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I am a female 400m runner with a best of 58 secs. I have planned out a training regime for the next few months, and would just like some advice on whether I am making the best use of my time.I plan to train 5 days a week.
session 1 is track speed endurance i.e 200m, 30 sec, 200m, 5 min rec (x5 ...

What is a good weight for a female 400m runner? I am 5 ft 6 inches and weigh 9st 2lb, and have 20-21% body fat. I believe that I need to reduce my body fat in order to improve my PB of 59 secs, but what is the ideal percentage, and what is the best way of reducing my body fat

I am a female 400m runner. I have got pretty good strength in my quads, but I feel my hamstrings are very weak. I do 5 x 32kg on the leg curl, and this is pretty difficult. I understand leg curls are not the best exercise to do for sprinting as it does not replicate the running action. What could I ...

Do not consciously try to increase your stride length or you will be running unaturally. If you increase the strength and power in you legs, then your stride length will increase as your legs will push off from the ground with more power and you will move further, also ensure that you have enough ...

I am a female 400m runner. I have bests of 100m - 13.0 seconds, 200m -26.5 seconds, 400m - 59.0 seconds. Do these times correlate well with each other? I want to improve my 400m best to 58.0 seconds. What would I need to be running the 100m and 200m to achieve this?

Are you doing the 5 mile runs to improve your time over that distance or simply to improve on your fitness?

If you gradually introduced evening runs you would not necessarily get injured. It would be of more benefit to vary the length of your daytime runs. Do some shorter, faster runs of 3 miles ...

Thank you for your advice. Where do you think I should incorparate things such as weight training, circuits and plyometrics into my program?

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What is the most effective way to train for 400m when you can only train 3 days a week? All the training programs I read are based on training 6 days a week. My job does not allow me to train this often, but obviously I want to get the most out of my training. I am a female quarter miler ...