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1600m Time Trial -- Richland High

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North Salt Lake,UT,

Member Since:

Dec 12, 2007

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Olympic Trials Qualifier

Running Accomplishments:

1500m - 3:59.9h (2014)

5000m - 14:53.45 (Portland Track Festival 2014)

8k XC - 25:09 (Sundodger 2011)

10k XC - 31:31 (WWU Invite 2011)

HM - 1:10:19 (Houston 2018)

Marathon - 2:28:39 (Houston 2019)

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Olympic Trials Qualifier

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Miles:	This week:	4.70	Month:	20.70	Year:	21.70
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Sat, May 03, 2008

Race: 1600m Time Trial -- Richland High (0.9944 Miles) 00:04:24

Easy Miles	Marathon Pace Miles	Threshold Miles	VO2 Max Miles	Total Distance
4.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	5.00

I'm not going to lie, I feel really stupid and really disappointed about missing my race. But I tried to make the most of it, and went to a local track to do an all out mile. The track didn't have a mile start line, so 1600m was the best I could do.

I thought I could do a sub-4:20 if I ran right, but it didn't happen today. I had projected 63, 65, 66 and 65 for my lap splits, but I ended up with 65, 67, 67, 65 -- so a little short of my goal but I'm okay with it. In a race I should be able to shave a few seconds off. It felt good to end on this note... there was something satisfying about the higher-speed burn that I don't get from the 5k races.

So this wraps up my track season -- now it's time to move into cross country mode. I'll reduce my miles a little this week to rest my legs, then it's base-building time. A couple of guys on the team told me to peak for the try-out races, since my chances are slim to begin with. Sounds like a plan.

Night Sleep Time: 0.00	Nap Time: 0.00	Total Sleep Time: 0.00

Comments

From jtshad on Sun, May 04, 2008 at 09:47:09

Sorry you missed your race, but this was a sweet time trial today. Keep running strong.

From Sasha Pachev on Tue, May 06, 2008 at 11:20:31

You are only 6 seconds slower than Bill Rogers in the mile, and he could run a 2:09 marathon. Which means if you are a natural marathoner and you do the training, you could run somewhere around 2:12. Remember that Ryan Hall thought of himself as a middle distance runner, and it took him a while before he tried even a half marathon.

From Tyler on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 10:31:09

How do I know if I'm a natural marathoner?

My only real distance race (the 10-miler) wasn't spectacular - I'd think a guy with natural marathon ability could run 3 minutes faster at that age without much trouble.

From Sasha Pachev on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 11:57:39

You will have no clue about your marathon potential until you've run high mileage for a couple of years. However, so far you have been showing signs of a natural marathoner. Going from 30 miles a week to 70 gave you a significant improvement in a 5 K and in tempo runs. You were able to run 4:24 1600 without having ever demonstrated spectacular 400 or 800 meter speed.

You have to remember than a natural marathoner when untrained or undertrained often comes across as a pathetically mediocre runner in all distances. His middle distance potential is not that great to begin with, and he cannot reach it without high mileage on top of it. And then, due to being undertrained, he cannot hold the little speed that he has over longer distances. Such runners appear complete losers to your average college coach, and they just brush them off. Yet deep down many of those guys have a marathon jewel that does not come out under typical collegiate training.

From Tyler on Thu, May 08, 2008 at 18:05:42

Well, I'd love to discover that I had the marathon jewel, but it'll have to wait awhile still.

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