Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
Nah, it's fine, sounds simple and to the point. What's a race with a good name anyway? Not the Wanamaker Mile...
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I think it's pretty good. The 10k is the main thing and no other race/event is the 10k the premiere event.
Really? My first thought when it came out was ‘oh a big 10,000 meter race? Sounds fitting I guess.’
Then never gave the name a second thought…. (til this thread)
Yet you can't. You are incapable of innovation or executing anything beyond the status quo.
Why come up with a different name? You see "The Ten", and anybody who would care knows what it means. That's what you want from a name, and if you can do it with a simple name, even better.
For the average track fan, The Ten is probably among the only 3 or 5 10,000m races every year that one might recognize. That’s including USAs and Worlds/Olympics. Seems like the meet organization, including its name, has done its job!
I think the emphasis is in the word "the." Competitive 10k's, as opposed to showcases for top Ethiopians or Ugandans, are rare. It's "the" guaranteed pain train to a top time... which ought to benefit from plenty of competition in the same way a 5k or HM would... There are plenty of good Half Marathons, but just about no stacked 10k's. The Diamond league should put on a 10k XC, I would watch that.
if 'the ten' is a silly name, how about they CAPITALIZE IT?
disregard my username, "The TEN" is a great name.
Call me slow, old, or ???, but I just realized "The TEN" was meet that focused on 10k races. I thought TEN referred to something local with a nickname "TEN." Sooooo, I Googled "The TEN" and returned was links to a few movies, Worlds Fastest 10k, and The TEN Nail Bar...
If you were wondering, I searched a few other distances...
"The 6.2" returned info and videos about a GM 6.2L engine.
"The FIVE" returned Fox News channel, a talk show...
"The 3.1" was pathetic. Even Windows 3.1 wasn't returned on the first page....
Good luck to everyone running...
Get back to us when you’ve done something positive for the sport. Literally, anything.
No, it doesn't.
The Ten is a great name for a race, cool thread
the only thing that's gained 10 pounds is your fat head. it's a great name. already, in its short history, as soon as you here "the ten", people think, here comes fast times and a quality field. the one meet that specifically highlights the 10k and puts in an effort to showcase the distance.
You mad bro? That’s a lot of pent up insecure energy.
"The Ten" is a good marketable name.
Also I reckon "Night of the 10,000m PBs" is way nerdier, objectively worse from a copy perspective but infinitely cooler then "The Ten".
The ten sounds like a 10 miler, which is actually a great race distance.
The 6.21 doesn't have the same ring to it.
I always thought people who use km are strange.
Ten by Pearl Jam is a great album. Maybe they could play it in the stadium during the races. Or they could get Eddie Vedder to help announce the race. I think there's a lot of potential to synergize here.
How about Roman numerals and calling it the "X"?
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