Wanting to get into the 100-800m

forgot to mention i ran without track spikes for me 200m, maybe that's important.

26 seconds sounds good compared to your other times and considering that you haven't sprinted before.

thanks, seeing as how ive done so much distance running would 800m be a pretty good fit for me? the reason im asking is because i have a coach and he wants to know what i wish to do and right now hes just trying to put me though a bit of everything it seems.

I'm looking for the same thing. The range is so broad that its not likely you'll find too much, and trying to do decently at all those distances will have you running optimally at none.

Sprinting absolutely destroys your legs, so its going to be tough keeping up any type of mileage. Recovery is difficult and I have to push back or drop workouts every once in a while.

My Plan is to do something like this:

M- 5-6miles steady

T- am- 3-4 miles easy

pm- 2m wu, hill bounding, form drills, 4-6x200m (400 pace)long recoveries

W- bike or cross train 1hr + 30-45 Yoga

Th- am- 3-4 miles easy

pm- 800m, 600m, 400m, 200m (short recovery between) then 3x100 very fast (long recovery)

F- bike or cross train 1hr + 30-45 Yoga

S- 3 miles easy + bounding + 4x30 starts + 4x50 flying starts

Su- 5easy + 30-45 yoga

I vary the workouts and will sometimes swap out a track workout with a hill workout 10X15 seconds.

I think he's talking about wanting to focus on one specific event

you should keep trying out different distances. 26 isn't bad, you could probably get that down to 24 high, 25 low. personally, i would work on the 400. seems fun and a decent 400 is a bit tougher to come by than a 200. i would wait on the 800 until you have been sprinting a while

honestly i feel if i keep up the 200 i can get it down to 21-22, i have a lot of power and speed starting but i begin to lose it just after the last turn of the track... if i can find a way to store enough energy to have no loss of speed it would be great.