Do u sprint the first 200? Do you speed up every 100m ? Do you just pace yourself and try to have a good kick at the end?

How should i weight train and overall get ready for next track season i.e best exercises, routines and etc

I’ve been running since middle school and I’ve been pretty consistent about it now I’m in college and O struggle to break 70 In a 400. We had time trials in middle school and I could run a 1:03 like it was easy But once I got to high school I started to slow down a lot and Now I get lactic acid lot easier despite training harder. Any suggestions?

Has anyone successfully set up a velocity measuring system without breaking the bank?

I want to measure my top speed and I can only estimate my speed using a GPS smartwatch or a stopwatch.

I'm thinking of having a camera recording a sprint and using a yardstick for a reference point to measure time it takes to get from one end to the other then math.

I graduated from high school in upstate New York 20 years ago. Back then, the only meets we had with FAT timing were the two state meets (indoor states and outdoor states). All of our other meets—including sectionals, which acted as state qualifiers with ~70 high schools—were hand time.

Then I went to college, and every meet was FAT. Even the small meets.

Curious if FAT timing is becoming more common at the HS level for your average meets.

Am I lucky to live at 7,420 feet in Colorado Springs north part? I run a 5:50 mile at that elevation. Is it a blessing that I live at elevation for track or is it a curse when you can’t breathe

So I’m a workout warrior. I’m a collegiate, decent times in pretty much every event but I can’t break 2?? I’ve ran 2:00 9 times… My workouts are pretty solid. 12x400 30 sec rest 69 avg. 5mile tempo 5:28 avg. I can run a 23low 200. Do I just have small balls? lol

I’ve seen him post more and more about this weird physical therapist and with him being one of the most followed track and field athletes I hope more people don’t fall for this BS

Talk about anything running related. Training, meets, form, current athletes, race videos, etc.

Hi there!

For some background: • I’m new to running (though I’ve done 2.4km runs as per the school requirements). My timings are not the best, but im not sure if it meets the mark of decency (11 mins 52 seconds) • I’m borderline underweight (18.3 BMI) • I have proper gear such as running shoes and shorts

Is interval training the best for sprints? I’m thinking of 4 x 800m as per a YouTube video mentioned. Though, this seems a bit tough on a beginner whose longest I’ve ever run is 5km.

Any advice on this? Thank you so much.

My coach always tells me to loosen my shoulders when I run because I am prone to tightening my shoulders when I move my arms and especially at the end of the race when I’m tired which I’m not really worried about but I am worried about it at practice. How can I loosen my shoulders when I run naturally? Thanks.

Last year was my first serious season running track, and I finished the szn with a 4:28 1500m and a 2:07 800m. I’m currently a jr, and over the summer I ran solid 40+ mile weeks and dropped my 5k from 18:44 to 16:38. This winter I decided to turn things up and run 60 mile weeks, without injury. Now during track, I’m not making the improvements I’d thought I’d be making at all. So far, I’ve ran 4:24, 2:10, and 9:30 (3k). The first two were pretty bad races and the 3k was pretty strategic, but I still feel like I should be at least doing workouts significantly faster than last year, but instead my paces are getting slower and easier by the week. I should also note that I’ve been suffering from pretty bad insomnia, and I’ve missed a few workouts/not been able to recover all the time, but I’ve still remained injury free. Am I cooked? I’m prolly gonna be missing my third workout in a row tomorrow due to sickness and not sleeping, so yeah I’m prolly cooked.

What has happened to this meet? When I was in high school in the 90’s, the meet was sold out on the final day and many top tier D1 schools were there. After seeing some pictures and look at the results from this year, there were a lot of empty seats and mostly smaller D1 and below colleges. What’s the deal? I even saw that the University of Minnesota hosted a meet this weekend. Are Universities not wanting to spend the money to go?

Hi i’m a girl who is 16 years old trying to go sub 60 in the 400m does anyone have any tips (i run 61secs)

Just watching the Indy Car special, where Adam and Jamie race an Indy car on foot for 30ft (9.2m).

Adam used blocks, called them “chocks” then proceeded to NFL compound down start and put his hands up and slowed down before crossing the finish line. He also ran flat-footed. It was on concrete, but it still made my heart hurt.

This was an episode where they needed a real sprinter. (They got Wallace Spearmon to race a real driver but he still did it in sneakers plus he’s a 200m runner)

I tried doing Track & Field this spring, and I was so out of shape that even just jogging 2 miles (a lot of it being walking) at a 13:00 mile pace, 5 days a week, overworked my legs so much that I injured one and strained both. Now I have to stop running until May 15th, and coach just thinks I'm weak and says that he thinks I'm just scared to push harder... so at this point ill probably just quit track FOR NOW, and start training on my own, and start track and cross country again next school year.

I'm THAT out of shape. I was a fat no-life from age 4 to 14 that literally sat at home 12 hours a day. I recently lost 15 pounds, and I want to start doing sports. It all happened so suddenly that I thought I would somehow be in shape. After this minor injury, I plan to take things slowly over the summer. For the first couple of weeks after I stop track (which is basically tomorrow) I'll just walk 3-4.5 miles a day, because I know that as a society we sit a lot and then suddenly expect to run without even walking first..
Then I'll start jogging super slowly and over short distances ^((around 1.5 miles at 14:30 to 15:00 pace. Yes, I know this is practically walking and sometimes it makes it harder to run this slow, but not for me. if I run faster It makes it so I can only run for like 3/4 a mile and it's just not enough volume to make progress, especially because I know high speed low time isn't good for improving as a beginner, and high speed for me is like 12:30 lol)) Midway through the summer, I'll begin incorporating some strength exercises, as I know those are still very important for distance runners, such as the "5/3/1 For Beginners by Jim Wendler". And keep slowly improving my mileage and pace, as well as running 4 days a week instead of the 6 I had been during track, and also I know if I do resistance training, It should be spaced at least 4 to 6 hours before or after I run IF my plan has the running and lifting on the same day. Hopefully, by September, I can consistently run at least 3 miles a day at least an 11:30 mile pace without getting sore and strained all the time.

I think I just started too quickly and expected to improve too quickly. On top of that, my coach fed into this bad mentality. When I told him it was hurting even going slowly and for short distances, he said, 'I think you're just scared to go faster. Kid, you're running the same distance and speed you have been running since you started track a month ago.'

He doesn't understand that I've never been in shape, so it's going to take much longer for me, especially when he's overworking me like this.

Sorry for the essay

Watching the Penn Relays this weekend it is clear that Quincy is a generational talent and definitely competitive for a spot on the US Olympic team for the 400m relay. Who else do you have as high schoolers who might be competing in the Olympic trials this year?

My entire life I’ve been the fastest runner by far on sport teams. I’ve always enjoyed sprinting and was always good at very short distances(50m- 100m). In 8th grade I ran a hand timed 12.2 100m and didn’t think much of it until I got into highschool and saw the track runners at my school running just a bit faster than that time. I’ve gotten a lot faster since that and Recently I made varsity as a sophomore for lacrosse due to being fast and once again, I was faster than all the seniors on the team by a lot. I want to do a sport in college and I’m trying to find the right sport I could excel in. Is it worth it to try out track to see if id do well? Honest answers please dw abt being rude

So I started track a couple of years ago after 19 years of absolute sedentarism. Naturally I was very bad at it. My first times were 1:01 in the 400m and 13.22 in the 100m (I'm a male btw). Right now I'm training for the 400m and my PR is 55.4s (hand timed) or 56.7 (eletronic timed). I believe my 100m would be in the 12.6-12.9 range though I haven't competed the 100m in a long time. I'm at about 13-14% body fat, 5´9, 151lbs. I'd be very happy to get a 52.xx 400m and a sub-12 100m.

I'm a med student which means I naturally can't devote 100% of time to track. I train sprints 3x a week and do weight ligting (including a bit of plyo) 2x a week. My next big competition is in about a month.

Most of the advice I see on these websites seem to be aimed towards guys hoping to get a sub-11 100m or a sub-50 400m. That doesn't seem to very achievable to me in the nearby future, so I was hoping to get some honest advice as to what I should do in my current level to see some good improvement. I've been stagnated for quite a few months so it has been pretty frustrating. Shin splints limit me a lot, too, as I seem to be very naturally prone to getting them. I'm trying to focus on a better 400m strategy and on getting my body fat a bit lower, but it would really help me to get some honest advice (or maybe a reality check).

Hi lately I've seen a lot of discussions on which state has the beat runners & athletes lately and I'm curious on what your section is like? I like to think that my area is pretty fast and tough to compete in. I live close to Sacramento, California and there are a ton of great athletes. For example, there are freshmen running sub 4:20, sub 2, and just so much more. I recently ran a 9:49 3200 which wasn't even close to qualifying for D1 which is a qualifier for a state qualifier and first place was a freshman who ran a 9:15.

I’m really rooting for him to go below 10. It will be a great motivator for him, but he doesn’t have Coleman or any such competitors to push him.

I’m in 8th grade and I run a 14.23 100m and a 200m is 29.54. Ik it’s not great but this js my first year ever doing track. Do you guys think I have enough time to get good before college?