I'm running the 4x800m this Saturday and my coach wants me to break 2 in the 800m. I probably can, but I still feel like it's really hard. I'm more of a 2 miler. I'm a senior in high school and my mile and two mile times are 4:23 and 9:17. This only my second meet of the season. I went from a 9:37 to a 9:17 this past weekend, but I've been doing more endurance. My mileage is around 50 per week when I'm not racing. We're trying to qualify for Penn Relays so a lot is on the line.
And my best 800m is a 2:01
Smash 2:00
It's going to be close.
If I can break 2 with a 54s 400 and a 9:50 3000, so can you.
Unless it's tactic (probably not because it's a relay) you probably are very likely to break 2minutes.
In your mile you probably did 2:10 at 800m mark, but u did 2 laps more.
Now in the 800 you should start a lot more agressively than the 1500/mile, around 6 seconds faster at 400m, but you dont hold back the next 200m, you keep ''pushing'' the pace, and the last 200m you believe in your fitness and preparation.
I'm guessing 1:57/58
yeah, you definitely sound like you have the fitness and ability to break 2 this weekend. you probably aren't used to starting a race quite as quickly as you should in order to break 2 though. try to get your body to be able to recognize what a 28 or 29 second 200 pace feels like so that when you start running you don't either run a 24-25 second first 200 or a 32-33 second first 200.
other than that, trust your fitness and don't be afraid to push hard from about 300-600 when you'll be feeling tired and questioning if you can really keep up the pace.
good luck.
you have a 4:23 mile and you are worried about breaking 2:00?
You should be looking beyond that and thinking about whether you can hit 1:55.
2:00 for a 4:23 guy should feel like a workout. Just go out in 59, push a bit through 600 and drop the hammer (whatever dropping the hammer is for a 2 miler) for the last 200.
If you just PRed to 9:17, you have the fitness, without a doubt. Unless you have incredible elite-level endurance and absolutely zero speed, you should definitely be sub 2. Since you've run 4:23, you clearly have at least enough speed to break 2.
1:55 is out of the question. I know it looks like, my teammate has a 1:53. I was doing a workout with him where we did 6x400 at mile pace then 4x200 strong. I was running him into the ground on the 400s, but when we got to the 200s he was finishing about 2 seconds ahead of me each time. And I was still running 30s. I'm definitely on the 2mile side and have way more endurance. It's also going to be tricky though because I might be on my own.
Depends on your pace sense. Try to run 59 - 59.
If you hang tough over the 2nd lap, you could likely do something like 58.5 - 61 and come out pretty good.
Split a 2:01 low. We ran 7:54 overall though. So we're going to penn relays.