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berated-
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Edit: Are your partners breaking 6? If so just latch on and stare at their back and don't lose contact. As soon as you let it only gets worse, so don't let yourself break contact | ||
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YPang
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On April 04 2008 11:35 berated- wrote: The best bet is to run even paced, and make sure you don't go out too hard. You still need to get used to what it feel like to run 6 minute page. Probably try to run your 400 in about 85 seconds. The most important lap is lap 3, the first one you are fresh, the second one you aren't feeling too bad yet, and the last you one you are done afterwards. If you can just hang on as long as possible the third lap, you'll be in good shape. Most of all, just think you can do it. You won't be able to keep pace if you just are down on yourself thinking you aren't going do it. Edit: Are your partners breaking 6? If so just latch on and stare at their back and don't lose contact. As soon as you let it only gets worse, so don't let yourself break contact hehe the thing is that i used to be able to beat 2 out of 3 of my running partners, now during the last track meet i happened to get last even though i thought i tried my best. What confuses me is that during those 6-7 mile long road runs, i would happen to be like 400 meters behind, and then eventually catch up when hormones come in. Even they are suprised by that, and is confused why i suck at the mile... T_T Maybe i don't' warm up well enough ;(... BTW: during the last track meet where i got 6:29, it was a relay race, and i was the 4th/last person to go, maybe my warm up went to waste considering i had to wait like 20mins for the first 3 to finish. | ||
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ProTech_MediC
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One possible scenario is that your training partners' bodies are more capable than yours. You can train all you want, but at some point genes are a part of the equation. I went to state my senior year for the 4x4, so I can understand some of your frusturations when it comes to performance on any given day. But, really it just comes down to hard work, and wanting to finish 1st so f'ing badly. Nitpicking your warmups, snacks, stretches, socks, in the end won't help you too much. In terms of mental strategy... I always went into this mindset "I am faster than everyone here, there is no excuse for losing." Someone above mentioned pacing... and thats very important. Make sure that you are in total control of your strides, composure, and breathing. I could ramble more about positioning and the right times to burst, but I'll leave that to the countless running forums out there with people more knowledgable than I. I've had enough fun reminiscing about my track days  | ||
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YPang
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On April 04 2008 12:13 Phoned wrote: How long have you been training? One possible scenario is that your training partners' bodies are more capable than yours. You can train all you want, but at some point genes are a part of the equation. I went to state my senior year for the 4x4, so I can understand some of your frusturations when it comes to performance on any given day. But, really it just comes down to hard work, and wanting to finish 1st so f'ing badly. Nitpicking your warmups, snacks, stretches, socks, in the end won't help you too much. In terms of mental strategy... I always went into this mindset "I am faster than everyone here, there is no excuse for losing." Someone above mentioned pacing... and thats very important. Make sure that you are in total control of your strides, composure, and breathing. I could ramble more about positioning and the right times to burst, but I'll leave that to the countless running forums out there with people more knowledgable than I. I've had enough fun reminiscing about my track days Heh i've actually been traning for some time, i joined cross country in the middle of the season at around october i believe. Then at middle of november season ended. I didn't do any other running for entire december until the first day of track began in feb.25's, and i've been running all until now. And i do know what you mean by genes, i think asians aren't the best at running, except that one asian hurdler guy >  . Most of asians at my school do tennis.. | ||
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Dknight
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If you did cross country though, you should easily be able to break a 6 minute mile, especially if this is a flat 1 mile track. | ||
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berated-
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On April 04 2008 12:13 Phoned wrote: How long have you been training? One possible scenario is that your training partners' bodies are more capable than yours. You can train all you want, but at some point genes are a part of the equation. I went to state my senior year for the 4x4, so I can understand some of your frusturations when it comes to performance on any given day. But, really it just comes down to hard work, and wanting to finish 1st so f'ing badly. Nitpicking your warmups, snacks, stretches, socks, in the end won't help you too much. In terms of mental strategy... I always went into this mindset "I am faster than everyone here, there is no excuse for losing." Someone above mentioned pacing... and thats very important. Make sure that you are in total control of your strides, composure, and breathing. I could ramble more about positioning and the right times to burst, but I'll leave that to the countless running forums out there with people more knowledgable than I. I've had enough fun reminiscing about my track days Even if the other guys are more capable, if you are running 6-7 mile training runs your body isn't maxed at 6:30. We had a guy that used to say anyone can run 9:15 in the 2 mile, and although he exaggerated it, he had a minor point. Distance running is all about training and being a mental badass. In reality, 5:20 or so isn't that fast for a mile if you are training all the time. Thats only 80 per 400, which I might even be able to pull off now 80 lbs up from my running weight. Just stick with your training and work on getting your mind right, and I think you'll see a nice drop in time. | ||
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Breaking 6 honestly isn't that hard; you just have to train hard and have the mindset that you can do it. | ||
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as long as you run regularly, you'll be able to do it soon; I ran 5 miles 3 times a week and 2 miles twice a week for about 3 months and my mile time went from 6:40 to 5:52 oh yeah, it's nice when you have a beautiful girl to run with  | ||
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