Very nice though. Would the 200 be a PB if it wasn't a split?
Originally posted by SilentScream
Thanks for you support, 400stud. I was really nervous before the meet, but after everything got going, I felt awesome.
For a quick overview, just go to the bottom.
The first event for me was the 4x2. Right from the get-go, we got annihilated. The 3 other guys all ran in the high 20's, and the handoff from the #3 runner to me was terrible, I ended up having to look back because he stumbled and almost didn't get it to me. After that, everything was okay tho. They clocked my split at a 23.18.
The 400 was beautiful. I felt winded from the 200, but it turns out that I was less tired than I thought. Running in lane 4, i passed the runners in lanes 5 and 6 early (mid-first curve) and floated down the back straight. Using the advice of Trck400mRnnr, I checked at about the 200m mark to see how I was doing, and then gave an early kick towards the finish. I concentrated on being relaxed and keeping my form down the final straight. My time ended up being a 56.03. A little disapointing, but a PR all the same.
The 4x4 was really sad. We got annihilated, but not because of me. We were down by at least 150 meters by the time i got my exchange, and it was pretty much history anyway. The only two good things about this race were getting a 56.85 split, and my teammates standing around the track yelling "come on! you can catch him!"
Well, it is a PB, but it's the first time I've ever run it in a meet for a time. I'm sort of skeptical on whether or not that time is accurate, but I have a feeling I'll be running in the open 2 in the next meet, so we'll see then.
The thing that is very exciting about all of this is that the qualifying time for varsity in the 200 is 23 seconds flat. Considering that the time of 23.18 is faster than at least one of the kids on the varsity 4x2, I may be seeing some more varsity action by the time the year is through.
Today was pretty interesting. He had us running 200's at our goal 400 pace. For me, he wants me running a 53 at the next meet, equating to a 26/27 for the first and second half of the race.
Is that realistic for someone who currently runs a 56.03? I'm confident that I could do it, I'm not even nervous, but 3 seconds seems like a HUGE ammount to shave off in less than a week.
Last year as a sophomore i went from running a 55.0 which was only .2 faster than my pr my frosh year to a 53.7 in one race.
I think to drop that amount of time its mostly learning to run the race rather than your ability. I had a senior right beside me the whole way and hes a good friend of mine. We pushed eachother the whole way and both set a pr. He was a distance guy tho…he had the endurance and i had the speed…it was a crazy race to watch when we both came off the second turn side by side and stayed that way till the finish.
The only advice i have is to push through the second turn. I found that was where i lost all my time. If i run the second turn hard and come off of it flying…i usually try to hang on to me speed and i run faster than if i were lazy going into the second turn.
True, I am learning to run the race more, it seems like the coach had a sort of… double standard in our workout tho. There was only one girl running with us (a junior) and she was running 25's and 27's during the workout. He told her that she was running too fast.
Now in my first two, I ran a 24 and another 24. He didn't say that I was running too fast, he said that I was "Faster than I seem to know". That was all just really confusing to me.
I've heard a lot of good things about the Nike Zoom MAXCAT, and most other sprinters on my team have them. Would this be a good spike to look at somewhere down the road, or should I stick with mid distance?
Mid-distance spikes and the Maxcats are basically one in the same in my opinion. They're comfortable (I had the JSC's), but I don't like flimsy plates. Go with what you think will be most comfortable.
Doing 200s in 23.18 you should get the Maxcats. the small cushion on the heel of all mid distance spikes wont let you run your best while any sprinters will allow you to run only on the balls of your heels
You're supposed to run on the balls of your feet. Yes, you can and probably will experience SOME heel contact when running, but for the most part you want to run on the balls of your feet.
Dude the 200 is a long race if your not in shape. I can definately see if a freshman who has not ran before is asked to do the 200 for the first time, them says wow that was long…
