Everyone here thinks pro distance runners can run at least 49/50. They think all milers can run 46. And 800m runners 45 or quicker.
With such disrespect for the 400m, I wonder what can you, the Letsrunner, manage?
I don't want your hand times relay split. You might wanna accompany the time with your best time at another distance also e.g.
53 400m
14:15 5k
1:10 400
5:09 mile
51 400
4.21 1500 (run just once)
63 - 400
5:05 - 1600
46.8
21.4
for the distance runners here 17:27 5k
400m 62
5k: 16:04
400: 54.8
5k: 15:24
57 in practice, never raced the 400
4:38 1600
16:30 5k
PR is 58.2 from a few hours after a 5k.
5k PR is 16:44.
53.2 400
1:57 800
4:04 1500
I think you are misreading the tone of the other thread. People were estimating what guys who are capable of running in the 13:40 5000m range (translating down to the 5000m from a 2:12 marathon via VDOT tables) were capable of running the 400m in. Given that this is the rough equivalent of a 4 flat mile, most people believe that 50-52 would be a reasonable expectation of such an athlete for an all out 400m.
Time ranges for anonymity:
400: low 49
100: 10.8
5k: 18:45
Best mile: 4:50s
400m 59.5
5k 15:24
10k 31:40
400m: 50.5
800m: 1:52
15k: 52:30
2 mile: 10:03
400: 58
400: 49.8
800: 1:52 relay, 1:53 open
5k: 15:57 from hs
8k: 25:30
I've never run a single 400. Not even as part of a workout. I started in my mid 30s as a hobby jogger (still am, even though I'm in my 40s now).
The 400 just isn't a even that new "old runners" think about. I am curious though. Maybe I should work on that just a little so I can get an appreciation for how fast closing a race in 53 must really be.
From this past Summer for old guy (51) as part of workouts:
400: 70 (fastest ever in life was 55 in high school)
1600: 5:24
When I raced these distances in the same season:
400: 54
1500: 4:18
5000: 16:40's
?? wrote:
Everyone here thinks the best distance runners in the history of the world can run at least 49/50. They think the best milers ever can run 46. And the best 800m runners ever 45 or quicker.
I fixed your post to more accurately reflect the conversation that I have seen on the board.