Has anyone done the 800m and 1 mile during one track meet?

The worst double I've ever done is the 400m, then turn around about 5 minutes later and run 300 IM hurdles. The events are only seperated by the 4 x 100 relay and that was brutal. One of the girls on my team would run the 4 x 100, 300 IM hurdles, then the 200m, 3 consecutive events. Most meets are scheduled to accommodate that kind of double though, and if you can run the 800 (2:25 from one of your other posts), you can probably be a pretty good miler too. To prep before hand, I would recommend doing longer interval workouts, such as 400s, but with longer recovery period, maybe 60 seconds. Or even 800s with 2 min recovery. For in between events, get out of the sun, drink water, stretch and most importantly, completely forget about the last race. Every race on the track is different from the last, so if you have a bad race in the first, forget about it, and come back and have a great race in the second one. You probably wont need as long of a warm up for the second event, but you do need to do something. What will be difficult is adjusting your muscle memory. uming the second event is the 800, your legs will want to start the race at the same pace they last ran, your 1600 pace. You have to get them out of that mode early in the race, and the best way to do that is focusing on the race that is going on. Most important for doubling in 2 completely different events: mental toughness and focus, and the willingness to leave it all on the track. As for race strategy, I would say don't adjust anything. Run your race in each.