I went from 2:26 800 meters to 1:52.90 in 21 months, can I break 1:50?

You have a lot of talent if that's true...is it true? Can you show us a link to that 1:52.90 result?

You may get some meaningful responses if you can prove to us this is a legitimate request and not just a troll. Thanks.

A link for 1:52.90 result from almost 2 years ago you got to joking, that's not impressive.

I'm not trying to become the next Rudisha and nor am I'm trying to get a scholarship. I'm simply asking if anyone know of a "knowledgeable" coach with half miler experience in Tampa or could provide an avenue to help me towards 1:50.

If you can't produce a link to the results, no one will believe that you ran 1:52.9. Thus, they will not help you find a coach.

FLORIDAhalfMILER wrote:

A link for 1:52.90 result from almost 2 years ago you got to joking, that's not impressive.

I'm not trying to become the next Rudisha and nor am I'm trying to get a scholarship. I'm simply asking if anyone know of a "knowledgeable" coach with half miler experience in Tampa or could provide an avenue to help me towards 1:50.

That's sort of a weird response to a simple question. "that's not impressive"

I think if you were real, you'd be like, "yeah, I'll see what I can do". Surely you could google your name and 800m and get some results. Can you get a link to your road race? Oh yeah, no coach is going to care that a 20-something can run a 16:32 in a local race.

FLORIDAhalfMILER wrote:

A link for 1:52.90 result from almost 2 years ago you got to joking, that's not impressive.

Why would I be joking? I can produce links for all my race results, going back several years.

OK, so if you don't have the link tell us more about when and where it happened and we'll go find it for you. Was it at FSU, Florida? Was it a college meet where you were running unattached or an all-comers meet? Was it April, May, June 2009?

Or surely you have some other race results to your name. I'm sure the 1:52 wasn't your first race at 800 ever, surely you have some 1:57's, 1:55's, etc. Give us some of those.

for real

Please posts your links as I'm very interested in seeing them since you volunteered you have them readily available!

Can you break 1:50? Of course you can. Just increase your stride length. It is really obvious.

You just need to do some of that practicing and training stuff to retrain your neuromuscular system and then with every 3% increase in stride length you will automatically get a 1% increase in leg turnover. That'll take over 4 seconds off you PR, so you should easily get under 1:50.

And that's not the end of it. You can do it over and over again, increasingly gaining stride length and turnover. There is no reason to think that you won't eventually get to low 1:40s if not better.

Just try it.

WheresYourLinks wrote:

for real

Please posts your links as I'm very interested in seeing them since you volunteered you have them readily available!

This thread isn't about me. If it's ever necessary for me to post my name or results in order to get a legitimate response that will shut up the letsrun.com peanut gallery, I will do so. Until then I prefer anonimity.

Hey, maybe the OP prefers to be anonymous too, but I don't see any coaches coming forward to volunteer their time to help a guy with a suspicious story who won't prove he is for real.

I have someone what is your e-mail?

Hope this helps you out Flordia1/2miler. Good Luck to you!

Jerk

If you need help with your training post your e-mail

FLORIDAhalfMILER wrote:

A link for 1:52.90 result from almost 2 years ago you got to joking, that's not impressive.

I'm not trying to become the next Rudisha and nor am I'm trying to get a scholarship.

You're an F'tard, or a F'tard troll. Everyone knows you'd be able to provide a link. At the same time, anyone who knows who Rudisha is, knows how to provide a link to a track result. You must be a F'tard Rudisha fan.

Retardalert. wrote:

FLORIDAhalfMILER wrote:

A link for 1:52.90 result from almost 2 years ago you got to joking, that's not impressive.

I'm not trying to become the next Rudisha and nor am I'm trying to get a scholarship.

You're an F'tard, or a F'tard troll. Everyone knows you'd be able to provide a link. At the same time, anyone who knows who Rudisha is, knows how to provide a link to a track result. You must be a F'tard Rudisha fan.

What is your name, you go first.

You trolls aren't happy til you chase everyone off this site. Just because your fat asses can't run 1:52 doesn't mean everyone on this site can't run that time. The guy asked for training advice either give it to him or shut the f up. You perverts thrill yourself on how many people you can be rude to and harass. He and noone else has to prove anything to you out of shape losers.

Taking you at your word the answer to your question is yes. Whatever training you have been doing has definitely produced results. More competition will probably bring you down to where you want to be. There are many meets in Florida that are primarily college meets but are open to unattached competitors. In addition to coaching at a local high school I coach a number of adult athletes who compete in such a manner. I am located in Florida, but not near Tampa. There are meets at South Florida, Central Florida, North Florida, FSU, UF, Miami, Embry Riddle in Daytona, as well as all comer meets scattered around the state. Good luck. Apparently you have talent for the 800. Avoid road running and the long distance mind set. Speed over 200m is far more important than speed over 5000m.