Ryan Hall's NYear's' resolution for 2014 - "To run a 400 in 53 seconds in practice".

You'd think a guy at his level would have a competitive goal, not a workout goal, and why would he care how fast he can run a 400?

This is really funny. We have guys even in the US that can close a 5K run at Hall's marathon pace in 53 seconds. Many of them.

Smokin' the jibbah wrote:

You'd think a guy at his level would have a competitive goal, not a workout goal, and why would he care how fast he can run a 400?

This is really funny. We have guys even in the US that can close a 5K run at Hall's marathon pace in 53 seconds. Many of them.

Rupp, Lagat, who else?

Besides, I would love to see Lagat trying to run a 2,06 marathon.

because he's noticed fast marathoners are fast.

nice goal. 2:20 1000m would be a good one for him too.

One of European/Commonwealth/Boston Champion Ron Hill's regular workouts was sprinting two 400s during his lunch hour. Maybe it will help him.

Smokin' the jibbah wrote:

You'd think a guy at his level would have a competitive goal, not a workout goal, and why would he care how fast he can run a 400?

This is really funny. We have guys even in the US that can close a 5K run at Hall's marathon pace in 53 seconds. Many of them.

Did Ron Hill train twice a day during that period? That 2x400 or even a few 200's seems like a good idea for a workout if you only have a 30 minute window to get a run in. I'd guess he was likely running an hour in the am and an hour in the pm as well.

Desi Davila just stepped up in my view:

"Non-running resolution: Drink less beer."

well.. wrote:

Rupp, Lagat, who else?

Besides, I would love to see Lagat trying to run a 2,06 marathon.

You think that only Rupp and Lagat can run a 53 at the end of a 14:30ish 5k? I'd bet that every sub 4 miler in the US could do that.

I would love to see Hall run a 2:06 marathon.

Haha wrote:

I would love to see Hall run a 2:06 marathon.

I would love to see Hall run a marathon.

How about winning a marathon?

Kind of a big deal since he hasn't won one yet,

excluding the Olympic trials.

I think he may have been trying 3x day during that period.If I could do it all over again, I think I would try more volume at slighlty lower but still race level quality. Do things 25x400 at 5k pace instead of 10x400 @1.5k or 6-8x1 mile at 10k pace versus 4x1 mile @ 5k for most of the season.

yyz wrote:

Did Ron Hill train twice a day during that period? That 2x400 or even a few 200's seems like a good idea for a workout if you only have a 30 minute window to get a run in. I'd guess he was likely running an hour in the am and an hour in the pm as well.

Smokin' the jibbah wrote:

You'd think a guy at his level would have a competitive goal,

NONE of them stated a competitive goal. Apparently not what Runner's World had in mind for the article.

Should be finish a race. Hell lets go easier, just start one.

Should be finish a race. Hell lets go easier, just start one.