Been running mid distance for 2 years. Started at 1:55 ish 800m first year and dropped to 1:51 ish second year. My question is: does simply getting experience beyond very basic mileage add up? Because I’m still new, is my ceiling still higher than what ive done? Thanks in advance
Bringing this back up; would reaaalllyy like to know how much training history plays into progression. Any input or knowledge would be helpful. Thanks!
You seem motivated, and hopeful, which is great. If you want kudos, sure, 1:51 is faster than most people can ever dream of. Nice work. But we don’t have enough info to guess at your potential. Do you have a coach that can discuss this with you?
For more answers from random people here, give more details- age, training, best times at 100, 200, 400, 1500, etc.
Mile time progression: 4:33 for my first go at it outta the blue, progressed into 4:23 two seasons ago and a 4:14 this last season. Was a sprinter/hurdler in high school, ran 49.20 in the 400m and 37.90 in the 300m hurdles but had to quit the short stuff because of injury with hurdles.
Still need age and gender info
Male, 20
Hear hear wrote:
Still need age and gender info
You need a 1:51 guy to tell you his gender?
Anyway, @OP you clearly are a 400/800 guy. With your raw speed you have the potential to run a 1:47-1:48 800m and maybe even a sub 4 minute mile depending on how far you can develop your aerobic system.
Look at the free training log of Nick Symmonds. Nothing spectacular, just decent mileage around 60-70 mpw, some cross-training like easy swimming 2-3x a week for recovery, lots of lifting. The running is split in easy running/LR, a good amount of threshold work and some speed in the base phase. Then in competition phase he adds lots of race-paced intervals, 200s, 300s, 400s, all around 800m pace or faster.