How much can my 1600 meter improve by if...?
957790
It sounds like you may be headed toward over training.  All the running stuff you are doing is great, but make sure you are only doing one day of cross-training.  Concentrate the most on your speed workouts followed by rest or an easy running day.  You can't just push your body day after day at full throttle.  Your body may do everything you ask it to, but you are setting yourself up to get injured.  Make sure that you are eating protein within 30 minutes of finishing your workouts to help repair your muscles and get plenty of sleep.  \n     It sounds as though you are willing to work hard to get where you want to be.  How fast you can become will depend partly upon your hard work, but unfortunately, the rest of it is up to how much natural talent you have.\n     Good luck and keep up the good work!
682850
Run 600s or 800s to help build your endurance so you'll be able to go hard for te majority of the meet. Work on having a good stride for the back stretch after you come out digging hard...be motivated and happy
492843
Try track workouts or telephone poles.\n\nSplit the distance into chunks and alternate 60% max speed, 75%, 100%, 60%, 75%, 100%.\n\nTry ending the workout with a walk of the same distance.\nYou can also lift weights to increase your sprinting strength.
978251
obviously your times must be in 25 yards pools,  pretty good times,  how old are you?\ntape yourself and analize your start, turns and finish,  you must improve small details in your swimming and there you will find some preciuos hundreths of a seconds,  improve those.\nsecond verify with your cosch your swimming mechanics by taping your swim underwater such as your pull technique, breathing pattern etc again details...\ngetting into specifics of trainig you must ask your coach by the times you are doing you are pretty fast already, i believe the improvement at your level must come from the little details i ponted out,  the rest is plain hard work physicallywise.
1060049
Fartleks work wonders.  Warm up run (5-10 min) followed by (1) 200m sprint, (2) 400m at 5k pace [repeat 6-10 times] then cool down.
516698
i am a sprinter and my coach as my do lots of 25,50, 100 spinting, but when i half to do my long distance she tells me if i make certain times(depends on age) i will go faster in sprints, i run 5 miles a week and rolerblade 10 for out of the water, try watching what u eat and make sure u have ur tenquire down. just do lots of 30x50 it helps alot. the better long distance the better short diseacnt
1142487
I like to run sometimes, but I have never ran a race or anything, but I'm trying to increase my distance.  What works for me is increasing it one minute each day.  It seems to work.
397895
Train for 250 meters. Get you muscles ready for 25%more distance than you will need to run in the race.
405034
Conditioning & practice.\n\nRun long distances to up your endurance.  You should be running for 20+ minutes strait every other day.  This will get your heart rate up and keep it there for the 20 minutes.  You should start to see improvement in a couple of weeks.\n\nTry to find your best pace to go as fast as you can through the whole length of the race.
868886
greetings aspiring gold medalist\n\nIn my pursuit of record breaking I have found it useful to shoot higher than my intended target...My best was achieved when I trained for the longer distance, developing greater stamina and speed in the shorter event.  You can achieve your goal...and you will.
900095
I am doing lots of endurance leg weight work, to prepare. And long faster runs, of like 6-8 miles but like a minute slower per mile than my 10k race pace which will help in the shorter track distances.
326252
How many miles is this over?\nI can run quicker times but then my run is probably less distance overall than you.\nHave a look at some running sites, there are plenty around with messages boards that will give you support and advice, unlike this lot who will mock you and tell you they can run faster than you!\nKeep up the good work and cool running!
102476
Work on your sprinting technique to increase efficiency of motion. I've always heard you can't teach "speed," so I think it's all about technique.
668209
There are several workouts you can do to gain speed. There are some that are done in the track and others that are done in the weight room. On the track is do technique training (stuff done at slow speeds). Work on your stride and timing. Pushing off with your back leg, arms 90 deg. front to back not across the body. Do these to warm-up. Then run using good technique at 80% of max for 50meters, then jog 50mtrs, then sprint again at 80 for 50meters. To complete two laps. Then change to 30m at 90% 1 lap then 20 meters 100% one lap. Do this until you can increase the length to 200 meters at 80% then jog. In the weight room do SQUATS! Or explosive but controlled lifts like the Power Clean, Power Snatch (hehehehe), Dead Lift, and Bench Press. Good luck with the speed gains!!
410424
More than enough.. 700 should be just nice... skipping is a whole body work out... it tones up every single part of ur body..
1016952
practice and eventually you'll become faster
762952
heck if it is thta far out //run some more races if you can..try to give yourself a realistic goal and a possible goal..like 33:30 for a rea;istic goal and under 30if you keep running and improving