How to do well in 1500m run?

How to do well in 1500m run?

• I am a 14 year old boy. I run a little bit over the year. I play soccer and participate in occasional 5km running events in my area. My best time is 23:46 for 5km(not the best but I am improving). I have one week to practice before my school track meet. My Plan Tuesday: Run 1000m with 2 pound weights Wednesday: Run 1300m with 2 pound weights Thursday-Saturday: Run 1500m with 2 pound weights Sunday: Run 1500m with 2 pound weights Monday-Tuesday: Focus on my start and finish while running 1500 Wednesday: Relax for tomorrow's real race. Thursday : Win Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

• Answer:

  i run track and cross country at my highschool and to me this sounds like a pretty good work out. the weights are definitely what will make this hard. but i do the 800m and 1600m and when we work out we normally don't do one big set like what you want to do. we usually do sets and ladders. so since your doing the 1500 which is almost the 1600, try things like run 300m jog 100m and start again. do 3 in a set and do 3 sets. or do ladders and do a 200m an 300m a 400m a 600m an then an 800m and then in reverse order. and if you have a watch try to run at a pace. like 9 seconds for each 50m. on race day though your pace should be about 10's (10 seconds for each 50 m) that will give you 5 minutes for the 1500 which would be really good for your age. i don't know what time you were hoping for but i could probably help you figure it out if you need haha :] but anyway your workout is good too but try to do one of these too. our team is number 1 in our division so our workouts help a lot (: oh an eat pasta the night before your race (eat pasta run fasta loll) an drink lots of water don't lose hope when your training and during your race. and don't listen to ppl who may say ur not good enough. the only person u need to believe in u is yourself. trust me! goodluck with your race :) and go on a distance run!!! like 3 miles. but run hard haha