400/800/1500 times

Well I had a teammate once that was 1:52 in the 800, 4:06 in the mile and ran a 49 in the 4x4. I'd say on average around 48-51 seconds.

I run closeish to 150

4:05

1:53

48.6 is my best 4x4 split

I know in my league theres a dudes who go 1:50 are usually 48-50.

2/3 x 400m time + 1/3 of 1500m time will give you your 800m time

i.e 0.666 x 50sec = 33.33 + 0.333 x 4 min (240sec) = 79.99

33.33 + 79.99 = 113.32 or 1:53.32

Wow, suprisingly accurate

53,3 and 4:12,6 => theoretical 1:59,7

I ran 1:59,4

That works for me too and I'm much slower:

57.0 400m

4:30 1500m

2:07.5 800m

(Theoretical 2:08)

It's always pretty close to being right. It's only a simple formula, but it's not too bad really.

1500: 4:35

800: 2:08

400: 54-55

I guess I am slacking in my 400 and mile, because in using this formula with my 49 second 400 time and 4:08 mile time, I come out with a 1:55.3 800. However, my PR in the 800 is 1:50.6. Am I just far better in the 800 then these other events or what?

It's 1/3 of your 1500 time, not your mile time. (so 4:08 is about 3:51ish). You also need to make sure you are not rounding off your pr's. If you've run 49.3 then you need to use that time, not just 49 flat.

thats a pretty good formula actually, gives my 800 about .8 off.

too good at 800? wrote:

I guess I am slacking in my 400 and mile, because in using this formula with my 49 second 400 time and 4:08 mile time, I come out with a 1:55.3 800. However, my PR in the 800 is 1:50.6. Am I just far better in the 800 then these other events or what?

no your just slacking with your math. if you use 49.0 and 3:51.0 (converted from 4:08.0), you get a 1:48.57.