1500 meters is the classic average distance. A victory in the one-and-a-half race is as honorable for an average athlete as a victory for a sprinter in the 100-meter dash. But unlike short distances, not only the strongest athlete wins here, but also the smartest. at 1500 meters is very important, since your position in the final protocol will depend on it.

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There are two most common tactics for running a 1.5K race: finishing fast and leading.

Leading

If you feel strong and know that among the athletes standing with you on the starting line, you are the one who has the best time at this distance, then it is better not to tempt fate and take the initiative into your own hands. Try to take the lead from the first meters and dictate your running pace to your opponents. Many weaker opponents will drop out within the first 500 meters, and the rest will begin to “fall away” later.

But the main thing here is not to “drive” yourself. Otherwise, even a good lead created by you can be “eaten up” in the last hundred meters of the distance. If you know that your opponents have better results than you, then there is no point in forcing events, and the burden of leadership will not bring you anything good. You will simply “get enough” of the pace and fall into the back of the group.

Fast finish

At big competitions, such as the World Championships or even the Olympic Games, athletes most often do not show outstanding results in the one and a half kilometer race, counting on their phenomenal finish.

And indeed. At such large competitions it is rarely possible to identify a clear favorite of the tournament, so the easiest way for participants is not to run the entire distance at a fast pace, but at the last ones “turn on” the acceleration and find out which of them is the best finisher.

This can also be done at less prestigious competitions. If you know that you have a great finish, then your only task is to stay in the lead group for about 1100 meters, and then start accelerating. You can even fall behind the leaders a little, but at the same time you must know your capabilities and understand how much strength you have to make up the gap.

For those who do not have the finish line and cannot become a leader, it is best to simply run evenly the entire distance, accelerating in the last 400 meters. In this case, you will fight exclusively with yourself. Beginners do not need to rush forward from the very start; they need to “catch their pace” and go at it until the end, only speeding up at the end.

Plan:

Introduction

• 1 Rules
• 2 Tactics
• 3 History
• 4 World records
• 5 The most famous athletes at this distance
Notes

Introduction

1500 meter run a discipline related to the middle distance running track and field program. Requires endurance (including speed) and tactical thinking from athletes. It has been an Olympic track and field discipline for men since 1896 and for women since 1972. Included in the men's track and field decathlon program.

1. Rules

Athletes in the 1500m race start from a high start and a general starting position.

Usually at major competitions (World Championships, European Championships and Olympic Games), the 1500 meter race is held in three laps (less often two laps) according to the rules and depending on the number of participants.

2. Tactics

The 1500 meter distance is characterized by all the tactical techniques usual for average track and field distances. To achieve world record-level results for men, an athlete must be able to complete a lap in less than 55 seconds and accelerate on the last lap. In the history of athletics, there are many cases when athletes competing at a distance of 1500 meters combined it with an 800 meter distance. It is less typical when stayers from longer distances perform at 1500 meters. A related distance to 1500 meters is the mile (1609 meters), popular in the UK and USA.

3. History

Since the beginning of the 20th century, this discipline has been especially popular in Great Britain, New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Beginning in the 1970s, athletes from Africa began to intervene in the dispute. The history of this discipline included a confrontation (1980s)

• Sebastian Coe and Stephen Ovett

Since the 1960s, athletes from the USSR, East Germany, and Romania dominated the 1500 meters. At the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Lyudmila Bragina set an unsurpassed achievement during the games, breaking the world record three times. In the 1990s, a number of athletes from China gained fame who broke the world record and set several outstanding results, bringing the world record to 3 minutes 50.46 seconds; however, experts tend to attribute these achievements to the consequences of doping.

4. World records

Record	Athlete	A country	date	Place
Open stadiums
3:26.00	Hisham El Guerrouj	Morocco	July 14, 1998	Rome, Italy
3:50.46	Ku Yanxia	China	September 11, 1993	Beijing, China
Indoor arena
3:31.18	Hisham El Guerrouj	Morocco	February 2, 1997	Stuttgart Germany
3:57.7	Elena Soboleva	Russia	March 9, 2008	Valencia Spain

5. The most famous athletes at this distance

• Peter Snell (New Zealand)
• Steve Ovett (UK)
• Sebastian Coe (Great Britain)
• Hisham El Guerrouj (Morocco)

• Lyudmila Bragina (USSR)
• Tatyana Kazankina (USSR)
• Svetlana Masterkova (Russia)
• Gabriela Szabo (Romania)

Notes

1. Mile Training and 1500 Meter Training - www.runningplanet.com/training/mile-1500-meter-training.html (English)
2. Crash training: wang and qu - www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0408.htm (English)

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This abstract is based on an article from Russian Wikipedia. Synchronization completed 07/13/11 12:52:29
Related abstracts: Chronology of world records in the 1500 meter run, Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics 1500 meter run,

Not the most spectacular and spectacular, but a very popular type of athletics among professional athletes and runners. The technique of middle-distance running is distinguished by the fact that it evenly combines speed and competent tactical calculation, the ability to control the process of competition and change different techniques and methods of running throughout it. According to the professional classification, the average distances are 800 and 1500 m.

The prototype of these competitions appeared in England in the 18th century and since then has come a long way in systematization, the development of technology, rules and requirements for the personal qualities of athletes. The men's 800 and 1500 m races were immediately included in the program of the First Olympic Games of our time; women were allowed there in 1928, at 800 m. During the process of its formation, the rules changed, for example, the 800 m distance was excluded from the Olympic program until 1960; but at competitions of a different level they always ran it and continued to improve their results. In Russia, this type of athletics received its greatest development before the Great Patriotic War; Serious training in it was resumed starting in 1950 - and USSR athletes began to achieve good results at very high level competitions. Currently, the leading positions in this sport are occupied by Americans and Ethiopians; In 1993, the Chinese team took the lead, but it quickly became mired in doping scandals.
In the second half of the twentieth century, the modern rules of middle-distance running were finally established.

Modern running rules

• Official (qualifying) competitions are held at the stadium, on running tracks 400 m long, in a left-hand direction
• On bends, the area is marked with an arched line of the corresponding bend, which is marked on each edge with flags at least one and a half meters high, which are installed outside the tracks. The turn marking can be duplicated by installing 3x5 pyramids, height 15 cm, on the dividing line, matching the color of the marking line
• At medium distances, a high start is used. Before the start, athletes line up at a distance of 3 m from the starting line and, only after receiving the command “To start”, take their positions on the starting line. Moving before the command is considered a false start. Runners should not touch the ground with their hands. They must not disturb other participants in the competition with noise or other actions - all these actions are equivalent to a false start, for which athletes are removed from the competition
• The 800m start takes place on its own lanes. After exiting the first bend, the competition participants are allowed to run along the common track. Arc-shaped marking lines must provide equal distances for all race participants when crossing onto a common track
• The start for 1500 m is made from a common line, athletes can immediately run along a common track
• In certain cases, by mutual agreement of all parties, the start of the 800 m can be held from a common line, and runners can immediately occupy a common track
• During the race, athletes do not have the right to interfere with their competitors in any way - disqualification is applied for this

Middle distance running technique

It is divided into four standard stages:

• start
• starting acceleration
• main race
• finishing

High start is used. When receiving the “Start” command, the runner places his starting foot with his toe close to the starting line, without stepping on it; The swing leg is placed on the back of the toe, at a distance of the foot from the heel of the pushing leg. The legs are bent at the knees, the body weight is transferred to the pushing leg; the body is strongly tilted forward, the head is lowered face down, the gaze is directed at a point a meter ahead of the starting line. The arm opposite the push leg, together with the shoulder, is brought forward and bent at the elbow 90 degrees, the second arm, almost straightened, is brought back, behind the back. The fingers are curled into a fist, the shoulders are relaxed. When receiving the starting command, the athlete pushes off strongly from the ground and quickly begins his run-up.
The peculiarities of the starting acceleration are that the runner must simultaneously gain high speed and not overload the body. The optimal way to fulfill these requirements would be to divide the starting acceleration into two stages: gaining speed, when its indicators exceed the optimal for the race, by increasing the length and frequency of steps, and then gradually reducing it to the optimal for the race; the length of the acceleration segment is about 70 m. The tactics of the starting acceleration is to ensure that the runner takes a comfortable position in the general group in accordance with the running plan and is not pushed to the edge of the track.
During the main race, the most important thing is to maintain a steady rhythm without overworking the body. We hold the body almost vertically, the inclination is no more than 5 degrees, the arms are bent at an angle of 90 degrees and move in a vertical plane, freely, the hands are collected, but not tense. The shoulders are relaxed, the shoulder blades are pulled back, the head and neck are held straight and free. Steps should be about 200 cm long, their optimal frequency is 4 steps per second. Place the foot on the front part with a roll to the heel. It is necessary to achieve active push-off with the legs from the support, achieving the effect of flight, during which the runner rests. On turns, the body should be slightly tilted inward of the track, and the foot should be placed with the heel turned outward.
At the finish line (the last 200-400 m), the running technique changes again, approaching in its characteristics the sprint technique. The tilt of the body forward increases, as does the frequency and length of the step, and if the forces were correctly distributed during the race, the athlete performs a finishing spurt, accelerating powerfully in the last hundred meters.

Middle distance running tactics

It depends on the goal of the race, there are three options for the goal:

• showing the result planned before the competition; V
• winning the competition;
• winning with a high score.

The most common goal today is to win the competition. In this case, the tactic is to immediately take a place just behind the leader; make sure that there is free space for maneuver on the right; have enough stamina to withstand the pace set by your opponents; save your strength for the finishing spurt. Rational distribution of forces throughout the entire length of the competition is the most important factor in achieving success.
Tactics should take into account the fact that throughout the competition there are always sections where any runner slows down. Usually this is: for 800 m, a segment from 400 to 600 m; at 1500 m. a segment from 600 to 1000 m. Here there is an opportunity, by sharply increasing the speed, to take a leading position in the run, breaking away from your opponents or exhausting them before the finish line with jerks. It is also possible that the runner develops maximum speed in the first stage, breaking away from the main group of opponents, then reduces speed, saving energy, and then makes a powerful finishing spurt.
The choice of tactics is always individual for each competition and depends on many factors: from the athlete’s well-being to the condition of the treadmills and the organization of the competition.

Features and nuances of training for middle-distance runners

First of all, athletes of this discipline require general and aerobic endurance. You can achieve the desired results using the following types of training sessions:

• continuous training or running without a rest break
• fartlek - running without a break, with changes in pace and techniques
• repeated training - the length is divided into repeating segments in which tempo, rhythm, speed, rest and recovery intervals are worked out
• cross-country cross-country – for experienced athletes
• running on different levels of terrain to train different muscle groups
• long-distance tempo running with increasing speed
• training long and short bursts at maximum speed

Middle-distance running develops a person’s body endurance, lung capacity, harmonization of the body’s three energy systems – and tactical and strategic thinking. Not as glamorous as other types of athletics, middle distance running is a serious sport for serious people and requires a serious approach. Read the materials on our website - and we will teach you how to run with pleasure and maximum benefit for yourself.

1000 meter run

Running 1000 meters is a discipline that belongs to the middle distance running program of athletics. This distance is rarely held at major official competitions. Mostly 1000 meter races are held at commercial competitions. The 1000 meter race is not included in the program of the Olympic Games, World and European Championships. On a 400-meter circle, the distance is 2.5 laps, the start is given from the beginning of the far turn. Indoors: 5 laps of 200 meters, start before the bend.

1500 meter run

Running 1500 meters is a discipline that belongs to the middle distance running track and field program. Requires endurance (including speed) and tactical thinking from athletes. It has been an Olympic track and field discipline for men since 1896 and for women since 1972. Included in the men's track and field decathlon program.

Athletes in the 1500m race start from a high start and a general starting position. At the Olympic Games and World Championships it is held in 3 rounds, that is, preliminary heats, semi-finals and the final heat. In commercial competitions such as the Diamond League or the IAAF World Challenge, there is a single final race.

The 1500-meter distance is characterized by all the tactical techniques common to average athletics distances. To achieve world record-level results for men, an athlete must be able to complete a lap in less than 55 seconds and accelerate on the last lap. There are many cases in the history of athletics when athletes who competed at a distance of 1500 meters combined it with an 800-meter distance. It is less typical when stayers from longer distances perform at 1500 meters. A related distance to 1500 meters is the mile (1609 meters), popular in the UK and USA.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, this discipline has been particularly popular in the UK, New Zealand, Australia and the USA. Beginning in the 1970s, athletes from Africa began to intervene in the dispute. The history of this discipline included a confrontation (1980s)

Since the 1960s, athletes from the USSR, East Germany, and Romania dominated the 1500 meters. At the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Lyudmila Bragina set an unsurpassed achievement, breaking the world record three times during the games. In the 1990s, a number of female athletes from China gained fame by breaking the world record and setting several outstanding results, bringing the world record to 3 minutes 50.46 seconds. However, experts tend to attribute these achievements to the consequences of doping.

Whether you view competition as a day without training or as a challenge, treat any competition seriously and with respect.

Because my approach to training and competition is based on physiological demands, I find it necessary to plan training sessions based on running time rather than distance. For example, an elite runner specializing in the 5,000 meters is training for races that will last 13-15 minutes. In the same amount of time, a beginner runner will be able to run a distance of 3000 meters, but some people who run for health reasons will not even run 1500 meters. You should plan your training as a race of a certain duration, such as 4 minutes, or 15 minutes, or half an hour, or several hours. Thus, if a beginning runner expects to run the 3,000-meter race in 12 to 13 minutes, he may be better off using the 5,000-meter training program described in Chapter 19. On the other hand, such a runner may be even more suited to 1500m training program as shorter, faster races often allow for better preparation for longer distances.

Added to this distance-time dilemma is the fact that different runners have different physiological (and psychological) characteristics, and it is not surprising that some training systems work better for some runners than others. One of the biggest mistakes we can make when training newcomers is to offer them the programs of the current stars. Different people need different training programs. It is foolish to think that all runners, say, for a mile, should train according to exactly the same program, since they run exactly the same distance.

In this chapter, I will present some ideas and sample exercise programs for different phases of a 24-week training season. These exercises are aimed at preparing runners for races of such duration that they require the use of both aerobic and anaerobic energy sources. I call these races "intensive distance" or "speed distance" and their duration ranges from 3.5 to 13 minutes (usually distances from 1500 to 3000 meters).

I've created two 24-week training plans (Plans A and B) that you can use to prepare for races ranging from 1500 to 3000 meters. Plan A is more based on controlled exercises in the stadium, while Plan B is a less structured plan based more on subjective assessments of training intensities rather than completing set distances with a stopwatch. Review both plans and choose the one that suits you best.

I think what I do best is create programs that meet the needs of different physiological systems. I also suggest a logical order of training that works for most people, but of course the best combination depends on each runner's individual characteristics, which can only be fully developed through years of practice. Try to build on the positive changes that happen to you every training season, but don’t be too quick to discard the negative aspects that can eventually turn into your strengths. If you do not have 24 weeks to organize a full season.