Can I run a 2:02 800m by next outdoor season. Im going to be running through XC, to build my endurance, and a little bit of indoor. Im in 9th grade and this was my first year running. How likely in percent am I to run 2:02 by 10th grade outdoor season.
Current Pr's:
200m - 26s(Never got to run it more than once)
300m - 40s
400m - 56s
500m - 1:15s
800m - 2:26s
1600m - 5:20s
Maybe 1-2%? I would give u 40% by senior year
I wish I was a freshman again.
In sophomore of college, I was 165 pounds. Then I took up running. In junior year I was 115 pounds. In senior year, I was 145 pounds.
Go to the gym, get muscle, and you'll be fast!
u got time bruh
Maybe you should just shoot for 2:15 or even 2:20 first. There's a reason not every High school track runner runs 2:02, and this is because it is a fast time that takes both significant training and natural talent.
I'm going to be honest: probably not. I think with your 400 PR though, you can do it by junior or senior year.
I started running my sophomore year, and did 59 and 2:25 in trainers with no prior training, then worked down to 56 and 2:13 by racing. 5k somewhere around 19 minutes.
Junior year, trained seriously and worked 5k down to 18 minutes and the other two down to 55 and 2:04.
Senior year, trained more seriously and worked 5k down to 16:4x and 54 and 2:00.
You have the speed to do it. You need a great base this summer and the next (if your mileage is low now, build some (but nothing crazy) but do lots of aerobic cross-training), you need to take your diet seriously, sleep well, strength train (build slowly), do injury prevention work, touch on your speed year-round (strides 4-5x per week, short sprints leading up to track season), don't burn yourself out in indoors, and once the outdoor season comes do every workout with a specific purpose. If you have a good coach, just listen, but if they are new/inexperienced make sure you communicate your goals with them. Study periodization of the season for the 800 (this is a decent website to read:
https://800mtraining.wordpress.com
).
Best of luck - it might not come next year, but train both smart and hard and it will probably come in time.
Thank you i will definitely up my mileage I pretty much wasted this outdoor season as I never really did any interval runs.
Nope. Maybe if you were fast though
Okay, good luck. Yeah, interval workouts are pretty much vital to in-season training, I can't imagine someone not using them. (And you can do intervals to accomplish a lot of things and a lot of paces too.) Just make sure not to blast intervals at race pace and such too early.
Finally, mileage is important, but just remember all the little things add up tremendously too. As a middle distance runner, and especially an 800m runner, you need to be a perfectly balanced and tuned blend of speed, endurance, ability to tolerate anaerobic work, etc, not "just" an aerobic machine.
Freshman year
26.9
56.6
2:19.0
5:01.8 mile
Sophomore year
1:58.8!!
Good luck and train smart