800m barrier

Run more.

Your only a sophomore and shoving your blame off onto your coaches? Man, what a sh!tshow your life will be. Set goals, seek advice from them, don’t complain and blame others when there are literally hundreds of things you can do yourself.

Run more. Do fast stuff. Strides and hills over the summer and more miles. 2:13 is indicative of a lack of speed (and maybe talent). Try focusing on XC and building some strength. Just train and grow older.

Every parent on my track team was complaining about coaching

I think I did pretty OK considering I trained myself to that and a 54-55 400. Are coaches told us to play dodgeball in practice and never came out to the track

They should be fired

I trained myself so with good coaching/ more input/ better workouts.... I should be at least under 2:05 as a sophomore

dead wrong, 2:00 isnt even about speed, at least not for an active high school boy, who should be able to break 15 for the 100 easily. His training is wrong, too much pounding. 30 minute tempos for an 8 minute race? tons of 400s and 200s? No way. XC is a good option, to keep your fitness rolling, but is general aerobic training, its getting you 3/4 there. You also need 400 meter ability, you need speed endurance. Try 100 meter reps with 2 minutes jogging rest, 300s with 5 minutes walking rest. Quality first, your body cant sprint 800 meters no matter what you do, but the longer you can sprint with good form the less time youll lose. and work on your balance, skip rope and get to where you can do so on one leg, walk backwards, walk on stuff doesnt need to be a balance beam a bench. Youre probably wasting energy enough to make you 13 seconds faster due to simple form errors.

Keep it simple, Haile Gebrselassie said, "‘I generally have 13 training sessions a week. On Sunday I only run once. Each week, I try to do 3 speed sessions, one long run (1½/2 hours) and one or two Fartlek sessions. The rest of the sessions are endurance runs that I try not to run too fast. They help my muscles to recover from the hard training."

Jack Foster once said, "I don't train, I just run 3-15 miles a day".

https://canute1.wordpress.com/2014/07/23/the-training-of-haile-gebreselassie-and-jack-foster/

I have been told that I could break 2 if my form was a lot better.

The 800 is an awkward race and I've been told that barefoot running improves form, am I right?

I should be able to break 2 considering I can run a 55 400 in my sleep.

Guess its a sign I need more endurance

Tracki48 wrote:

I have been told that I could break 2 if my form was a lot better.

The 800 is an awkward race and I've been told that barefoot running improves form, am I right?

I should be able to break 2 considering I can run a 55 400 in my sleep.

Guess its a sign I need more endurance

Don't worry about form. Just focus on being relaxed and put a emphasis on running over hills.

anyone youre age needs more endurance. takes 6 years of year round training and being physically developed to max endurance. then people keep getting better, if they keep improving economy. Good form matters. You can run under 2 without it, but it will limit you eventually to have poor running form. Barefoot running might help sure, preferably on dirt or grass. try walking for two minutes, running for two minutes so youre fresh the whole time. Halie G wasnt an 800 meter runner I dont know what these guys are on about. Also 55 could be 52 , then breaking 2 is easier. Youre young and have plenty of time to build up mileage, but if you dont learn how to run really fast now you wont ever. Enter the 200. It will improve your 400 which will in turn improve your 800. Id have diversified more in track, entered multiple events.

Haile wasn't a 800 guy, but could run near 2 min 800m pace for 5 kilometres.