasnt pretty

SORRY but that was WAY TO FAST!!! If you keep running like that they will force you to run in the Olympics! You wouldn't want THAT to happen to you, would you? Why, they throw money at athletes who run that kind of time. You better learn to trot.

sfu'ed wrote:

okay, not quite 2:06 800s ... i liked to do 900s and 700s ... the 900s i would split 2:07/8 ... the 700s would be 1:49 usually (2:05 pace)

i tired off 2min ... couldn't quite do it ... 3-4min was do-able ... but very tough (alone too)

I will pray tonight that English is your second (or fourth) language.

sorry, I made a typo and missed a comma, and didn't bother to hit the shift key a few times (just like that should've been Shift)

that should be a minor misdemeaner for the grammar police?

and, i like to break up my sentences and use the ellipsis to write with more of a conversational feel ... afterall, this is a forum

English is my first language. I have taken university English courses without much difficulty. I am in the middle of writing an academic paper in Physics, and I have written many in the past that have been praised for their use of language. There is a time for academic writing, and there is a time to converse casually; this is the latter.

Sfu'ed

Physics Major / Mathematics Minor

Simon Fraser University (Canada)

If GerrytheLimper is who I think it is, I feel most honoured. I have read accounts of your races, and I am a definite fan. As for the Olympics; I don't think any amount of running would take me to a 27:11.6 6mile; and even that wouldn't qualify these days. I do have performance goals still ... 4:00 - mile, 30:00 - 10km ... but if I can enjoy running staying fit, and that connection to the strength that one can generate from one's own body, the connection to the ground and all the elements that nature throws at me, and enjoy every minute of it ... that will be my own personal olympics, day after day, run after run

BLUSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sfu'ed wrote:

If GerrytheLimper is who I think it is, I feel most honoured. I have read accounts of your races, and I am a definite fan. As for the Olympics; I don't think any amount of running would take me to a 27:11.6 6mile; and even that wouldn't qualify these days. I do have performance goals still ... 4:00 - mile, 30:00 - 10km ... but if I can enjoy running staying fit, and that connection to the strength that one can generate from one's own body, the connection to the ground and all the elements that nature throws at me, and enjoy every minute of it ... that will be my own personal olympics, day after day, run after run