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.
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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...
I think it's pretty good. The 10k is the main thing and no other race/event is the 10k the premiere event.
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Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
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)
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Surely they can come up with a better name.
Yet you can't. You are incapable of innovation or executing anything beyond the status quo.
That's how I see it wrote:
Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
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!
That\'s how I see it wrote:
Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
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...
That\'s how I see it wrote:
Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
Get back to us when you’ve done something positive for the sport. Literally, anything.
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Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
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.
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Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
"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".
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Surely they can come up with a better name.
'The ten'. Sounds like someone gained ten pounds.
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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