2.) What does she run with a regular training block of moderate mileage middistance training?
1. Right now she could probably run 2:04.
2. If she trained exclusively for the 800 for a year, around 1:58 or 1:59.
Her problem is that she is too fast at 200. Everyone has a range they are great at and Sydney is great at 200 to 400. She is only very good at 100 and 800.
She probably could be top 10 in the US in the 800, but probably never top 3. And why would she do the 800 anyway? She knows that by focusing on the 400 she can win Olympic medals in the 400h, flat 400, and the 4x400.
2.) What does she run with a regular training block of moderate mileage middistance training?
1. Right now she could probably run 2:04.
2. If she trained exclusively for the 800 for a year, around 1:58 or 1:59.
Her problem is that she is too fast at 200. Everyone has a range they are great at and Sydney is great at 200 to 400. She is only very good at 100 and 800.
She probably could be top 10 in the US in the 800, but probably never top 3. And why would she do the 800 anyway? She knows that by focusing on the 400 she can win Olympic medals in the 400h, flat 400, and the 4x400.
this is probably correct. Edwin Moses tried to transition to the 800 and it didn't go very well. 400 hurdlers make great 4x8 legs in high school. but what the standard for a great 4x8 leg at that level?
400 hurdlers are often pretty good at the 600, since they need that extra strength beyond just 400 meters of flat running. I have some examples of 56 second 400 hurdler women running ~1:29 for 600 indoors. Sydney is significantly better than that, and would reasonably run 1:25/1:26. I think she could give 2 flat a good run. She can run 50 flat for 400 and has her extra strength from the hurdles only slowing down a second using extra energy to get over 10 hurdles, so her running 57/58 seconds won't be too tough for her, then she could run a 62/63 to be around 2 flat.
It sounds a lot easier than it actually is. The 400h is a combination of strength, speed, and rhythm 🎶. The only 400h hurdler I remember who was world ranked in the 800 was Harald Schmid.
2. If she trained exclusively for the 800 for a year, around 1:58 or 1:59.
Her problem is that she is too fast at 200. Everyone has a range they are great at and Sydney is great at 200 to 400. She is only very good at 100 and 800.
She probably could be top 10 in the US in the 800, but probably never top 3. And why would she do the 800 anyway? She knows that by focusing on the 400 she can win Olympic medals in the 400h, flat 400, and the 4x400.
this is probably correct. Edwin Moses tried to transition to the 800 and it didn't go very well. 400 hurdlers make great 4x8 legs in high school. but what the standard for a great 4x8 leg at that level?
The poster to whom you responded may be correct, BUT it not worth it for her to switch to 800m to please posters on here. What if she were to go all in on 800m but unable to race sub-2:01?
In regard to Edwin Moses, he ran college XC at least one season.
S. McLaughlin and 800m was a big topic of discussion on here four and five years ago. She is not going to do it.
She's on top of the world in the 400H and 4x400 relay. Zero reason to seriously try the 800. But for the fun of speculation (same true for Karsten Warholm), she could probably hang on for a 600 WR. But beyond that, she'd need a totally different training regime that would weaken her at 400H.
I do remember an interview where Moses said he thought two sub 50's shouldn't be a problem or something similar to that about running two laps at sub 50. Harry Wilson said he thought Steve Ovett as some point could break 1.40 (this was when Ovett was a teenager). He won the Olympic 800 but never broke 1.44.
It seems to be common in track to think people can run incredibly fast in events they don't do.
It seems to be common in track to think people can run incredibly fast in events they don't do.
Karsten Warholm the most recent example when he ran that flat 400 last year after the Olympics. This message board filled with hyperbolic speculation and then he only ran 45.5, barely faster than his 400H WR
It sounds a lot easier than it actually is. The 400h is a combination of strength, speed, and rhythm 🎶. The only 400h hurdler I remember who was world ranked in the 800 was Harald Schmid.
Not many have tried.
Bronze medalist in the 800m at the OG in 2021, Patrick Dobek, was a 400m hurdler until 2021 (age 27).