Which times are harder

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  • Which times are harder
    3 years ago 10/31/2016 7:56pm CDT
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    Hi Letsrun,
    Rank these times from the easiest to hardest, based on how many people did it and how hard it is to achieve the time.

    1:55 800m
    3:45 1500m
    8:00 3000m
    14:00 5000m
    29:00 10000m
    1:05 Half M
    2:15 M

    Obviously it's going to take more time of training to run a 2:15 Marathon than a 1:55 800m, but less people are genetically capable of a 1:55, so take both components into thought (aerobic base time and genetic capability)

    Discuss.
  • Look at Women WRs
    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:05pm CDT
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    Already in correct order
  • ........
    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:06pm CDT
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    Interested to know as well. Are you trying to run these times?
  • what the heck
    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:08pm CDT
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    Really?? you think LESS people can run a 1:55 then a 2:15 marathon.. More high school kids can run a 1:55 than adults can break 2:15, wtf
  • Which times are harder
    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:08pm CDT
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    lol no i am far from it :)
  • Rudisha800
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    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:10pm CDT
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    1:55 isn't a fast time compared to the rest maybe you meant 1:48-1:50
  • LM
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    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:11pm CDT
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    1:55 is far and away the easiest.

    The rest look like they are more or less pulled from an equivalency table.
  • Which times are harder
    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:15pm CDT
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    Ok thanks for the input guys.
    As a distance runner i tend to overestimate the difficulty of shorter events
  • ThatAverageRunner
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    3 years ago 10/31/2016 8:17pm CDT
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    1:55 is by far the easiest. I think the list is in pretty good order from easiest to hardest the way you posted it.
  • mediocresprinter
    3 years ago 11/01/2016 3:18am CDT
    re: ThatAverageRunner
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    On a related note I was thinking of using IAAF points tables to compare performances between events. Anyone does this before? Is it generally accurate?
  • Look at Women WRs
    3 years ago 11/01/2016 8:23am CDT
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    They are all approximately women WRs. But the longer events require more training, so fewer men beat those times than the shorter ones like 800 and mile.
  • Genes>training
    3 years ago 11/01/2016 11:36am CDT
    re: what the heck
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    what the heck wrote:

    Really?? you think LESS people can run a 1:55 then a 2:15 marathon.. More high school kids can run a 1:55 than adults can break 2:15, wtf

    Very true.
    However, most 1:55 800 guys were just born with the ability to do 1:55 with SOME training and many if not most distance runners will never touch 155 no matter what training they do.

    Conversely, the further the distance, the more that hard work and training contributes to ability to hit those times presented. (Still need genetics to hit 2:15 though!)
  • dont do it
    3 years ago 11/01/2016 11:50am CDT
    re: ThatAverageRunner
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    Dont you think the HM is a little easier than the rest (besides the 800)? Just a little
  • Which times are harder
    3 years ago 11/01/2016 3:01pm CDT
    re: Genes>training
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    Yep well said.
  • One Perspective
    3 years ago 11/01/2016 3:43pm CDT
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    For reference, let's look at the women's WR's compared to these. If we look at the percentages we see clearly that the order from easiest to hardest is as follows:

    1:55 800m - 1:53.2 - 98.43%
    1:05 Half M - 1:05:09 - 100.23%
    2:15 Full M - 2:15:25 - 100.31%
    29:00 10000m - 29:17.45 - 101%
    14:00 5000m - 14:11.15 - 101.33%
    3:45 1500m - 3:50.07 - 102.25%
    8:00 3000m - 8:20.68 - 104.31%
  • Which times are harder
    3 years ago 11/02/2016 4:42am CDT
    re: One Perspective
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    'For reference, let's look at the women's WR's compared to these. If we look at the percentages we see clearly that the order from easiest to hardest is as follows:

    1:55 800m - 1:53.2 - 98.43%
    1:05 Half M - 1:05:09 - 100.23%
    2:15 Full M - 2:15:25 - 100.31%
    29:00 10000m - 29:17.45 - 101%
    14:00 5000m - 14:11.15 - 101.33%
    3:45 1500m - 3:50.07 - 102.25%
    8:00 3000m - 8:20.68 - 104.31%'

    This.
  • Freighttraub
    3 years ago 11/02/2016 5:05am CDT
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    Yes, because comparing to a load of dodgy records is such a great idea!

    I'd say the 3000 and 5000 times are the most difficult.
  • uhh
    3 years ago 11/02/2016 9:24am CDT
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    Listing that 800m time next to those other times is an insult to anyone who has run anything close to them.

    There is an argument for putting a 2:20 marathon and a 1:50 800m in the same ballpark, but trying to compare 800m times and marathon times too closely makes us all sound pretty dumb.
  • reed what ewe rote
    3 years ago 11/02/2016 10:29am CDT
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    what the heck wrote:

    Really?? you think LESS people can run a 1:55 then a 2:15 marathon.. More high school kids can run a 1:55 than adults can break 2:15, wtf

    I'm pretty sure that not that many people could run a 1:55 800, immediately followed by a 2:15 marathon.
  • Keeton Glenn
    3 years ago 11/02/2016 12:35pm CDT
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    Easy to hard

    1:55 - 3:45 - 8:00 - 29:00 - 14:00 - 1:05 - 2:15