How Do You Train For The 400-Meter Dash?
The 400-meter dash is one of the most difficult events in track. It requires a sprinter’s speed and a half-miler’s endurance. Athletes training for the 400-meter dash should be willing to work on speed, as well as endurance and pacing themselves for the entirety of the race. Many sprinters, as well as half-milers, transition into this race, but all runners require dedicated training for the 400-meter dash. Break your training season up into distinct phases in which you actively build endurance and strength, compete and recover. Warm up before and cool down after every training session with light jogging and dynamic stretching of all muscle groups for at least 10 minutes. Incorporate both speed endurance training (1000 meters broken up into repetitions of smaller distances resting 10 minutes in between) and tempo endurance or interval training (1000 meters broken up into repetitions of smaller distances alternating between different percentage power output and resting two to three minut
