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    • CommentAuthorFree MemberRAClarke
    • CommentTimeJun 23rd 2008
     
    RAClarke

    I am a solid runner (3 mi , sub-20:00) but I don't do a lot of sprint work.  Just for fun, I threw in a few 120 sprints yesterday (goalpost to goalpost).  I timed myself, inaccurate I know, at 15.45 and 15.58 seconds.  So I'm wondering, is that a good time? average? tortoise slow?  I was over 3 miles into the workout at that point, so I guesstimate that I could get to 15 flat if I was fresh.

     

    Thanks for the help.  Stay moto. 

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    rpetreccajr
    Good time compared to whom? You'd leave my 48 year old, distance running butt in the dust, but you'ld be far (5 seconds) behind a world class sprinter. In high school the best I could do in the 100 (yards) was about 13, that is close to the pace you are doing for 120 yards. I was a mid-to-back of the pack competitive distance runner then. Now I finish in the top 1/3 - 1/4 of the races I enter, but htat includes all the walkers. I guess my point is that you are not going to win Olympic gold in the 100 with that kind of speed, but if that isn't your goal, that shouldn't matter.
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    runsrealfast

    When doing speed work, set a goal pace. Generally you want to do pace work, not all out running. Then you can do more than just two intervals of speed. And I would focus on 200's and 300's.

     

     

    • CommentAuthorFree MemberRAClarke
    • CommentTimeJun 25th 2008
     
    RAClarke
    Thanks for the help.  It was more curiosity than anything else. 

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