Two mile races on Tuesday?

Question

In two days, the top 5 kids in the school will be running against eachother. The current leader, my best friend, with a time of 6:25, is 3 seconds faster than me, but the third-best person in the school is only 3 seconds behind ME.

I'm also running the mile, the 200, and doing the standing long jump for a track meet around 5:30 on the same day (the mile run for school is in the morning.).

Does anyone have any tips, especially for the mile run? i.e. how to run each lap, etc.? This is going to be a new experience because most of the time, the other kids are slow. "Staying with the pack" is not an option. I've never given much thought to running AGAINST others before, as opposed to just trying to beat a time.

Thank you! Tips about the 200, standing long jump, or how to prepare for my first meet are welcome also!

P.S. My mile time is 6:28-I'm a 13-year-old girl. The school record is 6:23. Also, I got 6:39 the first time I ran the mile, but the coach let me retake it, running harder.

Answer 1

very nicely done. for the mile i cant really tell you to much because im not a distance person but for that 200 heres what you should do. for that first 100 just go out at about 90% and once you come off that turn give it all you got till you cross that finish line! dont stop till you cross. as for the standing long jump. just use all the muscles in your legs to jump at a 45 degree angle out! dont jump to far up or you wont go far and if you dont jump high enough your in the same problem. its confusing hah but practice will get you better. and as for your mile time right now.. good job thats a pretty impressive time

Answer 2

Make sure you pace yourself and then like on the last two laps or the last lap run your fastest!