Yes. Harder than the marathon too. Especially the 4 hour marathon.
Yes. Harder than the marathon too. Especially the 4 hour marathon.
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800m race is death on top of death on top of death. There is more pacing in a 1 mile race, and you can ride the back for
about 3 laps.
In a 800m race, a runner has to go out hard to establish position, which is why most 800m races are positive splits. Runners are trying to decelerate the least.
That’s cute
ranked in how hard they are when you are actually running, not when in recovery
400 (when run by a true sprinter) > 800 (when run by a true 800 guy) > marathon > 10000 > mile?
800 only hurts the last 150. Most difficult to run fast is 10000m.
Scorpion_runner wrote:
In a 800m race, a runner has to go out hard to establish position, which is why most 800m races are positive splits. Runners are trying to decelerate the least.
Plenty of 800m runners such as Nick Symmonds don't run to the front at the beginning; they instead draft the first 500 meters, creep forward for the next 200 meters, then use their superior fitness to pass everyone in the last 100 meters. That feels less painful than a mile time trial, for example.
About decelerating the least, that is more true of the 400m dash. It's like a 300m race plus another 100m of trying to get your cooked legs to turn over.
The_Real_A N S W E R wrote:
800 only hurts the last 150. Most difficult to run fast is 10000m.
800m and 10000m are definitely the hardest because of the pace/distance. For reference, I'm not counting anything under the 800m or over a marathon.
Lol nice try.
800m is the toughest. 10k is a different type of pain, it is definitely hard in it's own way.
But in the 800m there's that point where you truly have to go all in. And it's a mechanically aggressive pace too.
This is how I read the subject:
Stop saying the 800 isn't the hardest race ...
... because the mile isn't the hardest race.
Now that we know two races that aren't the hardest, tell us what is.
The_Real_A N S W E R wrote:
800 only hurts the last 150. Most difficult to run fast is 10000m.
You are running it wrong. It hurts from 500m.
Running hard is hard running, for any distance. Period.
Title makes no sense.
How about the steeplechase?
English are the hardest subject.
The 800 is less than two minutes. It's kinda like getting a shot in the rear. Does it sting? Sure. But it's over so quickly it's not worth crying over.
If the 800 was so hard half the track team would not have run it at one point.
Star wrote:
This is how I read the subject:
Stop saying the 800 isn't the hardest race ...
... because the mile isn't the hardest race.
Now that we know two races that aren't the hardest, tell us what is.
It took until the 9th response for someone to notice the grammar. You guys are slipping!
All races are hard if you run them right.
Actually- if your'e ever comfortable you're running too slow.
As a 3200 and cross country guy (you probably could've guessed from my username), I think the 400 hurdles is the hardest race. First off it's a 400, which is one of the most painful races. Put hurdles in, and that means you have to keep a steady rhythm and concentration while expending extra energy to jump hurdles amidst the death-like agony of a 400.
3200y5000 wrote:
As a 3200 and cross country guy (you probably could've guessed from my username), I think the 400 hurdles is the hardest race. First off it's a 400, which is one of the most painful races. Put hurdles in, and that means you have to keep a steady rhythm and concentration while expending extra energy to jump hurdles amidst the death-like agony of a 400.
However, the 800 is the only race where I've literally thought, "I'm physically dying right now". So there's that.
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