Middle Distance guys: what is your 200m PR?

200 - 22.94 - Senior year of high school

800 - 1:53.81 - freshman year of college

1 year apart

220: 22.3

440: 49.8

600: 1:12.2

880: 1:49.6

1000: 2:12.0

1 mile: 4:08.4

These were all in yards back in the 70’s

Wow, as I read this I realize that something was wrong (with the coaching?) when I was in high school 40 years ago.

I ran sub 24, 50-51 and 2:02 (for 220, 440, 880 on cinders).

I later coached guys who broke 2:00 and couldn't break 24 and 53!

I was told that as a girl I had no speed and needed to focus on the distance events

29 (200 - hand timed - workout - trainers)

61 (400 - hand timed - workout - trainers)

2:18 (800 - hand timed - workout - trainers))

5:04 (1600 - race)

11:33 (3200 - race)

19:00 (5k - race)

Looking back on it my sweet spot was probably at 800m, too bad I never pursued it.

200m- 23.8

400m- 51.8

800m- 2:00.6

Mile- 4:38

200m 22.17

800m 1:56.14

I was a walk-on in college, trained for the 800m. Ran consistently in the 21 second range during practice. In retrospect, maybe the 800 wasn't my best event.

ThatAverageRunner wrote:

800m: 1:52.7

200m: actual fastest time is a 24flat towards the end of a workout in practice. Could beat some low 11 100m guys in block starts on my team. Coach said he thought I could run 22.8 but I think more like 23.2-23.5 was realistic

23.2, mid-d runner beating 11 flat, 100m guys in block starts.

Ye... that never happened...

Speed:

200m: 22.25

400m: 47.97

Events:

800m: 1:52.05

1000m: 2:24.35

1500m: 3:45.09

Mile: 4:01.89

200- 23.14

800- 1:51.4

21.5

1:47

200m: 25.5 (taken during 4x400m split which i split 54.5 (died hard haha)

800m 2:00.39 indoors

sorry not an MD, was a 3k-10k runner for the last 3 years of college. Always fun to give perspective though

All who have posted - was your 200 time from blocks, or legit standing start?

Because if not it is not legit.

Thanks.

HS times on cinders/sand/dirt 60 years ago. 880 - 1:53.0, 220 on straightaway 22.4.

the pen is mightier wrote:

200m: 25.5 (taken during 4x400m split which i split 54.5 (died hard haha)

800m 2:00.39 indoors

sorry not an MD, was a 3k-10k runner for the last 3 years of college. Always fun to give perspective though

In a legitimate 200 you would have been no faster than 26.5.....at best.

200 - 39.4

800 - 2:28

I only hs junior

I've never run a 200 TT or race (which I want to do at some point), the fastest 200 I've done was a hand timed 25.0x at the end of a workout.

800: 1:54.06

23.19

2:16

Interesting that with a few exceptions, most people posting were semi-elite middle distance runners who could at least challenge for a hs state 800 m title not the more typical 17 or 18 minute 5 K weekend warrior. I thought my PR speed was decent but most here are putting me to shame.

800m guy? wrote:

200m 22.17

800m 1:56.14

I was a walk-on in college, trained for the 800m. Ran consistently in the 21 second range during practice. In retrospect, maybe the 800 wasn't my best event.

Sounds like me.

200m: 23.0, 23.0, 22.3, 23.0 hand timed in a workout (kept up with a guy who ran 47.9-400m that year and it was my 1st and last time time at this type of workout since I was training for the 800m and didn't do those type of workouts)

600y: 1:14.xx (low 54.xx 440y pace)

800m 1:58.xx indoors in early January. Never improved . Got sick or injured each year and not many races at my school to compete in

Ran some 51.xx 400-m in practice not all out.

I think I should have trained for the 200 and 400m.