Bird Expert wrote:
When Wayde van Niekerk was 24 he ran a 43.03. I would certainly call that a good time for a 24 year old.
Nah, that's five years back. sub 43 and you can proudly call yearself a decent 400m runner.
Bird Expert wrote:
When Wayde van Niekerk was 24 he ran a 43.03. I would certainly call that a good time for a 24 year old.
Nah, that's five years back. sub 43 and you can proudly call yearself a decent 400m runner.
It all depends. For males who're:
Sedentary: 80 seconds is good
Athletic non-runners: 65 seconds is good
Pro athletes (excluding runners and soccer players): 57 seconds is good
Distance runners: 55 seconds is good
Sprinters: 51 seconds is good
If you're female, multiply the above times by 12%. If you're looking for great times and not just good times, divide those numbers by 10%.
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No way you have a girlfriend.
ancient thread wrote:
It all depends. For males who're:
Sedentary: 80 seconds is good
Athletic non-runners: 65 seconds is good
Pro athletes (excluding runners and soccer players): 57 seconds is good
Distance runners: 55 seconds is good
Sprinters: 51 seconds is good
If you're female, multiply the above times by 12%. If you're looking for great times and not just good times, divide those numbers by 10%.
Laughing at this. Sedentary males run 80 secs and athletic nonrunners should be around 65. I want to know where these people are.
old news wrote:
ancient thread wrote:
It all depends. For males who're:
Sedentary: 80 seconds is good
Athletic non-runners: 65 seconds is good
Pro athletes (excluding runners and soccer players): 57 seconds is good
Distance runners: 55 seconds is good
Sprinters: 51 seconds is good
If you're female, multiply the above times by 12%. If you're looking for great times and not just good times, divide those numbers by 10%.
Laughing at this. Sedentary males run 80 secs...
They don't. That's why a sedentary 24 year old male running 80" is considered good, not average.
Sedentary people can't even sprint a full 400m. You people are seriously overestimating the fitness of the average person. Take a good look around you when you are in line at the grocery store and tell me how many people look remotely athletic.
I played pickup basketball pre-pandemic and I remember new guys ages 22 to 42 who had to sit out a bit because they couldn't keep up with the back and forth demands of the game. Most people absolutely hate running as well.
My first 5K was 20:30 at age 30, and I remember running a 67 400m a week prior to that race on tired legs. I could do 12x200m at 31-32 when I was running low 17's for the 5K a year later, but still couldn't crack 60. I'm curious as to what I could do as teenager or college student.
I'm not fast and I'm an average athlete, but I think in my prime and with training I could have cracked 60.
The 400m WR for 35 year olds (44.54) is only a second and a half slower than the open WR, so you wouldn't have been that much faster in your teens unless you trained like a sprinter back then. If you're still in your mid 30s, give it a shot, it's not too late to do sprint training and get that sub 60.
Donut2000 wrote:
Sedentary people can't even sprint a full 400m. You people are seriously overestimating the fitness of the average person.
FWIW, the median 300m time of all guys in their 20s (sedentary and non-sedentary) is 56.0 seconds, which is about a 78" - 79" 400:
https://www.publicsafetyapp.com/Jobs/customer-files/300-Meter-Run-Cooper-Standards.pdf1:49.84 - 800m Freshmen National Record - Cooper Lutkenhaus (check this kick out!!)
Jakob on Oly 1500- “Walk in the park if I don’t get injured or sick”
Emma Coburn to miss Olympic Trials after breaking ankle in Suzhou
VALBY has graduated (w/ honors) from Florida, will she go to grad school??
Men who run twice a day and the women who love/put up with them