I love the self-deprecating humor at the end of this video. For all of the talk of Pre as an arrogant jerk, he was someone who always worked to be better. It's just too bad that we'll never know how good he would've really been.
wasn't 4 fat in 1973, not that good for professionals? shouldnt they be going low 3:50's, high 40's? i know obviously not pre, but if the other guys concentrated on the mile.....
These were 11-laps to a mile indoor tracks, not the typical 4 laps (plus 9 meters) that can be found outdoors. More curves leads to a slower overall time. Either way, some of the better milers showed up in the '75 version (i.e. Walker, Bayi, and Dixon) and we know what happened then...
@wwwgotristancom Actually, even four minutes was a great time back in the early 1970's. At the time of this race, I believe the outdoor world record was 3:51.1 by Jim Ryun, with the indoor record at 3:56.4, also by Jim Ryun. The 3:50 barrier was not broken until John Walker did it in 1975, and it wasn't broken indoors until 1983 by Eamonn Coghlan. Considering the obscure 11-lap track, this made Prefontaine's 3:59.2 all the more impressive.
@Raimakusa another factor is that these guys weren't pros. Pre lived off food stamps so nutritrian wasn't that good either. Not to mention technology, these days the boards offer much better grip and sit in place better, whereas these shifted and expanded in the heat/cold. Plus obviously shoes and some coaching advances.
@VirenKickedPresAss So are you going to namedrop or quote. I asked you to provide evidence, that means a source. You wanna make a claim you go right on ahead and back it up. Relying on the Barnum Effect makes you look a little silly.
@lachmont No, dumbass, straight from the horses mouth, not from Jordan trying to peddle a book and make it look like Pre was destitute. Remember, he had FREE housing (U of O), FREE food ( U of O), FREE equipment (ALL of his sponsers, ie., ADIDAS). And are you so ignorant to believe that they didn't get money or compensation for their abilities? It's funny how the Europeans wish THEY would of had it as easy as the US runners. Maybe it is YOU that shouldn't rely on "Barnum".
@VirenKickedPresAss Ok so now you're moving the goal posts. All of the is true pre (no pun intended) 1973 when he graduated. Then he lived in a caravan you may recall. He even 'probably' took money from promotors in Europe for racing, as said by Jordon himself.. However, I asked you to provide evidence that he was not on food stamps. You still haven't done that. BTW do you even know what the Barnum Effect is?
@VirenKickedPresAss I could say quantity, but I'm not going to. Instead I am going to redirect you to my initial request: please provide a reference that he was NOT on food stamps, in order to back up your claim.
@miltondemagnifique My reference is from Shorter. Kenny Moore will also vouch for the same. Now, please show me how living off of food stamps makes "nutritrian (nutrition?) wasn't that good".
@VirenKickedPresAss when you say reference, is this something said to you personally, or something I could read. I ask because I would genuinly be interested. I have (actually motivated by you) read a report on food stamps and nutrition from 1975, I think this period is probably more of value as if we looked at more recent publications many of the issues in occurance during this time would have been addressed prior to this study. The study was Kenneth W. Clarkson. Google this and food stamps
@VirenKickedPresAss allow me to absolutely assure you, my literacy standard is quite established. I was actually playing on your style of providing a vague remark and leaving it at that. Clarkson established that as of 1975 the food stamps program had providing no decrease in levels of malnutrition from when they had been established. These levels were the reason they had been. These issues were inherent, given the nature of the food they did purchase, as opposed to alternatives.
@VirenKickedPresAss continued: The food purchased with food stamps basically meant that people were eating more crap, rather than less food of higher quality. Food eductation was clearly a factor. I will here admit that Pre was probably receiving better food education than most. However, his overall privation of American athletes, as discuss by Shorter in Fire on the Track, shows what Pre was up against Viren was arguably not. Now, back at the question you didn't answer:
@miltondemagnifique You said that he was "probably"? You are basing your "assumption" on a "probably"? The European athletes thought the US athletes were the ones that had it easy with the US/university system of much greater care for their athletes.
@FatPigAnnWilson depends which part of Europe. The eastern bloc (most part of Europe but does not include Finland),had various athletes in government positions, but for propaganda reasons were pretty much paid to train. The East Germans also had issues with Doping, which is PROBABLY a factor in Shorter not getting two olympic golds in the marathon. Probably is what I say, when I do not know something to be true, but consider it more likely than not the case. Do you know something I don't?
@miltondemagnifique No, Are you? I answered it- or maybe it is you that can't read, or maybe your elementary school girl friend isn't around to do it for you.
@VirenKickedPresAss yes, I don't know why but the notification didn't come through. Since you're on such good terms with Shorter, what does he say about the various negative things you say on youtube about his old mate Pre? They were friends right, or are you going to tell me they weren't?
you will really struggle to run the 3mile at the olympics considering the rest of the world uses the far more logical metric system and the 3 mile isn't an event.
Pre had a fire in his belly. A tremendous will. That's it. No need to compare times with the current generation of elite runners. If he were around today, in peak form, he would be competitive with the best. The man was driven. This, as it turns out, is a rather unique quality. At least with American distance running.
The fact that deep down he was better and would work harder then anyone else i guess, he didnt accept a 2nd place, he would start at the front and finish there.
yeh I know what flying is talking about... in the movies hes all arrogant and partly an asshle... in these interviews hes like down to earth... I think fly it was when he was younger, he didnt kow better so he had that attitude!
Pre is always portrayed as being arrogant and a jerk. He sure doesn't seem like it in that interview. Sounds humble and pretty down to earth. Sounds kinda like a joker even.
people confuse confidence and his personality as arrogant. he just believed in himself. and he always told it how it was. that was percieved as cocky, such as when the hottest girls would ask him for a date a week down the road and he would say "i dont no i need to check my schedule" that may seem cocky but he was so determined to run he was only telling them the truh.
man..........running distance on an indoor 200track must suck. shows what a great runner prefontaine was - leads from the start, does all the hard work and still beats the rest. loved his do or die tactics (no pun intended)
- and we never even saw the best from him rip steve prefontaine
ye it must. i mean i race 800 on outdoor tracks. (but im injured at the moment wich is really shit) ive never raced on an indoor track - ive only ever trained on one a few times and even then my training times are way slower. cant imagine how shit it is to do a mile plus indoors.
I always get kind of sad when he says "I wish I could beat some of those 3-milers at their own game". Kind of reminds me of how he died... one of the best runners in history was Prefontaine.
whats interval training im new to running but i just run and dont know much technique im a freshmen in high school and have a current PR of 5:10 but want to work on getting it better
Interval training could be going out 3 miles slow and coming back really hard. Or, it could be quick speed transitions like alternating between jogging normally and steady sprints. Maybe jogging a minute and a half and sprinting for 45 seconds. You can create any quick interval that suits you but these type of workouts are so much easier with running partners.
I worked on improving my 800 times and eventually extended that to focusing on the mile. By that time, I had my 800 speed, so it became more of an issue of speed endurance. Fartleks are perfect for speed endurance I think.
First do 8 repeat 200's at 37-38seconds with 60-90 seconds rest in between. Rest five minutes and do it again...next week do 4 400's at 75 seconds with 2 minute rest in between each set. Rest five minutes do then do it again trying to get one second faster each time...if you can do those you can break 5!!
im a junior runner w/ a 4:40 and in 7th grade i was over 6 i hav a friend who actually was a 4:50 miler in middle school but he was top 10 in the nation. So id say highly unlikely but possible point is why lie on youtube?
haha rossman u couldnt b more rite u kids are fuckn stupid to think u can lie ur times into comparison with great runners like pre. 457 for a 7th grade mile is complete bullshit thats probably ur 400 time
All though those kids could be bullshit there are some rare runners out there. In NY we had a froshman last year named Marco Bertoloti whose mile was 4:35 so its not impossible for ppl to run amazing well just not common
since we're all sharing results, in 3rd grade i ran a 3:57 mile.Not. Haha you guys are all big fuckin liars any kid who could break 4:40 as a 7th grader would be making news around the world. Plus nobody gives a shit about your times, people are watchin this video to reminisce when prefontaine was American running. RIP pre
Even though I'm terrible at running (I run at like a 6:30-7:15 mile pace), it's the feeling of accomplishment afterwards that makes me want to keep running. My times are getting progressively better and better, but I still have a long way to go, and great runners like pre are the ones who help inspire me to keep at it.
Pre is too much of a front runner... i think i might be too :-) , in 7th grade i got 4:56 for the mile in dual meet, im looking to get to 4:30 this year
I'm not, being a front runner means that you like to be in the lead for the whole race. I wasn't comparing, I was just saying he was, I am to. No comparison
It's nice to see someone win who leads the pack the entire race. My coach used to get onto me all the time because I'd start out in the lead every race(even against state champions) and then end up getting 4th or something. I will never stop lol.
my two friends ross ochs and josh graham ran 4:54 in 8th grade, then 4:38 their freshman year in high school. ochs, now in his sophomore yaer of high school, is at 16:27 for his 5k
Ya'll are braggin about running 4:40's your 7th grade year. I highly highly doubt any of those are true and even if they are, i bet none of you will run a much faster time in high school. I've seen it time and time before. As freshman they are super good and then they can't run any faster later in high school. It's called early bloomers peaking early. The good ones, like pre, progressively get better as they get older.
I went from a little under 7:00 to 5:18 during my 7th grade year, and then I PR'd at 5:15 the next year....then Freshman year I got 4:54, and shin splints happened. Hopefully the progressively getting better thing will kick in for me.
my buddy joe ran a 4:41 when he was a freshmen and about an hour later he ran a 2:05 and about two hours after that he split a 55.1 in the 4by4...pick it up marc
frikin sweet man, i guess that means i better start pickin up my pace then haha, yeah but running is my life so and i wanna be an olympian like everyone else so thats my goal, where is ur sister from at in florida cause i used to live there
unless you were a freshman in '75 and ran these times, let it go, we are 32/33 years down the road, training, nutrition, gear and tracks have seen huge leaps in improvement.
Thank God someone finally said it. Nike, Addidas, NB, etc probably spend millions upon millions of dollars researching perfect running shoes. On top of MIT engineers designing tracks, and John Hopkins nutritionists guiding the runners in the right directions. On top of the latest in designer steroids and performance inhancing drugs.
Oh, come on! 19 High School records is hardly average. He was average as a freshman, good as a sophomore, but awesome in the final 2 years of High School
Laxpandemonium, I got my facts from the book PRE and the book run with the champions and what does average runner mean? I would say a runner of his caliber a 5:01 is not that great so why would you say that I am wrong either way?
this year was my freshman year and I ran a 5:04. I easily could have broken 5 but i was stuck at like 5:40 and 5:30 until the last 2 meets (I had no pace or stride until the end of the year). Now I know I can brake 5.
Man i run CC ( or XC ) too, i saw a movie on prefontaine, i wish i could set records, mi bess 3 mi. is 21 sumthin, but 12'z? wow! i no sum1 tht does a mile in 4:29, and hes in highschool, prefontaines in hoghschool was 5: sumthin, but hes awesome! whoever put this on, thankyou! bcuz we need more prefontaine, hes an idol!
:...I wish I could beat some of the three milers at their own game". What a beautiful guy he really was.How fun would it have been to watch him run for 10 more seasons
really enjoy the video....PRE is , and has been a hero of mine for some time now.....is there any way i could download/find more videos like this one?
I always watch Prefontaine videos before a meet :)
playalot1 3 months ago
I love the self-deprecating humor at the end of this video. For all of the talk of Pre as an arrogant jerk, he was someone who always worked to be better. It's just too bad that we'll never know how good he would've really been.
stevetheowl12 9 months ago
My verification is with Shorter and Moore. I know both quite well.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
My verification is with Shorter and Moore.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
It's amazing how much faster times have gotten to be considored great.
linglingjr 1 year ago
wasn't 4 fat in 1973, not that good for professionals? shouldnt they be going low 3:50's, high 40's? i know obviously not pre, but if the other guys concentrated on the mile.....
wwwgotristancom 1 year ago
These were 11-laps to a mile indoor tracks, not the typical 4 laps (plus 9 meters) that can be found outdoors. More curves leads to a slower overall time. Either way, some of the better milers showed up in the '75 version (i.e. Walker, Bayi, and Dixon) and we know what happened then...
YiftertheShifter1 1 year ago
@wwwgotristancom Actually, even four minutes was a great time back in the early 1970's. At the time of this race, I believe the outdoor world record was 3:51.1 by Jim Ryun, with the indoor record at 3:56.4, also by Jim Ryun. The 3:50 barrier was not broken until John Walker did it in 1975, and it wasn't broken indoors until 1983 by Eamonn Coghlan. Considering the obscure 11-lap track, this made Prefontaine's 3:59.2 all the more impressive.
Raimakusa 1 year ago
@Raimakusa another factor is that these guys weren't pros. Pre lived off food stamps so nutritrian wasn't that good either. Not to mention technology, these days the boards offer much better grip and sit in place better, whereas these shifted and expanded in the heat/cold. Plus obviously shoes and some coaching advances.
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@miltondemagnifique Pffft. Prefontaine got ALOT of money- as well as the top other runners. The food stamp statement is false.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss I can reference Tom Jordan's book, Pre, or Fire on the Track. In saying he wasn't on food stamps, what evidence will you submit?
lachmont 1 year ago
@lachmont I see Jordan got your pity vote, didn't he? Go talk to Shorter.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss So are you going to namedrop or quote. I asked you to provide evidence, that means a source. You wanna make a claim you go right on ahead and back it up. Relying on the Barnum Effect makes you look a little silly.
lachmont 1 year ago
@lachmont No, dumbass, straight from the horses mouth, not from Jordan trying to peddle a book and make it look like Pre was destitute. Remember, he had FREE housing (U of O), FREE food ( U of O), FREE equipment (ALL of his sponsers, ie., ADIDAS). And are you so ignorant to believe that they didn't get money or compensation for their abilities? It's funny how the Europeans wish THEY would of had it as easy as the US runners. Maybe it is YOU that shouldn't rely on "Barnum".
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss Ok so now you're moving the goal posts. All of the is true pre (no pun intended) 1973 when he graduated. Then he lived in a caravan you may recall. He even 'probably' took money from promotors in Europe for racing, as said by Jordon himself.. However, I asked you to provide evidence that he was not on food stamps. You still haven't done that. BTW do you even know what the Barnum Effect is?
lachmont 1 year ago
@lachmont OK Einstein, please tell us the difference in quality between food bought with food stamps, vs food that ISN'T.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss I could say quantity, but I'm not going to. Instead I am going to redirect you to my initial request: please provide a reference that he was NOT on food stamps, in order to back up your claim.
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@miltondemagnifique My reference is from Shorter. Kenny Moore will also vouch for the same. Now, please show me how living off of food stamps makes "nutritrian (nutrition?) wasn't that good".
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss when you say reference, is this something said to you personally, or something I could read. I ask because I would genuinly be interested. I have (actually motivated by you) read a report on food stamps and nutrition from 1975, I think this period is probably more of value as if we looked at more recent publications many of the issues in occurance during this time would have been addressed prior to this study. The study was Kenneth W. Clarkson. Google this and food stamps
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@miltondemagnifique I guess you are having trouble reading. See previous posts.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss allow me to absolutely assure you, my literacy standard is quite established. I was actually playing on your style of providing a vague remark and leaving it at that. Clarkson established that as of 1975 the food stamps program had providing no decrease in levels of malnutrition from when they had been established. These levels were the reason they had been. These issues were inherent, given the nature of the food they did purchase, as opposed to alternatives.
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss continued: The food purchased with food stamps basically meant that people were eating more crap, rather than less food of higher quality. Food eductation was clearly a factor. I will here admit that Pre was probably receiving better food education than most. However, his overall privation of American athletes, as discuss by Shorter in Fire on the Track, shows what Pre was up against Viren was arguably not. Now, back at the question you didn't answer:
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss Well, been a week, still no response from you. Will you answer my question or not? Are you having trouble reading?
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@miltondemagnifique You said that he was "probably"? You are basing your "assumption" on a "probably"? The European athletes thought the US athletes were the ones that had it easy with the US/university system of much greater care for their athletes.
FatPigAnnWilson 1 year ago
@FatPigAnnWilson depends which part of Europe. The eastern bloc (most part of Europe but does not include Finland),had various athletes in government positions, but for propaganda reasons were pretty much paid to train. The East Germans also had issues with Doping, which is PROBABLY a factor in Shorter not getting two olympic golds in the marathon. Probably is what I say, when I do not know something to be true, but consider it more likely than not the case. Do you know something I don't?
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@miltondemagnifique No, Are you? I answered it- or maybe it is you that can't read, or maybe your elementary school girl friend isn't around to do it for you.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
@VirenKickedPresAss yes, I don't know why but the notification didn't come through. Since you're on such good terms with Shorter, what does he say about the various negative things you say on youtube about his old mate Pre? They were friends right, or are you going to tell me they weren't?
miltondemagnifique 1 year ago
@miltondemagnifique Sure they were friends, but that is none of my concern.
VirenKickedPresAss 1 year ago
how does that guy play with his head band the whole race and still run a 4:00 minute mile??
tyler10baller 1 year ago
How is he the best!? He got his ass whooped!
DerrenBrown100 2 years ago
Pre is the best!! :D. I wish I could have seen a live race with him in it.
schmidt1495 2 years ago
I love Pre!
rogerklotz8 2 years ago 4
Prefontaine= fucking BADASS
mattrunsfast 2 years ago 17
AMEN BROTHA!!!!!!!!!
jaaaymode 2 years ago
@mattrunsfast i bet u coudnt run like that
xctrackgirl1019 1 year ago
You're absolutely right. I'm fast, but Pre is out of my league.
mattrunsfast 1 year ago
It's such a shame he died so young. He had by FAR the biggest engine out of any distance runner in US history.
BobBobGobGob 2 years ago 4
Pre is my life i run the three mile my self.
I have his shoes! No joke! Me I can see my self running the three mile in the Olimpics! Long LIve PRE!
ThePrefontaine 2 years ago 3
you will really struggle to run the 3mile at the olympics considering the rest of the world uses the far more logical metric system and the 3 mile isn't an event.
thetalkincow 2 years ago 3
Pre had a fire in his belly. A tremendous will. That's it. No need to compare times with the current generation of elite runners. If he were around today, in peak form, he would be competitive with the best. The man was driven. This, as it turns out, is a rather unique quality. At least with American distance running.
kiplng 2 years ago 3
are you saying we American distance runners are not drivin?
PanzerAce88mm 2 years ago
no, they are very driven runners, but prefontaine without doubt the most determined distance runner who ever lived
halokev14 2 years ago
What drove him?
aeroflying 2 years ago
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. -Pre
That pretty much sums it up.
usna12345 2 years ago 5
The fact that deep down he was better and would work harder then anyone else i guess, he didnt accept a 2nd place, he would start at the front and finish there.
toby099 2 years ago
bad ass as usual.
socksoup 2 years ago
I would hate to run on that little track...
Long live Pre!
binzing 2 years ago 2
Is that a 150 track or what?
deco9987 2 years ago
yea, 150m, the smallest type of track i believe
halokev14 2 years ago
yeh I know what flying is talking about... in the movies hes all arrogant and partly an asshle... in these interviews hes like down to earth... I think fly it was when he was younger, he didnt kow better so he had that attitude!
Ryantube007 3 years ago 3
Pre lives...
ReggaetonDancer15 3 years ago 14
@ReggaetonDancer15 indeed
PRELIVES1005 4 months ago
Pre is always portrayed as being arrogant and a jerk. He sure doesn't seem like it in that interview. Sounds humble and pretty down to earth. Sounds kinda like a joker even.
FlyingIllini33 3 years ago 6
Yeah. He started mellowing down around 1973.
Raimakusa 2 years ago
people confuse confidence and his personality as arrogant. he just believed in himself. and he always told it how it was. that was percieved as cocky, such as when the hottest girls would ask him for a date a week down the road and he would say "i dont no i need to check my schedule" that may seem cocky but he was so determined to run he was only telling them the truh.
someguynamedaaron 2 years ago
You are the best PRE... You inspire me to go further and further...
R.I.P. master
aleksalianza 3 years ago 5
i do the two mile indoors, and trust me, it sucks
sox4lifematsuzaka 3 years ago 2
the best love that guy and his amazing stashe
tucker817 3 years ago 2
All heart man.
FulinYu 3 years ago
Es de lo mejorrr este hombre
Yohannamorales 3 years ago
man..........running distance on an indoor 200track must suck. shows what a great runner prefontaine was - leads from the start, does all the hard work and still beats the rest. loved his do or die tactics (no pun intended)
- and we never even saw the best from him rip steve prefontaine
genderpretender 3 years ago
believe me, it does suck. we race them in our indoor track meets.
highlyxoriginal 3 years ago
ye it must. i mean i race 800 on outdoor tracks. (but im injured at the moment wich is really shit) ive never raced on an indoor track - ive only ever trained on one a few times and even then my training times are way slower. cant imagine how shit it is to do a mile plus indoors.
genderpretender 3 years ago
Yeah Ive tried frontrunning and I found its just not for me so I usually just start out slow and pick off as many people as I can till the end.
ShaDowWolF1000 3 years ago
LOL, German is toast, his achilles is shot!
Blasphy1337 3 years ago
nice, gilbert arenas scored 20, and a good night for shaq too... think 22/10?
irateyourvideo2 3 years ago
dude i'm related to him
holy shit
hockeyshot17 3 years ago
then get runing lol
beyondrunning 3 years ago
hockeyshot, how related? Nephew? Cousin?
EltBerserker 2 years ago
My dad's cousins with him
hockeyshot17 2 years ago
@hockeyshot17 how is he cousins with him? pre died... :(
SkateFallRepeat 1 year ago
the man the myth of prefontaine will live forever
Anthonymcqueen21 3 years ago
frontrunner for life!
KingAttle 3 years ago 4
Who is this question intended for?
jaimesandoval1988 3 years ago
I mean 3:58.
thefallen2124 2 years ago
@thefallen2124 I think you mean 3:55 collegiate record
osrunner7 1 year ago
@osrunner7 I wrote that a little over a year ago
thefallen2124 1 year ago
Check out a high schooler running a 4 minute mile. Type in German Fernandez mile on youtube.
cubs4lifedlee 3 years ago
This is indoor a bit more difficult. German is great!
jaimesandoval1988 3 years ago 2
do you have any idea who this is? THIS is one of the greatest American runners of all time!
runnaWorkman 3 years ago
correction
GREATEST. Pre tested the limits of the human heart better then anybody.
someguynamedaaron 3 years ago
I agree, although I think Roger Bannister tested it the most
meester6178 2 years ago
I know its a year later I replied to you, German ran 3:56 indoors.
thefallen2124 2 years ago
go pre go ur my hero
2goldmonkeys 3 years ago
PRE IS MY HERO!!
codeman1221 3 years ago
I always get kind of sad when he says "I wish I could beat some of those 3-milers at their own game". Kind of reminds me of how he died... one of the best runners in history was Prefontaine.
GetUpAndTryAgain 3 years ago
Incredible. Basically led the entire way. I thought Liquori would've gotten him though. Pre was just so damned tough.
LesbianVampireLover 3 years ago
prefontain is the greatest
emmasue909 3 years ago
Pre was somthing... what an idol
Jus2GuysPlayinGuitar 3 years ago
What a talent
rago 4 years ago
i wouldnt be able to run on this track. Too many turns would hurt my ankles.
cicirunner 4 years ago
No One would have ever beaten Pre on the roads. Can you imagine!
garcrews 4 years ago
sorry i might sound really stupid but this track looks a really odd size. in uk we usually have 200m indoors...
tbeedell 4 years ago
i found out it's 160m. that's crazy! i'd be dizzy from so many turns
tbeedell 4 years ago 2
HS indoor in OK is on 160 m.
sharunsalot 4 years ago
im at a 6:15 mile but i dont really know how to train for it... Any tips?
PPatitsgr8testdotcom 4 years ago
interval training, interval training, interval training
and alternate hard, fast days (interval training) and slow, long, really easy days
rangerchallengebravo 4 years ago
yeah, do alot of interval training, some speedwork and some easy days of about 40 minutes
CollinSK8R116 4 years ago
whats interval training im new to running but i just run and dont know much technique im a freshmen in high school and have a current PR of 5:10 but want to work on getting it better
thmsixtynine 4 years ago
Interval training could be going out 3 miles slow and coming back really hard. Or, it could be quick speed transitions like alternating between jogging normally and steady sprints. Maybe jogging a minute and a half and sprinting for 45 seconds. You can create any quick interval that suits you but these type of workouts are so much easier with running partners.
cicirunner 4 years ago
fartleks, those are pretty good for intervals
kevdiv48 4 years ago
how much will this beniefit your mile time?
xctrackohion2012 4 years ago
1. Depends on your current mile time
2. Somewhat depends on your speed capabilities.
I worked on improving my 800 times and eventually extended that to focusing on the mile. By that time, I had my 800 speed, so it became more of an issue of speed endurance. Fartleks are perfect for speed endurance I think.
pajamadude15 4 years ago
First do 8 repeat 200's at 37-38seconds with 60-90 seconds rest in between. Rest five minutes and do it again...next week do 4 400's at 75 seconds with 2 minute rest in between each set. Rest five minutes do then do it again trying to get one second faster each time...if you can do those you can break 5!!
dagen1459 3 years ago
pre was the best there was and still is.
diflucin91 4 years ago
dude thats nothing
theres was a freshman(sophomore now) who ran 4:21
JamesNathan123 4 years ago
theres a runner on our xc team. 7th grader and he ran a 4.47 mile. and a 17.15 5k. so there are 7th graders who are fast
chadrakster89 4 years ago
im a junior runner w/ a 4:40 and in 7th grade i was over 6 i hav a friend who actually was a 4:50 miler in middle school but he was top 10 in the nation. So id say highly unlikely but possible point is why lie on youtube?
t3bu2 4 years ago
haha rossman u couldnt b more rite u kids are fuckn stupid to think u can lie ur times into comparison with great runners like pre. 457 for a 7th grade mile is complete bullshit thats probably ur 400 time
XeroaccuCORE 4 years ago
All though those kids could be bullshit there are some rare runners out there. In NY we had a froshman last year named Marco Bertoloti whose mile was 4:35 so its not impossible for ppl to run amazing well just not common
XALECHIM 4 years ago
Prefontaine is my favorite runner of all time
funeralpyre44 4 years ago
since we're all sharing results, in 3rd grade i ran a 3:57 mile.Not. Haha you guys are all big fuckin liars any kid who could break 4:40 as a 7th grader would be making news around the world. Plus nobody gives a shit about your times, people are watchin this video to reminisce when prefontaine was American running. RIP pre
rossman9821 4 years ago
Whoops, I meant there isn't
Obie013 4 years ago
Lol i love how everyone from 7-9th grade claims they can run a sub 5 mile...it's not that hard but comon
agentkro 4 years ago
True that, there is that much talent going around.
Obie013 4 years ago
Even though I'm terrible at running (I run at like a 6:30-7:15 mile pace), it's the feeling of accomplishment afterwards that makes me want to keep running. My times are getting progressively better and better, but I still have a long way to go, and great runners like pre are the ones who help inspire me to keep at it.
retrorocker707 4 years ago
Pre is too much of a front runner... i think i might be too :-) , in 7th grade i got 4:56 for the mile in dual meet, im looking to get to 4:30 this year
stickshift12 4 years ago
Be careful when you compare yourself to Pre.
Protains 4 years ago
I'm not, being a front runner means that you like to be in the lead for the whole race. I wasn't comparing, I was just saying he was, I am to. No comparison
stickshift12 4 years ago
I RAN I 4:37 IN 8TH GRADE
razedincompton 4 years ago
ran 5:26 in 8th grade.. fastest in my middle school
bigphade 4 years ago
It's nice to see someone win who leads the pack the entire race. My coach used to get onto me all the time because I'd start out in the lead every race(even against state champions) and then end up getting 4th or something. I will never stop lol.
stevenash2300 4 years ago
my two friends ross ochs and josh graham ran 4:54 in 8th grade, then 4:38 their freshman year in high school. ochs, now in his sophomore yaer of high school, is at 16:27 for his 5k
srd13 4 years ago
To give anything less than your best is sacrificing the gift.
shorty61292 4 years ago
Ya'll are braggin about running 4:40's your 7th grade year. I highly highly doubt any of those are true and even if they are, i bet none of you will run a much faster time in high school. I've seen it time and time before. As freshman they are super good and then they can't run any faster later in high school. It's called early bloomers peaking early. The good ones, like pre, progressively get better as they get older.
pureballa5 4 years ago 3
I went from a little under 7:00 to 5:18 during my 7th grade year, and then I PR'd at 5:15 the next year....then Freshman year I got 4:54, and shin splints happened. Hopefully the progressively getting better thing will kick in for me.
stevenash2300 4 years ago
wrestling is where its at. Toughest sport out there
usuckbad101 4 years ago
then y the fuck r u watching this video if ur so full of it in wrestling
hugo1247 4 years ago
4:52 7th grade year quit after middle school to play baseball
tnt2005 4 years ago
my buddy joe ran a 4:41 when he was a freshmen and about an hour later he ran a 2:05 and about two hours after that he split a 55.1 in the 4by4...pick it up marc
jewpowers 4 years ago
im a freashman and ran a 446
marcflynn2009 4 years ago
my mile time is 5:14 and that was in 7th grade. is that good? what were your 7th grade times?
honorarysmiles 4 years ago
rip pre
dcyxc2004 4 years ago
hey guitarrulz, my sister ran 4:56 in seventh grade and won states in florida.
wwbsd002 4 years ago
frikin sweet man, i guess that means i better start pickin up my pace then haha, yeah but running is my life so and i wanna be an olympian like everyone else so thats my goal, where is ur sister from at in florida cause i used to live there
guitarrulz21 4 years ago
miami
wwbsd002 4 years ago
Aun asi nunca le hubiera ganado a Lasse Viren en las olimpiadas de Montreal 76 era aspirante a la plata a lo mucho
PELAO4169 4 years ago
pre is awesome he just leads and doesnt slow down at all top race
thesnake2345 4 years ago
Oh P.S. i'm a sophomore
pureballa5 4 years ago
unless you were a freshman in '75 and ran these times, let it go, we are 32/33 years down the road, training, nutrition, gear and tracks have seen huge leaps in improvement.
Baelgor 4 years ago
Thank God someone finally said it. Nike, Addidas, NB, etc probably spend millions upon millions of dollars researching perfect running shoes. On top of MIT engineers designing tracks, and John Hopkins nutritionists guiding the runners in the right directions. On top of the latest in designer steroids and performance inhancing drugs.
AtlRacerBoyz 4 years ago
I live in Eugene :D
I know there are other places too
but I tell you what, he is without
a doubt a bigger cult here than
anywhere. Everybody at our school
worships him. (then again who doesn't)
Kraggdor 4 years ago
i got 5:34 as a 7th grader is that good?
SeanO1808 4 years ago
hell yeah thats good, my best time was a 4:56 this year as a 7th grader and i won state in Illinois
and my 800 time was 2:08 so yeah thats pretty good
guitarrulz21 4 years ago
wait - ur a 7th grader and ur already that good? what high school are you gunna go to? I also live in Illinois.
sk8nthelabel 4 years ago
Illini West HIghschool, but im gonna be an 8th grader next year, where u from?
guitarrulz21 4 years ago
This year being a senior i ran 4:34 for the mile, and 16:47 for xc
stoppre88 4 years ago
This past year ran a 15:48 in cross country.
pureballa5 4 years ago
i ran 3:35 for the mile. Pretty good eh
Marko488892 4 years ago
youre so full of it... thats a world record retard
marcflynn2009 4 years ago
if youre gonna lie, make it believe able
jonkapp 4 years ago
Oh, come on! 19 High School records is hardly average. He was average as a freshman, good as a sophomore, but awesome in the final 2 years of High School
familyofowens 4 years ago
yeah that is not fast..especially for pre. i thought it was fast before i realized it wasn't a 1/4 mile track.
palfguy 4 years ago
That track was probably slower than a 1/4 mile track because the turns are more frequent and sharper.
murarka05 4 years ago
Laxpandemonium, I got my facts from the book PRE and the book run with the champions and what does average runner mean? I would say a runner of his caliber a 5:01 is not that great so why would you say that I am wrong either way?
dnamra29 4 years ago
As a Freshman i ran a 4:43 mile and a 2:04 800.
StevenWBradley 4 years ago
As a freshman I ran a 4:49 mile but I haven't raced this year, (as a Sophomore) yet.
coldog37 4 years ago
he ran a 5:01 at the end of freshmen
kevinlianglovesrice 4 years ago
Dude he ran the 2 miles faster than I could run the mile in 5th grade... Impressive.
shorty61292 4 years ago
he only ran the mile in 5's his freshman year, a 5:01, by his senior year at 18 years old he got down to 4:06 with his 2 mile time being 8:41
dnamra29 4 years ago
theres no way he ran a 5 something in highschool i run a 5 15 and i suck thrs no way
KEA0991 4 years ago
No he was just the average runner in HS, he just trained hard and worked at it. I've read his bio, it's true.
LaxPandemonium 4 years ago
Pre was one of the top distance runners in US high-school history, check it out at
trackandfieldnewsdotcom
Hallonsylt 4 years ago
im a freshman and i run a 5:28 mile...it is possible
lakeccrunner95 4 years ago
this year was my freshman year and I ran a 5:04. I easily could have broken 5 but i was stuck at like 5:40 and 5:30 until the last 2 meets (I had no pace or stride until the end of the year). Now I know I can brake 5.
sk8nthelabel 4 years ago
Man i run CC ( or XC ) too, i saw a movie on prefontaine, i wish i could set records, mi bess 3 mi. is 21 sumthin, but 12'z? wow! i no sum1 tht does a mile in 4:29, and hes in highschool, prefontaines in hoghschool was 5: sumthin, but hes awesome! whoever put this on, thankyou! bcuz we need more prefontaine, hes an idol!
hyuuganeji1011 4 years ago
was the movie called Prefontaine or Without Limits? Cuz I saw Prefonatine in XC & Without Limits in Track.
sk8nthelabel 4 years ago
is this hamilton spectator
runaz 4 years ago
What is the track made out of?
distrunner06 5 years ago
what a champion. someone to look up to.
nibbletjones 5 years ago
:...I wish I could beat some of the three milers at their own game". What a beautiful guy he really was.How fun would it have been to watch him run for 10 more seasons
prrolg 5 years ago
To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the Gift. -Pre I run xc so this is freakin awesome! Thanks to whoever put this vid on!
gibsonguitar45 5 years ago
steve is one of my biggest inspriations for running..i always read books about him and watch videos like this before big races
fr556 5 years ago
hey darris enjoy the prefontaine video
derrickilopez 5 years ago
i remember making this exact video from my tape and putting it available for download on runnersrealm (wink wink). its cool to see it on youtube.
i have some more pre videos if yall want
raysweater 5 years ago
really enjoy the video....PRE is , and has been a hero of mine for some time now.....is there any way i could download/find more videos like this one?
lafferreboy 5 years ago
Yeah man that would be cool if u got a few more on here.
macca3k 5 years ago
I love anything about Pre and I try to know everything there is about him....he is my hero. that would be sweet if you could get more
enjoilifetoday07 5 years ago
upload them on u tube please
alextreme5k 5 years ago