Can you guys help design me a program or suggest things that would help me get to a 2:00 or sub 2:00 800m. I've never trained for the event, but I'd like to try it out. I consider myself to be fairly speedy. I can run a high 11second 100m off of xc training alone, and my long run for the last couple weeks have been at least 1hr 45min long. So, I guess I'm working on my aerobic development now and then post season, I'll start working on my 800m.
You\'re going to want to run about 150-200 mpw in your summer base phase, incorporating a weekly hill workout, two weekly tempos runs of 50 minutes in duration (you\'re going to want to be covering about 10 miles in this 50 minutes by the end of the summer), and a weekly long run starting at about 15 miles and by the end of the summer progressing to 25. During XC, I would tone it down a little and maybe shoot for 100 mpw (of course less when you\'re peaking), and mix in VO2 max work and a little speed. During indoor you should ramp your mileage back up to the 150 mpw range while adding in fairly rigorous doses of mile pace work, Vo2 max, and a little speed (don\'t forget to hit an LT run every couple of weeks as well). During outdoor, you should drop down to about 20 mpw in season, and then run 3 miles the week before state. Those three miles should be run in the form of 24 all out 200\'s the day before your big race, and you should be able to run them all sub 24 if you\'ve gotten this far. If you aren\'t dead yet, you\'ll probably skip right over the 2:00 barrier and break 1:50.
ertertertert wrote:
You're going to want to run about 150-200 mpw in your summer base phase, incorporating a weekly hill workout, two weekly tempos runs of 50 minutes in duration (you're going to want to be covering about 10 miles in this 50 minutes by the end of the summer), and a weekly long run starting at about 15 miles and by the end of the summer progressing to 25. During XC, I would tone it down a little and maybe shoot for 100 mpw (of course less when you're peaking), and mix in VO2 max work and a little speed. During indoor you should ramp your mileage back up to the 150 mpw range while adding in fairly rigorous doses of mile pace work, Vo2 max, and a little speed (don't forget to hit an LT run every couple of weeks as well). During outdoor, you should drop down to about 20 mpw in season, and then run 3 miles the week before state. Those three miles should be run in the form of 24 all out 200's the day before your big race, and you should be able to run them all sub 24 if you've gotten this far. If you aren't dead yet, you'll probably skip right over the 2:00 barrier and break 1:50.
What??? Are you crazy??? Those 200's have to be 22 point, 23 seconds tops if you want this kid to break 2:00.
email me at track_psych@yahoo.com I have a workout plan for 800m runners. The previous poster seems to have very little knowledge of an 800m runner.
track_psych1 wrote:
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track_psych@yahoo.comI have a workout plan for 800m runners. The previous poster seems to have very little knowledge of an 800m runner.
You seem to have very little knowledge of sarcasm.
ertertertert wrote:
You're going to want to run about 150-200 mpw...
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Guess what, I don't really give a F***.
I ran sub 2 with 0 winter miles.
30-30-30-30
come on, guys. I'm for real. Anyone with any suggestions for particular interval workouts?
Are you looking to break 2:00 soon or a ways down the road? What can you run now?
I've run 2:08 before (never trained for the 800m), but that was a few years ago on route to a 5:00 minute mile. A rival and I took it out hard and I didn't really hang on that well haha. Anyway, I'd like to hit it soon, maybe by the end of the year. I could run a 2:10/2:15 now if I had too. I'm in my xc season right now, but I'd like to know what kind of interval workouts would help me break 2:00 or run right at 2:00. Thanks
ps - I'm aware that I should be concentrating on my xc season. I'll start training for the 800m when the season ends.
Actually I'm serious too. I really did run a sub 2:00 with no off-season training.