to sharpen up for my regional meet on Monday i did the following workout:
6x300's
41.9, 42.6, 43.9, 43.6, 44.9, 45
It was a strong effort but not quite all out, I originally set out do them all under 45 but i went out fast in the first one. Between each 300 i took 2 minutes for recovery
my previous best 800m was 2:00.6 two weeks ago but it was 30 minutes after a 4:30 1600m (which i was upset with)
What do you think I could run an 800m in?
Also, I need to run a 1:57 800m on Thursday (or something like that) if I want to advance to my state meet. Do you think that is possible?
Can you run a 1600m in 4:18-4:19? If so its probably doable. You will likely come up short though.
It is possible if you go 800 all-out
It now turns out that I will have to run a low 1:56 to qualify...fml. Do you still think I have an outside shot at that? Yesterday we had our Regional. I anchored my teams 4x8 and ran the 800 a few hours later (it was a badly run meet). We had a 3-4 second lead when I got the baton and while I didn't "cruise" to a 2:01 I wasn't pushed and we ran an 8:13 and won by about 7 seconds. I put in a good effort but it felt more like a training run than a race. I went out too slow as well, splits were 59, 62. When I came back in the 800, I was again unpushed and ran a 2:00.6. I was on 1:58 pace at the 800 but slowed down the final 200m. My splits were 57.5, 63.1 and I won by 3 seconds. On Thursday I am competing at my sectional meet against 3 1:55-1:56 runners.
I think you could do it,but you will probably die after that haha
Haha thanks I can deal with dying afterwards, I'd do anything to run that time.
Try this.
Go to the website below, measure out a downhill one-half mile road mile, fairly consistent in the slope.
A hill with a good drop that's reasonable safe, no cracks on the sidewalk, no gutters, uprooted trees, cross streets just
a perfect downhill mile.
880 yards or 800 meters.
I was your age when I did this.
I ran 1:28 (approx best) to 1:36 consistently (the former felt like 1:55 were track pace). But try and break 1:40, if you ran 2:00 on track you should build up your confidence and do like 6 X 800 downhills. This assumes you are not injury prone (have iron legs). The experience will feel like a very fast 440.
The trick is on the recovery you have to bound back up for
100meter, jog and so forth.
You need to mix up your track and road experience if you want to experience the true art of running.
i think doing this once is ok, but it would be wrong not to recognize that high intensity on downhills can possibly be dangerous
Sounds like you could easily run a 2:28 with a raging b0ner
how did you run?