400m challenge

It's definitely tough. I ran the 400 in high school and our state champ ran it in 49 seconds. 60 is still pretty much a 95% sprint all the way around for good runners. My times were in the 52-54 range. Doubt I could break 60 these days without some training.

I have been running sprint intervals lately and I "sprint" 200m then stride out the next 200m. Just for fun I decided to try the whole 400 last week and that last 150 is no joke.

Right on, all of the best 400m I ran, that last 150m felt like I was dying second by second, but still trying to run fast. Maybe I'm still physically capable but its a special type of training needed for the 400m.

That said to OP, go for it and let us know what happens. Also next time I find my way to track and don't mind warming up for 30 mins and possible puking after I will try to see how fast I can go.

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Idk, I have never attempted and have no bearing but I think I would bet money that I could break 1:10 right now.

Could you?

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i would bet you 25 dollars you can not.

I would also bet you 25 million thst I could not. I would run a heart rate monitor on to prevent sandbagging

Yea. IMO it's the worst race there is. I don't count distance because that's a different type of running. But watching someone run the 400 fast and smooth is pretty fun.

Sub 60? 41 years old. No chance, I could hit a 55 in high school but that was me being on the track team and being the best 300m hurdler in the school (had to do a lot of 400’s in practice for training).

About 3-4 times I ran on the 4x400 because someone couldn’t and I was the 5th best option at that race in a 1600 person high school.

No way I didn’t slow up below 60 in 1 year let alone 23. That race is a b***h.

If as an adult you can train yourself below 60 in a non-competitive environment, that would be one heck of an accomplishment!

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1:10 right now.

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Sub 60

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I only ran track one year (JR) and I ran the 3200 relay because they needed a body.
The 800 sucked and I was sucking wind after handing off the baton every time.
I dreaded track meets.

The 800 sucked

I’m naturally gifted and don’t like to brag but I routinely run 200m in 55 seconds.

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It's much harder than the 800m in my opinion because you can at least cruise a bit at that distance. If you want to be competitive in the 400m, it's all out the entire race.

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I mean you can cruise anything. It's pretty much universally accepted among track coaches that the most difficult event is either the 800 or 400 hurdles. The 400 isn't easy but you are really only dealing with around 100-150 meters of heavy amounts of lactate that you have to buffer.