nice job on your race! even though not sub 5 I agree with Not An Expert that you very well were in 4:55 shape and still nice PR
glad you're excited to run some 1500m races and you can definitely focus on laps 2 and 3 now. good luck on the 5k by the way I bet you can go sub 17 (unless you're really not good at longer distances which I doubt you seem fit enough)
Totally agree -- who cares if you close in 73-74 if you run 4:55. The 71 shows you had more in the tank
Not An Expert wrote:
Yeah, PRs are always nice. When I was coaching I had a rule "no complaining about a PR." That being said, with those splits you're in near (and possibly sub-) 4:55 mile shape. Good luck going for your sub-17--if it's in similar conditions to this mile race, you're fit enough.
I managed to get 16:52, that is over 10-second PB, huge thanks to all three of you for the encouragement after the mile race!
fileau wrote:
Please tell me what I should realistically aim for, based on these times:
1:14, 1:12, 1:13, 1:14, 1:13, 1:12, 1:11, 1:09
all 400s were controlled and I wasn't struggling that much, rest was walking/standing, last time I ran a mile was a year ago and I was in 5:14 shape back then, but apparently there is some little progress, I hope for sub5
I don't know does it matter, but after 10min of jogging I did 4x200m w/ 60 sec rest with first 100s in similar pace to above 400s and latter 100s at max speed: 14.2, 14.2, 14.6, 14.7
Were they in trainers or spikes? If trainers: 4:45, if spikes 4:53.
fileau wrote:
Please tell me what I should realistically aim for, based on these times:
1:14, 1:12, 1:13, 1:14, 1:13, 1:12, 1:11, 1:09
all 400s were controlled and I wasn't struggling that much, rest was walking/standing, last time I ran a mile was a year ago and I was in 5:14 shape back then, but apparently there is some little progress, I hope for sub5
I don't know does it matter, but after 10min of jogging I did 4x200m w/ 60 sec rest with first 100s in similar pace to above 400s and latter 100s at max speed: 14.2, 14.2, 14.6, 14.7
I've done 10 x 400 @ 76-78 w/ 90" recovery, ran 4:50 for 1500, so probably sub 5:10 for the mile if I had the opportunity to race one. You only have 8 reps, but all much faster with shorter rest. At the very minimum this would indicate sub 5:00 for the mile. With the 4 x 200s after, all in 32-33 I suppose, shifts your prediction closer to 4:50, probably not under even on a perfect day, but I'd say 4:55 is a given at this point.
BREAKING: Athing Mu running 800m in Gainesville on Friday at Holloway Pro Classic
Jakob chugs almost an entire 32-oz sports drink in 6 seconds during interview
I don't believe Jakob is clean. injured and runs 3:26.7 a bit later?
Can we talk about how crazy hard this Olympic marathon course is?
After Jakob's 3:26, Kerr's chance of winning in Paris has INCREASED