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You should do the sprints, you are better at them than at the long stuff.

If you are serious about running non-sprint events, start with running more (sorry, boring, but true) Even if you are an 800m runner, if you want to be competitive, you need to run. Get to where you can like 8 miles comfortably, then you can start worrying about running fast.

P.Whelan wrote:

You should do the sprints, you are better at them than at the long stuff.

If you are serious about running non-sprint events, start with running more (sorry, boring, but true) Even if you are an 800m runner, if you want to be competitive, you need to run. Get to where you can like 8 miles comfortably, then you can start worrying about running fast.

Ok that makes sense. But when I do the 8 miles does it matter what speed?

Just don't go from nothing to 8 miles a day. You'll kill your self. I was barely runing four last track season and when I jumped up to six I got shin splints. I do five on a regular basis with a 10 mile long run every two weeks. But I do my five miles one mon., wens., and fri. Like a tempo run. I'll go my first mile at about 7:00 my second will be 5:35, third 6:50 fourth 5:30 my fifth will be 6:40. On tues and thurs. I'll go any where in-between 6:50 and 7:15. Saturday is rest and Sunday if dont do my long run will be a light day. Just by doing all of this for a couple months I lowered my 800 time from 2:28 to 2:19.

When I'm racing the 8 I find my pace or get right up behind the guy in first and draft him the whole way.

My teammate and I did this once and we went around both sides of him( he was running on the line in-between lane one and two. And I got second by like two tenths of a second. It was the first photo finish at the meet we were at.