Sprinted 200m in 27.5, but can sprint 100m in 13.2. Is there a problem somewhere?

No.

Ya think?

No.

Run more and improve your endurance then. You don't need to worry about sprinting right now.

You're welcome.

How good is your technique at running the curve?

0/10

No 24 year old "starts" running and they time a 100 and 200. Also if ypu just started how do you know what your 800 pace is?

Future Usain Bolt...just kidding wrote:

Should my 200m time be faster? If so, is it my endurance that's the problem (and so should I work on speed endurance with 80m-150m sessions) or could it be related to poor form that tires me out too early?

You need to pace yourself better.

Future Usain Bolt...just kidding wrote:

Should my 200m time be faster? If so, is it my endurance that's the problem (and so should I work on speed endurance with 80m-150m sessions) or could it be related to poor form that tires me out too early?

Background info

24 years old, Male

Been running for a year and a bit, most of that time was spent jogging with a tempo workout infrequently. Started incorporating 800m pace/mile work here and there 8 months ago and top speed work once a week 4-5 months ago. My endurance is pretty crappy relative to my speed in that my 5k and 10k ability is very likely crap compared to what I'm capable of in the 400, 800 and mile.

Would really appreciate any help guys

thanks :)

And yes I know I'm very slow lol :(

Are you 5'6" or 5'7" 180 lbs.? All muscle or not, some guys or gals have a 200m PB slower than 100m PB x 2.

speaker of hard truths- thanks lol, you are right for sure since I'm focusing on middle distance even though I would love to see improvement in my sprint times

stater of the oblivious: that is a very good question; I unfortunately am not very knowledgeable on form, especially with regards to the curves; I'm not sure if my form on the curves is hindering me or not. All I can say is I start tying up a bit in the last 50m of the 200m; I should maybe film myself sprinting and see if I can detect something wrong (which there probably is but I can't pinpoint it at this moment)

Bob Schul: lol, I promise I'm not trolling; I had read up quite a bit on 800m training before I fully got into running because the physiology of distance training is interesting to me and I was beginning to like running a lot already. I raced an 800m a couple of months after I started running adn that's what I based my 800m pace work off of. My PR is 2:30 but I'm certain I'm in better shape than that right now, not sure exactly by how much though

yxhx: you're probably right, I did feel myself tying up a bit in the last 50m, not sure if that's supposed to happen in addition to slowing down a tad naturally.

askhoustonmctear: I'm actually quite the opposite lol, pretty lean but might be full of myself and actually be scrawny. I'm 5'10 and around 140-145 lbs

Appreciate the replies so far guys, been very helpful and am eager to know what else I can do to improve my sprint speed while training for mid distance. Thanks again!

Future Usain Bolt...just kidding wrote:

yxhx: you're probably right, I did feel myself tying up a bit in the last 50m, not sure if that's supposed to happen in addition to slowing down a tad naturally.

No matter the race distance, you should never be tying up or slowing down. Doing so means you did a bad job at pacing yourself.