800ftw. wrote:
I first ran 1:59 at 15 and was running about 10 miles a week maybe less.
I don't run the 1600/mile but I ran 4:06 1500m at 16 doing about 10 miles a week also.
Just getting a little bit older gave me that endurance. I solely did speed endurance sessions with my coach of the time.
Same for me. 10-15 miles a week got me to 1:57/4:40 my sophomore year of high school. Bumped up to 20 and dropped to 1:54. 800 is speed endurance.
50 miles a week put me at 1:50/4:13 in college.
MACKD13 wrote:
Hi...I ran the same time at 16/17 for 1500m 4.06..I quit running the following year after with a lot of niggling injuries only to return in my late 30s
My question is what times did you run for 1500m or 800m in your mid twenties when you would have been in your prime...as I often wonder what my time as a 16yr old would equate to an adult time...
Any info on this would be great to get..
Thanks
Hi, I am in my early 20s now. I have run 1:50 for the 800m and did a 3:52 time trial with teammates in training but didn't race a 1500m at my peak.
I don't know how you can equate that to anything though, everyone is different as they age!
Those are SLOW times
A 1:59 half or a 4:29 full would take a decent hobby jogger no training at all. Step out after a 4-month hibernation and run either one.
What?? wrote:
Those are SLOW times
A 1:59 half or a 4:29 full would take a decent hobby jogger no training at all. Step out after a 4-month hibernation and run either one.
If you've been playing soccer since kindergarten, then the 800 is doable off of not much training at all. However, depending on the level of talent, the 4:29 would require anywhere between 30-60 mpw.
at 15 i was a sub 2.00 800 runner. A typical week was 35-40 kms a week. My long run was only 5-7kms.
i think my longest reps session was 20 x 400 in 72s with 1 minute rest break in between. with warm up and warm down that was around 10kms for the session. When i did those 400 sessions i only needed 1 workout a week rest were medium and long runs.
My senior year PR was 1:59 and I was doing about 15 miles per week. Mostly easy running. One speed workout a week plus a meet where I would run the 200 and/or 400m. I never really ran the mile seriously--about 4:46. The competition was so lacking I only ran fast enough to get the points since I also had the 4x800 at the end of the meet too.
My college PR was 1:51 and I was doing about 30 miles per week, but a great deal more speed work.
all these people talking trash here.. yet most of the people on this forum and in real life can't run a 4:29mile.
These guy saying "any hobby jogger can do that" are idiots, a 4:29 mile equates to a 1:12 hallf 2:31 full marathon, which basically .0001% of this forum can do.
metemq wrote:
all these people talking trash here.. yet most of the people on this forum and in real life can't run a 4:29mile.
These guy saying "any hobby jogger can do that" are idiots, a 4:29 mile equates to a 1:12 hallf 2:31 full marathon, which basically .0001% of this forum can do.
You're mixing up posts. Started as 800/1600 talk and then some posts started referencing half and full marathon times.