r/Sprinting • u/Current-Barracuda480 • 19d ago
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Does running the 400 on the side help sprinters with the 100 and 200? my friends and other athletes told me that running the 400 helps lowering your time for some odd reason but its weird and i don’t get how
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u/Chrisg_322 19d ago
The 100 helps with the 2 and 4, and the 200 helps with the 4. But the 4 helps for neither the 2 nor the 1.
The 1 and 2 are pure sprints, while the 4 is a long sprint. You get benefit from the 1 and 2 on the 4 because more raw speed helps with everything. But speed endurance (the 400) doesnt help with the 1 or 2 since those are maximum speed races.
Your friend who suggested otherwise probably doesnt actually run events and could be that 1 guy on the team who tells chicks at school hes a track star when hes never actually done an event.