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9 years ago 03/11/2015 9:16pm EDT

I had my first indoor meet yesterday im in 10th grade and i ran the 800 leg of my DMR my time was 2:15 and I broke a minute my first 400 and then died the last quarter my coach said if it would of been out doors with no wind i would of ran a 2:12 or 2:13 my best time last year freshman year was 2:11 is it possible for me to cut ten seconds from now to the end of the season to get to 2:15 ? I also ran the 4x4 and my time was 58 is there a chance for me to get to 52 or 53? My pr was 58 last year ive had much improvement does lifting help with middle distance my school is fairly small 2A so im varsity there but to win county where i live i need to be around a 2:05 is it possible? What kind of training? Am i too short im only 5'7

9 years ago 03/11/2015 9:56pm EDT

re: Boy

I doubt your height is holding you back- I know a high school runner who is 5'6" and runs 54.1 and 2:07. What does your training look like?

9 years ago 03/11/2015 10:00pm EDT

re: mrpuffalos

Height has absolutely nothing to do with running ability

9 years ago 03/12/2015 12:30am EDT

re: Boy

Boy wrote:
I had my first indoor meet yesterday im in 10th grade and i ran the 800 leg of my DMR my time was 2:15 and I broke a minute my first 400 and then died the last quarter my coach said if it would of been out doors with no wind i would of ran a 2:12 or 2:13 my best time last year freshman year was 2:11 is it possible for me to cut ten seconds from now to the end of the season to get to 2:15 ? I also ran the 4x4 and my time was 58 is there a chance for me to get to 52 or 53? My pr was 58 last year ive had much improvement does lifting help with middle distance my school is fairly small 2A so im varsity there but to win county where i live i need to be around a 2:05 is it possible? What kind of training? Am i too short im only 5'7

What's holding you back is your atrocious lack of comma usage.

9 years ago 03/12/2015 5:30am EDT

re: mrpuffalos

Our traning has been mostly timed runs we haven't had much difficult work outs we have done fartlek twice and the rest have been 40 to 50 minutes runs

9 years ago 03/12/2015 5:54am EDT

re: Boy

You are young. Be patient. Yes its possible to get down to 2.05. Its hard to give any advice without seeing exactly what you do in a week now. I think you should just trust your coach for now.

I wrote a guide for 800m training you can read to increase your knowledge on 800m training. This is good if you are a self coached runner. For younger runners I would say the best is to follow you coach advices. Even for people who has a coach which dont know much about training, its always good to have someone who can objectively view and judge your training.

https://800mtraining.wordpress.com/

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