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So today at the cross country meet I was really nervous and I had a lot of energy. I normally start out pretty fast but its also decently conservative. Today, however, I sprinted like a bat out of hell and I was in first place out of 200 girls. My coach said that what I ran was equivalent to a 64 or 66 second 400. So I have offically decided that I am going to run the 400 in track. HELL YES
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Wait you're a girl right?
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Yeah I'm a girl
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wow! thats awesome!!! great job!
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So what would a 1:04 400 convert to for the 800?
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Um... a lot of things.
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i think i might do sprints in track this year, since we only have 1 sprinter still here from last years team. it could be fun lol.
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TRI_Love_518 wrote:So what would a 1:04 400 convert to for the 800?
2:08? assuming your coach was right, and you could hold that pace for twice as long.
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2.08 for a girl is insane...
1.04 is more like a 2.20
1.04 is more like a 2.20
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Um, that's a little hasty. A 64 is not amazingly fast. It shows potential. Not 2:08 or even 2:20 potential. 2:20 is still very fast for a girl. I know 58 girls who can't run under 2:25 and 2:20 girls who can only get 61-63. Just saying. Don't worry about it now and if you really are good at it you will blossom when the time comes.
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calm down, she asked what 1:04 would convert for twice the distance>>2:08. i figured most people would be smart enough to assume she wont run a 2:08 
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CT Track wrote:Um, that's a little hasty. A 64 is not amazingly fast. It shows potential. Not 2:08 or even 2:20 potential. 2:20 is still very fast for a girl. I know 58 girls who can't run under 2:25 and 2:20 girls who can only get 61-63. Just saying. Don't worry about it now and if you really are good at it you will blossom when the time comes.
I think a 64 is roughly equivalent to a 2:20. Especially if the girl has a background in XC.
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you guys are weird, i thought even splitting 800's was the way to go;)
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well, if she was going for 2.20, she probably wouldn't run the first lap at an allout 400m sprint
if she did and somehow repeated that then yes it would be a 2:08 but if a 64 is an all out everything you got, then you wouldnt get 2.08 for the 800 because you would run the first one a lil slower so you could do it again
^^so like you said, even splits
if she did and somehow repeated that then yes it would be a 2:08 but if a 64 is an all out everything you got, then you wouldnt get 2.08 for the 800 because you would run the first one a lil slower so you could do it again
^^so like you said, even splits
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When I ran the 64 it wasn't an all out because it was right at the beginning of an XC meet. I still ran 5k after and sprinted at every mile marker and at the final 400. So, I guess I could've given more. We'll see in the spring...
Plus I've been doing a ton of tri training and not a lot of speedwork so...
Plus I've been doing a ton of tri training and not a lot of speedwork so...
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4 second rule
assuming that 400 was correct and your max effort..
you would take 64 +4(5 in a girls case)
so 69 and multiply it by 2 putting you at 2.18 assuming you have endurance.
im gonna go ahead and say no.
assuming that 400 was correct and your max effort..
you would take 64 +4(5 in a girls case)
so 69 and multiply it by 2 putting you at 2.18 assuming you have endurance.
im gonna go ahead and say no.
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hmmm I'm guessing you would run about a 2.26 (throwin it out there) if thats what you truly ran and can hold it.
Thats a good time though.
Thats a good time though.
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did you completely die after that?
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Um no
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AudienceOfOne wrote:did you completely die after that?
She didn't run a 64 second 400. She ran what her coach said was equivalent to a 64 second 400.
What place and time did you end up getting in the race?
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i don't understand...HXC_Runner2012 wrote:AudienceOfOne wrote:did you completely die after that?
What place and time did you end up getting in the race?