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When's the last time you ran a full sprint?

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  • robininfl
    robininfl Posts: 1,137 Member
    I run fast sometimes (fast for me - it feels light and smooth and fast, but still barely controlled) but never all-out.

    So the last time i sprinted was when i had to run to get away from danger, I don't do it as exercise.
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Do short sprints playing soccer count? If yes, a couple of years ago (I hung up my cleats in 2014).

    Track sprints? Not in this millennium....... I should be doing speed work though.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    those that sprint at the end of a distance race isn't quite the same thing, as your body cannot be pushed as hard as the OP is talking about. a 50m sprint at the end of a 5K will be much slower than a 50m sprint fresh off of a warm up.
  • Savyna
    Savyna Posts: 789 Member
    About a few weeks ago when a wild raccoon started easing his way out from behind a dumpster and I didn't want to meet him that night.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member
    Last year, officiating (American) football.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    everyday kids are 10 and 12
  • texasleahgirl
    texasleahgirl Posts: 96 Member
    I sprint about 8x daily during my walk, but only short sprints of about 60-70 feet up a hill. The hill is significant (22 ft rise) and for some reason I feel more at ease sprinting up the hill than on flat ground.
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    erickirb wrote: »
    those that sprint at the end of a distance race isn't quite the same thing, as your body cannot be pushed as hard as the OP is talking about. a 50m sprint at the end of a 5K will be much slower than a 50m sprint fresh off of a warm up.
    Um........I've got a pretty good kick. Always have. Lately I've been doing a track workout where I run the almost distance of a 5k in different intervals (1 mile, 3/4 mile, 1/2 mile, 1/4 mile), then I do 4-6 200m sprints.
    It is a routine type of workout for serious athletes who run 800m - 1500m.
    Are they as fast as my 200m's might be if I was fresh? Probably not. But they are all out.
    I think a sprint at the end of a run counts.
    I love sprinting.
  • dewd2
    dewd2 Posts: 2,445 Member
    erickirb wrote: »
    those that sprint at the end of a distance race isn't quite the same thing, as your body cannot be pushed as hard as the OP is talking about. a 50m sprint at the end of a 5K will be much slower than a 50m sprint fresh off of a warm up.

    Maybe if I am bored sometime I will look for research on this but it seems "to me" that I am just as fast after running several miles. The difference is the distance I can hold the speed. If I kick it too soon I slow dramatically at the end (much sooner than if I was rested).

    Again, this is my perception and if anyone has actual research on this please share.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    I do it occasionally when I'm cutting- so during the spring months.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    GiddyupTim wrote: »
    erickirb wrote: »
    those that sprint at the end of a distance race isn't quite the same thing, as your body cannot be pushed as hard as the OP is talking about. a 50m sprint at the end of a 5K will be much slower than a 50m sprint fresh off of a warm up.
    Um........I've got a pretty good kick. Always have. Lately I've been doing a track workout where I run the almost distance of a 5k in different intervals (1 mile, 3/4 mile, 1/2 mile, 1/4 mile), then I do 4-6 200m sprints.
    It is a routine type of workout for serious athletes who run 800m - 1500m.
    Are they as fast as my 200m's might be if I was fresh? Probably not. But they are all out.
    I think a sprint at the end of a run counts.
    I love sprinting.

    I was a track athlete, and very rarely, if every, in training do you go 100%, typically in the 70-90% max effort, so even a sprinter wont go full out, except in a race. Fast yes, full out, no.
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    edited October 2016
    ^ seems like we are quibbling. I am not sure it is that important. I don't think the OP was defining it that precisely....nor did he mean to.
    If I am going as fast as I can in that present moment, that's all out. Could I go faster in another situation, in another time and place? Undoubtedly.
  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    I sprinted on Tuesday after reading this thread.

    I compared it with the first 500 metres I ran a year ago.

    Last year: 3 minutes 35 seconds.
    This year: 2 minutes 21 seconds.

    Holy crap! :D Thanks for the inspiration!
  • NewGemini130
    NewGemini130 Posts: 219 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    1993

    .... away from the LAPD


    Don't ask; thanks.

    Oh, snap!!
  • chunkytfg
    chunkytfg Posts: 339 Member
    My running club does magic mile track sessions every 2 months which are tough and finish with a sprint but my last proper sprint was at the end of the first cross country race of the season a few weeks ago. Flat out sprint to try and pass the guy in front was on my knees once i'd past the finish
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    I think I sprinted some in middle school as part of gym class. Other than that, never.

    Closest I do is a mile as fast as I can manage without being totally gassed at the finish (because it's the 2nd mile in what's normally a 4-5 mile run).
  • kar328
    kar328 Posts: 4,159 Member
    Mostly every week. My Boot Camp and HIIT class instructors outside have us do sprints up and down the field. I like the all out efforts but hate seeing the younger, taller people fly right by me
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