The 1,500-metre run can be seen as the bigger brother of the 800 meters. The efforts of the athlete are here almost the same with just a slightly larger focus on aerobic endurance than sprinting speed and technique. The event usually gets connected with the “mile race” which originally comes from England and is exactly 1,604.344 metres long. This similarity also gives the run the nickname “the metric mile”.
Running technique
The race includes the athlete running 3.75 laps of a standard outdoor 400m track. At the start of the race, the athletes are positioned in a bunched standing start and when the pistol is fired, the athletes immediately move into the inner lane in order to keep pace and to run less distance. Here the competitors try to save energy for the coming laps but still try to maintain a high pace. In the middle lap, athletes will try to slowly increase their pace and gain an advantage of the others while still not burning too much of their reserves. The last 300 metres usually lead to an increase of speed for a good finish. Here is mostly where the race is won and the athlete who was able to manage his energy the best way is also the one who will take the lead.

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History of the most famous middle distance event
The race was first run over a distance of one mile in the USA and Great Britain, which then transitioned to 1500m. It is included for men since 1896 and since 1972 for women in the Olympic program. 3:55.8 was the first ever certified world record in June 1912 by Abel Kiviat (US). 86 years later, Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco broke the world record in Rome with an astonishing time of 3:26.00 which is almost 30 seconds faster and still remains unbeaten. The women’s world record is 3:49.04 by Faith Kipyegon (Kenia) in July 2024 in Paris. At the 2024 Olympics Cole Hocker (US) won with 3:27.65 in the finals.

How to run the 1500

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Approaching the 1500-meter run there are different training areas and aspects you should consider:

• Endurance: Include long and easy runs where you train the foundation of your aerobic system in order to hold the pace you aim at for the race
• Speed: Do shorter sprints to develop a faster pace and the capability to reaccelerate at the end of the race
• Tactics: Plan your race and the different phases of it. This could mean that you decide how fast you want to run each split of the race and where you want to position in order to get an advantage over your competitors
• Strength Exercises: Train your lower body and your core so that you stay stable over the whole race and maintain your form
• Mental: Take also into account that the race can be quite demanding not only physically but also mentally. Try to visualize the race by doing race-specific training and stay as positive as you can before the race itself

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1500 metres – Wikipedia
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