How To Run The 800m | Nick Symmonds Training

World 800m medalist Nick Symmonds sits down with FloTrack to talk about race strategy, how to run a faster 800m, and how to adjust your plan in the middle of the race.
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[@adenbaughman8098]

Just graduated out of high school with a 1:53.16 my sophomore year and a 1:53.8 my senior year and I can confidently say that the 800m is the hardest race there is and that everything Nick Symmonds says in this video is true. It's a mental sport.

[@nathanplant9893]

How’s it going now

[@realfarmer21]

Fr give us a update

[@GardenChess]

Wow u really fast damn

[@soccerking1256]

Wow!! I’m a junior with a 2:09. I want to get sub 2 before I graduate, any tips?

[@joshuamcdaniel9215]

@@soccerking1256 I’m a junior and I run 2.02 trying to get sub 2 at state but it’s all about staying on somebody hip and giving it all you got at the end

[@zero9ine509]

Last year a 15 year old sophomore at my school ran a 1:55 he ran the mile earlier that meet I believe kids a freak of nature

[@best547]

To the point and packed with substance.... Thanks bro. 👍🏾

[@japaneseguy5610]

I hope I break 2 before my senior year ends...

[@Jaytrixs]

What it is it now

[@tombradygoat7995]

Denjin Ryu I feel u bro you will get it done trust me

[@G.b.2.g]

Did u end up doing it? I finished w a 2:01😭my 600m split was a 1:25 so u can image how ugly that last 100 was

[@japaneseguy5610]

Jordan's Life lmao no I ended up being put in a 200 because all the sprinters on my team were like slow and I ended up running like a 24.17, which was pretty bad. Oh well, running in community college so 😂 athletic.net if you search up Eduardo Diaz from Morton Berwyn Cicero Township you can find me there

[@tristiandavis6852]

Denjin Ryu lmao

[@joegaidosh8150]

Great hearing from you again don't get that much I know you're a busy man but great tips hopefully high school kids will listen and college

[@bwilli34]

How to run 800m? Watch all the David Rudisha videos you can get your hands on!

[@admiralaokiji7889]

not everyone can be david rudisha and front run any race they want.

[@Luke-js2ek]

i wouldnt give that advice ahah. rudisha can do what he does beacuse he is in a league of his own and he knows it too.

[@marka.meyers538]

Best advice.

[@miller10]

Nick Simmons was an Olympian for the 800m

[@TheFODRunner]

Solid tips Nick 👍

[@ajbarber7861]

I’m at 2:07 rn and outdoor is about to start I want to get down to at least 2:04 this season any tips? Splits? Training?

[@krakhour2]

Running is very competitive sport. Its unreal how some athletes act. I have been involved with track and field for decades and still cant get over how things are. I ran 1.59 half mile and this guy who ran 1.56 wouldnt even talk to me as he felt I wasnt in his league. Everytime i asked him if he wanted to run together or had friends that would like to practice with me he would say I was probably too slow or too fast for anyone he knew. I told him about a friend I ran with in college who won a national title in the 2 mile in college and was top 3 in the national half marathon event in a 1 hour 5 minute clocking on a hilly course. I ran the same race in a respectable 1 hour 11 minutes. He said that is someone he would like to hang out with basically saying not me. I just dont get the mentality....I wonder if Nick ever came across this kind of thing and how he dealt with it

[@krakhour2]

@@montyburns4977 I have to admit that I want the same thing to get better. But am always willing to work something out with a slower runner. Even bekele doesnt run fast everyday there are a lot of days where he jogs slow recovery runs. So if a slower runner wanted to get with me on a recovery day that would be great. When I was younger i always invited runners from the fitness center to go on our set thursday hard 15 k over a hilly course. Sometimes runners would go and other times they wouldnt. I really not sure if it is about running faster or slower anymore I think you have to be good friends with them and then they might let you run with them

[@MrTrackman100]

No room for A-holes in ANY sport, much less track. I have no respect for conceited athletes, no matter how good.

[@adenbaughman8098]

I ended up running 1:53 by the time I graduated High School and I have always said that it doesn't matter how fast your times are, if you don't have a good attitude and sportsmanship, then you don't belong in the sport. Most of my best friendships have sprung from the competition that I have faced over the years and you can never find a group quite like runners working towards the same goals. The clock is the enemy, not each other.

[@davidnguyen8594]

How to Run the 800: Sprint... and don't look back

[@yvlsh]

good luck

[@emmettmcgrath4871]

Yeah good luck not absolutely dying in the last 300 meters

[@hypercryptic7768]

Im a freshman running a 2:15 pr and my season is starting out meets have not started yet and im hoping to break 2:08 but its gonna be hard because prs in 800m are so hard to achieve

[@user-nz6un8gs9i]

I’m at 2:07 in the 800 and I want to break 2:00

[@millite5401]

Tyler Wesley this did not age well...

[@arandomdude0512]

how did you go?

[@annalisekirton0925]

I'm at 2:46 on the 800m I really want to get to a 2:20 by my senior year I'm a junior.

[@davidnibbs4791]

I would suggest some better strength training and speed endurance training. I currently train 2 8 year olds who run 2:50. Quality training cannot be overlooked!

[@twaflamey7922]

SKATER GIRL19 i run 2:35 in 7th grade

[@noahpaterson3060]

i’m year 7 and my time is 2:37 i really wanna get to 2:30 in year 8

[@ovah8784]

What do you run now

[@nepdub6437]

0:34 0:35 0:36 🔴 Background 🔴

[@cameronkruse7604]

I'm at a 2:14 I want to get under 2:10

[@charlieteare6602]

I'm in year 7 and I run 2:30 and in year 8 I'm hoping for 2:26 or under

[@SNTMadeMe]

I’m in 8th grade and run a 2:36, but have a meet tonight so let’s see if I could break 2:30!

[@nathankoroush7918]

The woman in the background. Haha

[@blackwatch_TV]

Run Gum overstock

[@TrainerRain]

Anyone run a 2:16 as a freshman?

[@willstalder4465]

Yeah as a freshman last year that was around my best time.

[@mndh2075]

Lol I was 5:56

[@giovanniramirez2658]

Rainier Villanueva 2:03

[@montyburns4977]

2.24 grass 2.17 track

[@samjacobsen9256]

Freshman running 2:08😤

[@anilkadu3233]

Plz transfer in hindi language

[@tedallison6112]

Ask David Radisha............