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Re: What is your fastest mile, 800, 1000, 2 mile and 5k?

guest — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:46:43 GMT

Thank you for the kind and helpful words. I usually take that strategy in cross country races and by doing so end up running close to even splits. I also agree with the fact that track is so much more boring!

Re: What is your fastest mile, 800, 1000, 2 mile and 5k?

guest — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:16:31 GMT

That's interesting, because your minute mile pace for your two mile is slower than your best 5k! What is confusing to me is how I beat people I race against in the mile by over 10 to 15 seconds and they whoop me in the 2 mile!

Re: how good can I get at the 800m with proper training?

guest — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:53:02 GMT

To be totally honest, you need to focus your training on "distance" running if you want to get good at the 800. I run distance events(i.e the mile, 2 mile, 800 etc.) and my training starts off with a solid mileage base before and in the beginning of the season which is basically long slow runs. As the season progresses, my coach adds in hard tempo runs which he calls the "backbone" of our fitness and speed repeats(8 400 repeats, 7 700 repeats, 6 600s, and others) which really suck, but make you a lot faster. It's hard work. And as for your times, they are respectable especially considering the type of training you did and your age and gender.

What is your fastest mile, 800, 1000, 2 mile and 5k?

guest — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:58:15 GMT

I am asking this question because I have entered my Prs for some of these events into a running calculator that tells you how it compares to in another race(i.e what time it is equivalent to) and some are much better comparatively speaking. It makes me wonder "what kind of runner I am" and also how other runners' performances change with different races.