How much slower will your time be if you fall and/or are tripped during a 3200m race on the track.
I got tripped today in a 3200m time trial at practice by a slower runner running in lane 1 as we lapped him. I fell on my back and quickly got back up but was breathing a lot heavier and almost ventalating (one breath each stride). So how much could I have lost because of that?
I fell last week not even 20m into our first 5k last. The race allows middle schoolers so there were 20+ 4’ kids at the start who think they’ll sprint away from everyone but just end up getting run over. It only took me 5 seconds or so to get back up and going but my adrenaline was up so much higher before it I think it made me super stressed. I had trouble breathing despite just starting. Took me a couple minutes to settle down, but I doubt it significa not effected my performance.
A 5 second fall? Didn’t significantly effect your performance? I find that hard to believe. Plus I ran 3200m not 5k.
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Depends on how you fell, how hard you hit the ground, etc. I fell in a race back to back weeks during indoor track my freshman year. The first time, I got tripped 400 into a 800, I was shocked and hit the group pretty hard. it took me a second or two to get back up. I proceeded to jog the last bit instead if race. I went from being on pace for a massive PR (and yes, I probably would have sustained the pace, felt super strong) to jogging a 2:22. The very next weekend on the sane track, I got tripped again a or two into the 1600. I needed to run a 4:48 that raceto advance to our area championships. With this in mind, I pretty much just summersulted, popped right back up, and sprinted back up to my spot. I ended up PRing with 4:46.
Varying falls have varying effects.
Probably around an hour or so.