What is a good time for the 400m?

Question

This will be my first year in track and the coach wants me to run the 400m. I run it in about 53sec.

Answer 1

That is a good time for a freshmen. I ran a 52 and at the end of the year it was down to a 50. Well if your running JV then thats a great time but if not you need to drop some time.

Answer 2

For your first year in track, that is an incredible time. The fastest 400m time at my high school last year was 49 seconds... but he was a senior who had been doing that for a while. Endurance training is very important to improving your time, because the 400 involves staying at 95% of your speed for a very long time. If you have a good endurance base, your breathing won't get so out of control and you'll be able to be more competitive in the last 100m. That said, don't ignore your speed training. Weights are very important as well as interval workouts to work on your sprint speed. Your coach will have the best ideas for you. Good luck! Track is a great sport to get into

Answer 3

For a beginner, anything between 60-65 is great. A main goal should be breaking 60 at that point. After that, 55 is another hurdle to clear. If you get anywhere between 49-51, you're pretty much competing in a State championship.

And if you're 45 or below, you're Olympic material.

Good luck!

Answer 4

53 is not bad, my guess you will probably work your way down to the mid to low 50's. Perhaps 50.50 to 50.20, the 400 is a tough race, what a lot of 400 meter runners don't realize is "some" distance work really helps. Edwin Moses used to go on 4 to 6 mile runs two to three times a week.

Answer 5

thats pretty good our fastest girl can get it under 1 min or at 1 min so you probably need to be a little faster run some hills it makes your legs stronger

Answer 6

If you are a boy anything sub 60 is good if you are a girl low 60's is good.

Answer 7

Girls - 56

Guys - 49

These would be great scores. Anything close to them is really good.