Comments on my latest 400m program please..

Here is the program I have designed for myself…i’m looking to run sub 47.3 by seasons end…I do not plan to run more than 7 competitions (indoor and outdoor)…any comments , criticism and corrections are needed please…

A)Off Season (September - December)

Monday - SPEED
2-4 m/r, 10-15m/s, 85-100% v=580m

  1. Warm-up 1/2 mile run + stretch & drills
  2. 5 x 50 meter
  3. 4 x 60 meter flying
  4. 3 x 30 meters accl
  5. 100 - 300 scattered/split ab work
  6. WEIGHTS

Tuesday - TEMPO
3m/r, 65%, v=3800m

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch
  2. Flexibility exercises
  3. 8 x 250
  4. 6 x 200
  5. 4 x 150
  6. 100 - 300 scattered/split ab work

Wednesday - ENDURANCE

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. Flexibility exercises
  3. 15 minutes steady-speed
  4. 30 minutes of fartlik running (50/50)
  5. WEIGHTS

Thursday - ENDURANCE TEMPO

  1. Warm-up 1/2 mile run + stretch
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. Two mile cross country timed run

Friday - SPEED ENDURANCE
75-85%, v=1230

  1. Warm-up: 1 mile run
  2. Flexibility exercises
  3. 160-250-310-250-160 5m/r
  4. 6 x 100 strides, rest 1m/r

Saturday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. WEIGHTS

B)Early Competitive Season (January-February)

Monday - SPEED ENDURANCE

  1. Warm-up 1 mile in and outs (100 stride/100 walk) (4th lap run 200, 27 seconds)
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 2 x 500 Speed 56 seconds 400/rest 15 minutes
  4. 3 x 200 Speed 30-29-28 seconds/rest 3 minutes
  5. 8 x 10 second rope jumps/rest 10 seconds, repeat

Tuesday - TEMPO

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch
  2. 8 x 200 2 minutes rest
  3. 6 x 300 2 minutes rest
  4. 50-100-150-200-300-350 Walk same distance for rest.
  5. WEIGHTS

Wednesday - SPEED
85%, 3m/r 10m/s

  1. Warm-up 1/2 mile run + stretch & drills
  2. 6 x 150
  3. 3 x 85
  4. WEIGHTS

Thursday - TEMPO

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch
  2. 6 x 300 2 minutes rest
  3. 50-100-150-200-300-350 Walk same distance for rest.

Friday - SPEED

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. 4 x 60
  3. 6 x 30
  4. 3 x flying 20’s (35m total run)

Saturday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. WEIGHTS

C)Mid Season (March-April)

Monday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile in and outs
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 2 x 450 Speed 52 seconds 400/rest 15 minutes
  4. 3 x 200 Speed 28-27-26/rest 3 minutes

Tuesday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile in and outs
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 6 x 200 speed 26 seconds/rest 3 minutes
  4. WEIGHTS

Wednesday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile in and outs
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 4 x 300 (Event run) Speed 42 seconds/rest 5 minutes
  4. 8 x 100 fast/rest walk back

Thursday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile in and outs
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 3 x 200 speed 26-25-24 seconds/rest walk 200
  4. 3 x 150 (build-ups) speed slow-medium-fast/rest walk back
  5. Weights

Friday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile in and outs
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 3 x 200 speed 26 seconds/rest walk 200

Saturday

  1. Meet or WEIGHTS

D)Late Season (May-June)

Monday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 1 x 450 speed 50 second 400/rest 15 minutes
  4. 3 x 200 speed 26-25-24 seconds/rest walk 200

Tuesday - TEMPO

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 2 x 300
  4. 3 x 200
  5. WEIGHTS

Wednesday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 3 sets speed makers speed fast/rest jog
    (50 meter sprints–50 meter stride–50 meter slow jog)repeat until 4 sprints are done) 3 minutes rest between sets

Thursday

  1. Warm-up: 1 mile in and outs
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 2 x 200 speed 26 seconds/rest walk 200

Friday

  1. Warm-up 1 mile run + stretch + drills
  2. Flexibility Exercises
  3. 1 x 320 (Quality run) speed fast/rest 15 minutes
  4. 2 x 200 speed 26-25-24 seconds/rest walk 200
  5. 4 x 80 meters fast/rest walk back

Saturday
1)Meet or OFF or TEMPO/WEIGHTS

regards…

Wizzard

i think it looks pretty good, though i wanna ask this qs, do u not think u should stretch out ur tempo sessions in offseason to more than 250m?? i mean for a 400 runners i see guys doing 600s and 800s in their offseason for tempo work and pace. if 100m athletes like ben johnson took it up to 600m, then im sure u can go for more.

gluck with this

I think it looks great! What are your current PB’s?

Cheers,
Chris

well my lifetime bests are 200m 21.29 and 400m 47.16…although these were run about 3.5 yrs ago…I’m just returning to the track after completing my masters and would like to get back to those times in about a year or so…

regards…

Wizzard

actually you have a great point…maybe I will lower the amount of repeats and increase the distance…thanks for your input…

regards…

Wizzard