Maybe if you had run 12s 100m off te couch and 2:00 800, 4:30 mile etc off the little training you've done you may have a whisker of a chance of competing on a state level.
If what you say is accurate you have no hope of even being competitive in your state. Not to say that running wouldn't be a fun and rewarding pursuit but I would definitely not take it seriously and focus more on your career. Travelling etc and do it as a hobby
Those sprint progressions look wrong. No one runs faster pace over 400m than their 100, 200 m splits. The 2 mi and 5k time look the best to me, but you'll never be an elite runner or anywhere close if you can't run those times off the couch, let alone a year of 55 mpw training. (Are you sure you're running that far?) Be a hobbyist like the rest of us, it's still a lot of fun.
You want to find out what you can be? (And again, don't hold grand delusions of racing in the diamond league) I suggest you search 'summer of Malmo' on this board and follow that for you 4 miler training. Report back after your race and you'll get better advice. Good luck.
Thanks for responding Something. Yeah, I'm glad I created this thread and re-insured the goofy and childish thoughts of my former "pie-in-the-sky" goal. I just remembered that the 59 "400m" I did with my friend one time was actually 0.22 miles, so yeah my quarter's like 64 secs. I've ran 40-50miles, avg. like 44.7miles, and cycling 30+/-5 since March-April; I use MapMyRun. As far as SOM, I'm lucky if I fit in an afternoon 30min. bike ride during my lunch break at work, that and my Mom's paralyzed, so my evenings are spent helping cook dinner and other chores.
Anyways, thanks everyone for responding and helping me realize my current situation. As a passionate goal chaser/go-getter type, I'd probably would've damn near killed myself running three-a-days over something that wasn't gonna happen had I not learned from the knowledge of the friendly folk and trolls of letsrun.com. Running's still lots of fun, and I will continue to train with more realistic goals in mind. Who knows? Maybe if/when I get to a 16-17min. 5k I'll be a winning a little gift card or something; it'd still be cool to be the fastest hobbyjogger in town despite middle-high school kids running minutes faster than me :P
As they say, there's a reason for every thing; all this training and obsessing wasn't for nothing, it'll come in handy one day I'm sure. Thanks again letsrun for being so helpful. That being said, I'll ensure that I'm the fastest snail at the snail race in September XD
Mr. Doritos wrote:
How do you only run 15.62 for 100, yet somehow claim to run 29-30 for 200 and 59-61 for 400? The only way this is possible is if you are predominately slow-twitch.
exactly what i was thinking. That 40yrd dash time is more in line with a distance runner, slow twitch predominant. Though your 400 is surprising quick
My similar times as someone that's primarily fast twitch but training for 5ks ( 40+ inch vertical leap in the last year, currently at 36 or 38" without any jumping at all in my training)
100M: 11.5 sec
400M: 60 sec
5K: 23:00
My only form of training is running tempos and relaxed. Mostly harder paced in the last couple of months. Most of my runs are around 8:00 to 8:30 pace and mileage is 40 to 50 per week