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veganbettie
veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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What is your favorite distance to race?
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  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
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    They all hurt. They just hurt differently LOL. Really, I like training and just running a lot more than racing.

    I did one ultra-relay though and that was a lot of fun. Maybe ultras will become my favorite in time.
  • ghhrfy
    ghhrfy Posts: 12 Member
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    What's yours, veganbettie?
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
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    10 miles because an hour is long enough :)
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    I love me some HMs. But I think 5 miles is pretty ideal. Long enough to go hard, but not so long you burn out, and not so short that you can't enjoy it. (Side note: SUPER BUMMED I'm missing my hometown 4th of July race this year... :()
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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    ghhrfy wrote: »
    What's yours, veganbettie?

    I haven't ran many races quite yet. I have a half coming up next month that I feel totally unprepared for though.

    But i'm HOPING I'll like the half distances (because all the half races around here are super neat)...I'm for sure liking the 10ks...

    SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »
    10 miles because an hour is long enough :)

    I agree, i'm liking the hour mark, I still end that on a high note. :) Of course i'm still so slow I don't quite make it to 10 miles. ;)

  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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    I've already alerted my running partner that if we enjoy this half, I have two more on the schedule for this year.

    The first one has a beer garden. A BEER GARDEN!

    And the second gives you beer AND tacos. TACOS!!!!!

    I think i'm jumping the gun here.
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
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    kristinegift wrote: »
    I love me some HMs. But I think 5 miles is pretty ideal. Long enough to go hard, but not so long you burn out, and not so short that you can't enjoy it. (Side note: SUPER BUMMED I'm missing my hometown 4th of July race this year... :()

    I agree on the 5mi
    I like 10mi as well
    I'm not sure I'll return to longer distances when I'm able to run again - shame I'm already signed up for a 25k... =/
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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    i'm getting in trouble with signing up for races during a running high....

    The next day i'm like....what have I done?!!?!?
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
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    veganbettie wrote: »
    i'm getting in trouble with signing up for races during a running high....

    The next day i'm like....what have I done?!!?!?

    Just don't go too far in the future.
    I did and now I'm like "efffffffff, I'm allowed to start running again 2 weeks before I have to start training for a 25k... this sucks"
  • veganbettie
    veganbettie Posts: 701 Member
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    aw man you poor thing. :/
  • sinister2014
    sinister2014 Posts: 92 Member
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    scottb81 wrote: »
    They all hurt. They just hurt differently LOL. Really, I like training and just running a lot more than racing.

    I did one ultra-relay though and that was a lot of fun. Maybe ultras will become my favorite in time.

    running my first 'real ultra' at the end of the month, but i did 48km as part of a 6 person relay last year and it was an awesome experience. a 24 hour party like atmosphere in the mountains.

    my favorite distance so far have been a number of trail races around 8-12 km long.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
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    I have to agree 10 miles is a pretty nice, but there are very few 10 mile races around. I've been enjoying the half marathon distances at this point. I liked the 5k and 10k distances when I first started running and couldn't imagine running longer than an hour. I was convinced to do a Spartan Beast and started increasing my mileage and did a half marathon to train for that and discovered I prefer the longer distances. We'll see what I think once I do my first marathon/50k this coming year.
  • Roxiegirl2008
    Roxiegirl2008 Posts: 756 Member
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    I love to run 1/2 marathons. I don't find the training to hard or overly time consuming. Although, I did sign up for another full for Nov.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
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    I have a hard time answering because every race distance hurts. If it doesn't you are doing it wrong.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
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    glevinso wrote: »
    I have a hard time answering because every race distance hurts. If it doesn't you are doing it wrong.

    I like the HM because it hurts the least. I am running below LT for most of the race, yet I don't hit that level of shear fatigue that comes with running for almost 4 hours with a full marathon. However, I like training for a full marathon the best, but I only do one per year because of the time suck.
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
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    The newspaper where I live asked this question of prominent local runners. There were about 10 of them, as I recall. Amateurs, but with national reputations. Most of these runners were known for their marathon races. So, I naturally assumed, when picking up the article, that they were going to say "the marathon."
    They didn't. Almost to a person they said the half-marathon. (A couple of these people were 5k and 10k specialists.) They said the half-marathon was a good challenge and a great workout. But it wasn't so long, like the marathon, that a person was beat up and too tired to do anything else afterwards.
  • litsy3
    litsy3 Posts: 783 Member
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    SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »
    10 miles because an hour is long enough :)

    Yeah, cos that's how fast you run 10 miles... ;)

    I like half marathons too because it's a pace that feels sustainable but you don't have to do it for too long. I hate 10ks because the faster pace is so much harder, yet it's still a pretty long way. Which means I love 5 miles, because it's like doing a 10k, but just at the point where you really want to stop, it turns out it's the end already: WIN!
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
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    litsy3 wrote: »
    SonicDeathMonkey80 wrote: »
    10 miles because an hour is long enough :)

    Yeah, cos that's how fast you run 10 miles... ;)

    I like half marathons too because it's a pace that feels sustainable but you don't have to do it for too long. I hate 10ks because the faster pace is so much harder, yet it's still a pretty long way. Which means I love 5 miles, because it's like doing a 10k, but just at the point where you really want to stop, it turns out it's the end already: WIN!

    That just means you need to do your 5 milers faster :p
  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    I don't race much however I would say that 5Ks are my favorite. Mostly because you get to run fast!

    I am starting to really love HM. I find that I can run at a relatively comfortable pace for the entirety and still be challanged. I haven't "raced" one in many years though and am looking forward to training and really racing 2 this year (1 planned in Aug and 1 in Nov).
  • briebee7
    briebee7 Posts: 224 Member
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    veganbettie wrote: »
    i'm getting in trouble with signing up for races during a running high....

    The next day i'm like....what have I done?!!?!?

    This was me the week leading up to my marathon. I signed up for 3 half marathons! 1 trail at my favorite park and 2 road. 1 of the road HMs I signed up for just because they offered me a bottle of wine at the marathon expo! ;)

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