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Track is hard
Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:01AM Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
What do you think is the hardest track event to run? And why?

I think it's the 800 because it's mentally tough after the first lap. Also, it's almost like your sprinting two laps. At least it feels like you are.
Trollist
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:04AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
800m, 400h and steeplechase come to mind.
Reality Bath
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:11AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
If you are a real 800 runner it is actually pretty fun. The 5000 sucks hog balls. The barrier events are a bit freaky. I'd say a tossup steeple/5K.
dcba25
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:12AM - in reply to Reality Bath Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Pretty much any event other than the 100 and 200 (doesn't mean they're not hard, they just don't hurt as much) if you haven't prepared for it well.

Like, if you don't have a good aerobic base, the 5000 is the most awful thing ever...
Pacino
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:14AM - in reply to Reality Bath Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Discus and Hammer, Shot Put, I've never seen any one run them.
alyosha
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:25AM - in reply to Pacino Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Hence why it is included in the 'field' events, not the track events.

0/10.
Tanner Sprague
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:27AM - in reply to Pacino Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
400m Hurdles. High stepping death march to the finish off the last turn.
Reality Bath
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 12:27AM - in reply to alyosha Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Oh, and as if you need proof, ask Lopez Lomong about how hard the 5000 is to get right!
hmmmm
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 2:44AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I would agree with trollist and stay: 400mH,800,and steeple
watchout
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 8:49AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
IH, 400m, and 800m (in some varying order)
stick with eharmony
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 8:53AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
theres nothing hard about track its just one foot in front of the other
C/M Runner
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 8:57AM - in reply to stick with eharmony Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I'd say the 1500 at the end of the decathlon. Come on, you're just pretty dead before that event, and now you still need to run almost four laps before you're done?
joho
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 9:01AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Whichever event you are not built for. I have no speed and can't jump so the 110 hurdles would suck for me. The 400 and 800 are hard but I could finish them. I would probably never see the finish line in a hurdle race.

Most sprinters might say the 5K or 10K.
Yams
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 9:16AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
They're all easy. Just run fast, turn left, and maybe do some jumping here and there.
The MonBRO Doctrine
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 9:20AM - in reply to Yams Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
10000. It is the longest, so it is obviously the hardest.
but wait, there's more!
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 9:32AM - in reply to The MonBRO Doctrine Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

The MonBRO Doctrine wrote:

10000. It is the longest, so it is obviously the hardest.


Tell that to Moses Mosop. 1:26:47 WR for 30,000 at The Pre Classic last year.
Old Ultra Guy
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 9:34AM - in reply to The MonBRO Doctrine Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
Anchor leg of the distance medley when you get the stick in the lead pack.
Your teammates have just run well to keep you right in the hunt. Now, you have to run the mile (or 1600 now, it was the mile in the old days) and you don't know what guy is coming up behind having a great anchor leg. Your teammates are yelling at you from the infield, the coach in the stands is hollering, and the strategy is mind bending.
The MonBRO Doctrine
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 9:40AM - in reply to but wait, there's more! Reply | Return to Index | Report Post

but wait, there's more! wrote:

[quote]The MonBRO Doctrine wrote:

10000. It is the longest, so it is obviously the hardest.


Tell that to Moses Mosop. 1:26:47 WR for 30,000 at The Pre Classic last year.[/quote]

Sure, that's harder than the 10000. I was just thinking of regularly run events. Whatever is longest is hardest (feel free to make a dirty joke).
sdh
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 10:15AM - in reply to Track is hard Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I was gonna go with 400H, but on further reflection I'll go with the high hurdles. Most people could get over the intermediate hurdles somehow; the highs, esp. for guys, are a different proposition. The possibility of doing yourself real damage is always there.
81runner
RE: Hardest event in track to Run 5/8/2012 10:29AM - in reply to sdh Reply | Return to Index | Report Post
I agree with 800, 400H or 3000SC. I personally believe the Steeple is the hardes.
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