1500m time???

Very hard to say off one workout but my best guess would be 4:05 to 4:10.

If it was very cruising/easy then maybe close to 4 if you have a great base. If it was all out struggling then maybe a bit slower than 4:10.

200's w/ a 55 sec recovery right now won't tell much. Someone with a lot of leg speed would find that very easy. Someone with no leg speed (even someone that could run ok for the 1500m) may not find it as easy.

I think what Middle Distance Answerer said is pretty much right. It's what my best guess would be, anyway.

Agree with those who said it's hard to tell from 200s.

Without meaning to Hijack your thread, I recently ran

15x400 @ 73 off 1min recovery

10x400@68 off 1min recovery

both felt hard but not to the limit

around what 1500 time should I expect? I don't have a 1500 PB

dont be a pussy, go out and run as ahrd as you can...

why would you put some arbitrary time in your head????

dont be a pussy, go out and run as ahrd as you can...

why would you put some arbitrary time in your head????

I have no idea if I should go out for 4:10 or 4:30, I'd rather have some "arbitrary time in my head" for the first 3 laps then pick it up if I can, or slow down/hold the pace if I can't.

10x400 w/ 60s recovery (near all-out) is a classic mile predictor workout. So if you did it averaging 68s and it wasn't balls out, I'd say you're in sub-4:30 mile shape, and should probably look crack 4:10 in your next 1500.

I think sub 4:30 would possibly be optimistic, but it's still December so it's definitely a target!

i recently ran a similiar workout

20 x 200 with 40-45 seconds recovery

first 10 were in 31-32 next 6 were in 30-31, and last four were 28-29

a week before I ran a 4:12.

Other guys that did the workout with me ran similar times to yours, but with less rest (45 secs). They have times in the 4:20-4:25 range.

If you are a distance guy 4:30, if you are more of a speed guy, maybe 4:20-4:25?

asdfasdfasdfasdf wrote:

If you are a distance guy 4:30, if you are more of a speed guy, maybe 4:20-4:25?

I think he will run faster 1500 than 4:30 for sure.

On a side note, why are people running 200s at this time of year?

my thoughts wrote:

asdfasdfasdfasdf wrote:

If you are a distance guy 4:30, if you are more of a speed guy, maybe 4:20-4:25?

I think he will run faster 1500 than 4:30 for sure.

On a side note, why are people running 200s at this time of year?

at that amount with little rest its not really "high-end" speedwork, allowing you to do a lot of reps at a fast pace, but still me manageable volume wise for a highschool student (which I am), which I assume he is. highschool indoors seasons have really gotten underway already

1st of all, 200s at this time of year will do nothing for you (unless you are tuning up for a big New Years Day mile). 2nd of all, 200s should be more like 26-28 seconds. 32 for a 200 is jogging and will not benefit you one bit. Do more tempos runs now, 200s in 3 months.

no, 200s are very beneficial right now and should be done right at race pace or a little faster. They help greatly in adapting legs for future speedwork and races. Do slow 200s like this once every 2 weeks right now along with your tempo runs and threshhold work so that when the time comes to crank some hard V02 and speed sessions you will be ready.

my mile training consists of tempos and long runs.

when spring rolls around and I'm going to be feeling great on the back stretch of the third and you're going to have a ton of leg speed left.

Aren't all milers supposed to have decent leg speed? Drop the 200's do strides to stay accustomed to race pace and build a real aerobic base so that you don't go into oxygen debt at the end of the second lap.

First indoor meat is in 30 days...last week did 10x400 with 75second rest, everyone was 60-63 with last one in 58 what do you estimate would be a logical goal for the 1500 in 30 days?

very fast?

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First indoor meat is in 30 days...quote]

are you retarded?

actually, don't answer that, you would probably confirm my suspicions

3:50-3:55

In general, I think it's probably a good idea to incorporate both tempo runs and 200s in mile training by this point for collegiate athletes who are competing indoors. You need to keep up endurance - and I'm assuming most who are running 20x200 are running tempos, 5x1000, or other longer workouts as well. But to ignore speed until later in the season seems foolish as well.

To OP: the workout might not be a great indicator, simply because you're taking a lot of rest for a 200. I'd say around 4:30 for the mile as well - probably not a whole lot faster.