1500m personal best vs. miles ran

[goingthedistance]

I am doing a school project and i need a 100 responses. If you could please answer the questions it would help me out a thought. Thanks!

Are you male or female?

What is your personal best time for 1500m?

How many miles were you running a week when you ran your pb?

How old were you when you ran your pb?

How many "hard" sessions did you do a week?

[goingthedistance]

I will start with myself as an example:
1.Male
2.3:57
3.43
4.21
5.3

[Max]

1. Male
2. 3:52
3. 75-85
4. 24
5. 3

[runningispain]

1. male
2. 4:03
3. 70km (i dont know the miles)
4. 15
5. 2

[HHH]

Nov 25, 2009 20:12:09 GMT -5 goingthedistance said:

I am doing a school project and i need a 100 responses. If you could please answer the questions it would help me out a thought. Thanks!

Are you male or female?

What is your personal best time for 1500m?

How many miles were you running a week when you ran your pb?

How old were you when you ran your pb?

How many "hard" sessions did you do a week?

Male
3:55
50-70miles during competition weeks; more during the buildup
24
3 or 4

[Chris Moulton]

A question of clarification "How many miles were you running a week when you ran your pb?" are you looking for the number of miles run the week of the Pb or an average during that phase or during the buildup phase or an average that year. The answer could vary greatly.

[goingthedistance]

Average during buildup phase, sorry for the confussion.

[abrown]

Male
3:55
~85-90 km / week
19
3

[nowhere]

Male
4:07
50-55 miles during competition, 70 miles during buildup
19
3

[journeyman]

Male
4:09
30-40miles per week
22 years old
2-3 hard sessions

[dancheek]

1. Male
2. 3:58
3. 40Miles
4. 20
5. 2-3

[Angus Macaulay]

male
3:51
~115km
23
3 sessions w/ intensity

[scott]

Male
3:47
55-60 miles
21
3

[westdale]

male
4:02
40
17
3

[sunshine]

1. male
2. 4:09
3. 35km
4. 15
5. 3

[pmac]

Though admittedly I am unaware of how you plan to use the data you collect, I'm curious why you might not also request the age of each person who replies. Certainly someone who is currently 19 years old and reports that their PB was achieved at age 19 (I've already seen one response that matches this) is much different that someone who is now 40 and is no longer on the upswing of their career who reports their 1500m PB, especially if you're looking to make a correlation between age and best times on top of the mileage that was run and the number of sessions.

[tundra]

someone who is now 40 and is no longer on the upswing of their career <pmac>

Hey!!!!! Who says us Master's aren't on the upswing;)

[badshopper]

1. male
2.3:48
3.55miles
4. 19
5. 2

[redandblack]

1. Male
2. 4:03
3. 30-35 Miles
4. 19
5. 2-3

[BT]

1. Male
2. 4:07
3. 80 miles
4. 29
5. 2-3

[Catts]

1. Male
2. 3:52
3. 90-100 miles
4. 21
5. 2

[runnerdude]

Male
4:20
60 miles
19
3

[aguanno]

Male
3:51
55-60 miles
20
2

[trackster101]

Male
4:01
45 miles
18
2 mostly occasionally did a third

[Walters]

Male
3:48
50-55miles
19
2

[moorezy]

Ill wait till indoors

[henry25]

Male
4:28i (Copps Coliseum lol!)
40 miles
16
2

[tomhill44]

1. Male
2. 355
3. 35-40
4. 17
5. 3

[woz]

1. Male
2. 3:52
3. 40 -45
4. 22
5. 3

That was back in 1988

[pq]

Nov 26, 2009 13:11:26 GMT -5 tundra said:

someone who is now 40 and is no longer on the upswing of their career <pmac>

Hey!!!!! Who says us Master's aren't on the upswing;)

I've run my whole life but didn't train "seriously" until my mid 30s, so all my PBs have come later in life.

male
4:09.99
average maybe 65-70 miles, varying widely
42
2 + a longer run, generally (and rarely 3)

At 44, this is the first full year of my life with no PBs. :-( Came close on a few... +6s for 5000i, +12s for HM, +24s for M, and +1s for 5000.