[beunyque]

beunyque on April 18, 2004 at 5:02 am #9135

1. I've just started track (I did indoor, now I'm in outdoor) and I'm a freshman. I ran the 400m for the first time in a race the other day, and my time was 75s (terrible, I know, but I'm a girl who has never done anything athletic in her life), but I can usually get 200m in about 32s but I was wondering what you think I should make my goal time for this?
2. In the meets, I usually run 400m and 200m, so I'm usually exhausted after running the 400m with barely 15 minutes rest before running the 200m, giving me terrible times (35s at the last meet), is there anything I can do to help me perform better in the 200m? *I am trying to get better at long and triple jump so I can do that instead of the 200m, but I'm not there yet*
3. Check my other post regarding spikes please

Thanks for your help :spin:

[silentscream]

silentscream on April 18, 2004 at 10:18 pm #27262

1. A good goal for the 400 would probably be about 70 seconds. You'll find that the second time is a lot easier than the first time by leaps and bounds. For the 200, i'd say go for 30 seconds, and see where you go from there.

2. Try doing a lot of deep breathing, just try to gain your air back, run a cool down lap, there's not much else you can do.

3. As many people have told me, "Whatever's comfortable".

[Jay Turner]

Jay Turner on April 19, 2004 at 3:41 am #27263

Just curious beunyque, how did you find out about elitetrack.com?

[beunyque]

beunyque on April 19, 2004 at 4:34 am #27264

I was looking up track sites on msn and it came up there :wow: