Where and what session to include in the week to improve speed

Pmoax19 · December 29, 2008, 4:21pm

Thanks for the reply Oldbloke. I agree there is not a lot of sprint oriented work and although I am fitter off this program it has not helped me over 800 or even 1500. My speed reserve is a lot lower now and I don’t feel comfortable running the first lap of 800s anymore. Would you be able to outline some sample pure speed sessions that I could suggest to my coach? I noticed you mentioned acceleration runs and Max velocity runs. I come from a middle distance mentality where I often think more is better but after reading some posts on this forum I realise this is not the case especially with sprinting. It would be good to know how much volume and recoveries to use in between reps. Any advice you or anyone else could provide would be greatly appreciated.

Take a peek at my training journal, I’m a 400/800 guy and I have close to the same time in the 400m as you. I’m coming from the speed side of things, so there should be lots of good ideas.