I am a female 800 meter runner, with a distance background, and my coach wants me to start doing the 400H in meets. He says they go along hand-in-hand. Is that true? Ive never heard of anyone doing this before.
Does anyone have experience doing these?
Thanks
see Bershawn Jackson
he's ranked #1 in the world in the 400H, and just recently did a 600 or some 800m races maybe. the 600 may have been yards, but either way, he runs some pretty decent 800m times. i'm sure that there is a good amount of core strength needed to hurdle for 400m, the same kind that would help you run a kickbutt 800m. maybe someone else can help you out further.
Joey Woody
47.97/1:47.75
At the high school level, if you've got passable hurdle form and are a solid 800 runner with decent speed you will be able to run a good intermediate hurdles; your strength background will really put you head-and-shoulders above most HSers in that event. Above the high school level, you'd better have some good natural speed and good hurdle form.
I'd say the two events do have a correlation, but it is not that all 800 runners will make good intermediate hurdlers, but rather that nearly all intermediate hurdlers will make good 800 runners (since both the natural speed and the strength training necessary to run the intermediate hurdles are very similar to that necessary to run the 800).
Just my $.02, though. You should talk to your coach about why he thinks you'll make a good intermediate hurdler, and go in with an open mind.
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