Trying to break 4:00 in 1500 and breakout in Track this year

With those PRs, you definitely look more suited to be a really good 800m guy. You didn't say what you're doing now, but odds are raising mileage, adding doubles, doing more threshold work, and getting more sleep will likely help you.

10 seconds might not be out of the question, but we’ll need to know your previous training (average mileage, what a week of training looks like, PR progression, etc) in order to give you proper advice.

I will add what I do from week to week as I get my workouts from my coach and tell you guys my splits and etc.

Monday - 35:00 run 5.15 in 6:48 AVG.

Tuesday - 2 mile warm up, 8 x 400 meter up hills and jog recovery back down (2:30)

Splits - 73, 83, 87, 79, 77, 78, 75, 74

2 mile walk/jog cool down

Wednesday - 45:00 run 6.37 in 7:03 AVG.

Thursday - 3 mile warm up, 8 x 500 and 2 mile cool down

Friday - 30 min run

Saturday - OFF

Sunday - 50 min run and core

I am just coming off Cross Country and I also just came off my week break this past week so I will update everyday with my workouts and what I’m doing. Take note that today is Wednesday so I haven’t got to rest of the week.

Looks to me like you’re running your easy days too hard. Check your Daniels Vdot and use your 5k PR rather than your 800 to calculate your paces.

I would personally drop the second workout each week and throw in a tempo run instead.

How many miles a week were you running prior to your 4:10? Looks like you have some potential in the 800, just need to develop that aerobic system.

Uhm I think I was about running the same maybe at most 60, and I’m in indoor right now and I’m doing the mile and 1200 leg of my team’s DMR and in the mile I’m trying to 4:20 something.

Beasome0321 wrote:

My name is Andre’ Thompson Jr. and I am in my 3rd year of running in College. I saw a lot of progression last year in running last year but I want more. My pr’s are as listed

400 split: 50

800 split: 1:57.9

1500: 4:10

1600: 4:36

3200: 10:18

5000: 17:00

8000: 28:30

10000: 37:16

I know my distance prs aren’t all that I need to work on that but I think my prs from 3200 and under are okay. I would like input from anybody and everybody on what workouts and what things I can do strengthen myself to beat that 4:00. Thanks for all your input and vital information that you give me.

I did fail to mention that I dropped a lot of time in the 1500 last year and that is what I want to focus on. I went from 4:28 my first time running it to 4:10 by the second to last meet. The last time me running it I was on pace for 4:00, I came through the 1200 @ 3:15 and then the last 300 meters I just went really lactic and couldn’t run anymore and ended up running a 4:24

Wednesday - 3 mile warm up

8 x 500 (250 downhill and 250 uphill)

1. 1:46

2. 1:39

3. 1:35

4. 1:31

5. 1:31

6. 1:30

7. 1:33

8. 1:33

1 mile cool down