sub 9:15 3200m

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shabalalalalalala wrote:

Hey guys, today I did an 800m race against my coach. Ran 2:03 and did 4 200s and 3 100s afterwards. 200s were 28s and 13s for 100 I have section next tuesday and I need to run 9:15 to make to state. I have 9:38 p.r. from last and 15:30 5k. I need a workoit that predicts a sub 9:15. Thanks

Your mom needs a workoit.

WTH state are you in that has an auto-qualifier of 9:15?

you'd get pounded by a 17 year old girl in the 800, and for some reason you're looking for a workout suggestion in the late season when you are clearly coached?

you'd be lucky to break 9:35.

You guys wanna bet? Ill post the results. The heck i dropped 30 seconds my first 3200m.

don't worry about reed. he probably can't run one mile as fast as you're trying to run two. plus he posted that Levins is an American, so he obviously doesn't know much regardless.

if your race is next Tuesday a predictor session is probably not what you need/should be doing at this point. It's just too late. discuss with your coach, get in a few shorter efforts to keep the muscle tension up, and relax in the knowledge of the work you've already done.

1 x 3200m in 9:14.

Why not just do that on race day and skip the "predicter workout"?

Haha what a good answer. Thanks guys

shabalalalalalala wrote:

Hey guys, today I did an 800m race against my coach. Ran 2:03 and did 4 200s and 3 100s afterwards. 200s were 28s and 13s for 100 I have section next tuesday and I need to run 9:15 to make to state. I have 9:38 p.r. from last and 15:30 5k. I need a workoit that predicts a sub 9:15. Thanks

Assuming proper training all season and now some tapering, you COULD get down to 9:15, but man that's quite a jump. Best I ever saw was a kid who had been running in the low 9:50s and then suddenly busted a 9:25 to make it to the state meet.

Can you qualify in another way other than the auto-qualifier? I guess the top dogs are all faster than that so that you can't be top 4 in your region or whatever is required in your state?