What in your opinion is the coolest distance to be world champion in?
In my opinion being a champion in 800, 1500, 3k, 5k and even 10k is not cool enough.
Only 100, 200, 400 and marathon in my opinion are cool enough for you to have real fans and for people to know you.
What are your opinions?
100m. Not even debatable. Sorry.
RunningIsGoodForYou wrote:
What in your opinion is the coolest distance to be world champion in?
In my opinion being a champion in 800, 1500, 3k, 5k and even 10k is not cool enough.
Only 100, 200, 400 and marathon in my opinion are cool enough for you to have real fans and for people to know you.
What are your opinions?
The javelin distance?
100 > 200 >> marathon >> 1500, 5000 >> everything else
100m is the coolest. Everything else is equally cool.
You’re really talking about the Olympic Gold Medal. The casual sports fan doesn’t know there’s such a thing as the world championships of running.
600 indoors or one-hour run outdoors
Whichever event Femke chooses to run.
RunningIsGoodForYou wrote:
What in your opinion is the coolest distance to be world champion in?
In my opinion being a champion in 800, 1500, 3k, 5k and even 10k is not cool enough.
Only 100, 200, 400 and marathon in my opinion are cool enough for you to have real fans and for people to know you.
What are your opinions?
50km race walk champion is being given the keys to the lady garden.
100m. No other opinion needs to be respected.
RunningIsGoodForYou wrote:
What in your opinion is the coolest distance to be world champion in?
In my opinion being a champion in 800, 1500, 3k, 5k and even 10k is not cool enough.
Only 100, 200, 400 and marathon in my opinion are cool enough for you to have real fans and for people to know you.
What are your opinions?
For people in general? The 100m dash! That is the length of a full football field in under 10 seconds! Every American knows how amazing that is. You are the "fastest man on Earth" and your 40y would also win the NFL Combine. And you are probably yoked/jacked, so you are hyper-masculine as well.
For me personally? The 1500m was my event and is still my favorite event to watch. I would want to be the 1500m World Champ.
But if you are talking Olympics, then the marathon would be my personal pick. Olympic + Marathon = the true spirit of our sport.
The 100m sucks. People only care about it because the TV hypes it so much. They will devote 9 hours of broadcasting time to build suspense for an event that barely takes 9 seconds.
The event that people actually respond to on their own initiative is the 400m. In the 400, nobody has ran away with it by 3/4 of the way through. In the 400, things don't change in the blink of an eye. In the 400, you can take your time to watch all the runners and see everything unfold, without it taking too long and being boring. In the 400, you know they are tying up on the homestretch and anything can happen! Even non-runners can see them at their limit and can relate to it.
The 4x400m relay is beyond any dispute the most exciting and crowd-pleasing event in all track.
The 400 is the longest event that is never "tactical" i.e. boring AF and the crowd hates it and the TV cuts away to the field events.
The 100 SUCKS wrote:
The 100m sucks. People only care about it because the TV hypes it so much. They will devote 9 hours of broadcasting time to build suspense for an event that barely takes 9 seconds.
The event that people actually respond to on their own initiative is the 400m. In the 400, nobody has ran away with it by 3/4 of the way through. In the 400, things don't change in the blink of an eye. In the 400, you can take your time to watch all the runners and see everything unfold, without it taking too long and being boring. In the 400, you know they are tying up on the homestretch and anything can happen! Even non-runners can see them at their limit and can relate to it.
The 4x400m relay is beyond any dispute the most exciting and crowd-pleasing event in all track.
The 400 is the longest event that is never "tactical" i.e. boring AF and the crowd hates it and the TV cuts away to the field events.
Now we know what you think is the coolest. Unfortunately for you, the coolest event is the one that most people think is the coolest, and the vast majority think the 100m is the coolest.
The 100 SUCKS wrote:
The 100m sucks. People only care about it because the TV hypes it so much. They will devote 9 hours of broadcasting time to build suspense for an event that barely takes 9 seconds.
The event that people actually respond to on their own initiative is the 400m. In the 400, nobody has ran away with it by 3/4 of the way through. In the 400, things don't change in the blink of an eye. In the 400, you can take your time to watch all the runners and see everything unfold, without it taking too long and being boring. In the 400, you know they are tying up on the homestretch and anything can happen! Even non-runners can see them at their limit and can relate to it.
The 4x400m relay is beyond any dispute the most exciting and crowd-pleasing event in all track.
The 400 is the longest event that is never "tactical" i.e. boring AF and the crowd hates it and the TV cuts away to the field events.
Now we know what you think is the coolest. Unfortunately for you, the coolest event is the one that most people think is the coolest, and the vast majority think the 100m is the coolest.
Triple jump 🏃🏾♂️
100m -- fastest man or woman in the world
10 meters or 8K. Can't decide.
Yes
The problem with watching the 400 is it’s hard to tell who is in the lead until 100 to go. Being the champion in that event is still cool though.
NERunner03533 wrote:
100m -- fastest man or woman in the world
I know you probably didn't mean any harm, but it's better to use neutral/inclusive terms, f.i. "fastest person" or "fastest runner".