440 yard dash (400 meters)
I run sprints, 100m and 200m.
but, my varsity event is on saturday and i'll be gone, so i'm running in the JV.
i get the awesome luck to run the 40 yard dash and the 440 yard dash, which pretty much sums up to 400 meters.
4 1/2 laps around the track.
how do i run it? i have never been timed in it, but i can almost guarantee i'm under a minute.
please help!
Sprints VS Middle Distance Track events
The 440 yard dash or 400 meter events are sprints and to really compete you must run at full speed the whole time 50 years ago I was averaging 56.0 with a best time of 52.3, the later time was excellent at the time but 56 was pretty average for a person running the event. I was primarily a miler and ran a 4:17.3 in my senior year and was averaging 4:20, well above an average time. I was competing against Jim Ryun in the mile, he set a national HS record of 3:57.3 in the state meet that year (1965), he had also made the US Olympic team and went to Tokyo but did not make the finals. Best advice is run repeat timed sprints working up to 440 each day. Then run some repeat 440s, set time goals above what you are currently running. You might also run in a swimming pool shallow in all of these will build stamina and muscle tone which are essential to become competitive. Good luck.