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It is.
For sure it is, and if you don't think so, try doing your own personal comparison.
Who said the 10k was harder than the 5k? Who said the marathon was harder than the 100-miler?
odo wrote:
Who said the 10k was harder than the 5k? Who said the marathon was harder than the 100-miler?
It was a poster named "Jamin".
In a 100 miler you can have a support team follow you around with a car and baby you with things like food and water, ice, a place to stop and take a nap, etc etc.
Though there is this one event in North Africa where supposedly they have to cross the desert solo with no assistance.
Bad Wigins wrote:
In a 100 miler you can have a support team follow you around with a car and baby you with things like food and water, ice, a place to stop and take a nap, etc etc.
Though there is this one event in North Africa where supposedly they have to cross the desert solo with no assistance.
And in a most marathons, there's water stations about every 3 miles.
I'd say finishing a 100 is much harder than finishing a marathon. BQ'ing is probably harder than finishing a 100 (due to preparation and work beforehand), not that I'd no, I've never actually run a marathon, let alone BQ, though I'm trying. Not sure how going sub 24 hrs at a 100 compares to a BQ.
And not all 100s are equal. I've only done "beginner" ones. Once you get to more than 15000 feet of elevation gain and loss, things get much more difficult.
They're all hard in different ways.
OMG you're an idiot BW. Theres one 135 mile race where you have a support van. It's Badwater and it's because you can't run through Death Valley without support. Actually people do, but in general, you need the support. Many 100 mile races are trail races where you're alone on a trail and there is aid every 4-10 miles depending on road crossings or access points.
100 mile race is much harder in some ways than a marathon. In some ways marathon is more difficult. In my opinion the hardest thing about the marathon is the relentless push right at your redline. You're running for a time, and even severe discomfort must be pushed aside in pursuit of that time. In a 100 mile race there is some level of this, especially if you're a top competitor, but the terrain is susually severe enough that time means nothing. Most competitors are in a battle against the course and their body, nothing more. The pain in a 100 mile is very hard to describe. It can come in so many forms, both physically and mentally. That's what I consider to be harder, the extremely long duration of discomfort is hard to deal with.
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