800m type training in trainers?

It is possible, but you'd be better off wearing spikes, or at least flats. You're more likely to get injured if you try sprinting in trainers, and you'll be slow.

why is that exactly? the reason I ask is that my calves are quite sore.

................. wrote:

It is possible, but you'd be better off wearing spikes, or at least flats. You're more likely to get injured if you try sprinting in trainers, and you'll be slow.

why are you more likely to be injured if you're in trainers?

Think about it...how does your foot land when you are running 5k pace and how does your foot land when you are running 30 sec 200 pace? I think you will find that your foot lands a bit more up on your forefoot.

I wear trainers to warm up in and then switch to lighter flats to begin my track workout and I end with the last couple of intervals in spikes.

I prefer to wear spikes for intervals, but my coach for the last three years didn't allow us to. So I've run intervals in trainers, and while it doesn't make you more prone to injury it is difficult to get quality faster workouts, namely 200s.

justme, do you think it has effected you negatively?

And when you say 200s, do you mean like flat out 24s? or like race-pace stuff?

Foot Strike wrote:

Think about it...how does your foot land when you are running 5k pace and how does your foot land when you are running 30 sec 200 pace? I think you will find that your foot lands a bit more up on your forefoot.

ok. so, now, how will landing up on your forefoot be bad to do in trainers but better to do in spikes? (from an injury standpoint. i know you'll be slower)