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1600km?

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Is 1600km actually correct? I think if so it could use a little more detail (since there's no mention on the ultramarathons page). Andrew 08:47, Apr 12, 2004 (UTC)

rabbits in long distance running

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im not sure if "rabbit" is the correct term. by rabbit i mean a runner who tries to break the wind for the rest of the runners for half of the run, so the best runners could make new records. i was looking for inforamtion about it and couldnt find.

if someone is familiar with this phenomenon, could they write an article about it? about when it is used and how, and are the rabbits actually athletes who get paid not to try to win, or what?


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I think you're referring to pacemakers. They are generally paid to run a specific time, and while there have been cases of pacemakers going on to win races, they generally aren't fast enough over the whole distance to win the races (otherwise they would be racing rather than pacing) --Elephant Juice 00:47, 30 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]


rabbit would be correct slang for a person who busts out at the start and really pushes the pace for the first few laps, then dies off.

You're talking about pacemakers. A rabbit isn't exactly someone who pushes the pace and then dies off, though. A rabbit is someone who runs quickly at the beginning, dies off, sprints/runs very fast for a stretch again, dies off, ad infinitum until the race is over. Their goal is to tire other competitors who are used to a constant fast (but not extremely fast) pace. The change in speed usually tires out other competitors if they try to catch up (which they often do because you can't tell how long the person's going to keep up the pace and you want to keep him or her in sight). There's also an interestingly named Swedish exercise (fartlek - pronounced like you thought it was) meaning "speed play" that gets runners used to changing speeds (usually fast speed for x minutes, regular run for x+1, fast for x+2, regular x+3 until peak, and then go back down - x+2, x+1, x).
Yom 16:13, 4 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

3000m Steeplechase

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Why is this listed in the long-distance running section, but as a "middle distance" event in the link box for athletics?

Notable athletes

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These sections seem to be far to long and very subjective too. David D. (Talk) 17:27, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, I feel that to be included in the list as notable, the athlete should have been either a World Record holder, Olympic gold medallist or World Championship gold medallist and we should only include those with medals and/or records on Long distance track events... not marathon or steeplechase or other events. Xagent86 (Talk | contribs) 11:36, 9 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

East Africa

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Should there be a section about the dominance of east/central Africans in distance running? A disproportionate number of great runners have come from Kenya, Ethiopia, and other places in the region. A quick Google search of "long distance running east africa" yields around 300,000 hits, many of which are articles from major publications about their dominance in the sport. Also, ask any distance runner where the best runners are from and you'll hear "East Africa."Punkrockrunner (talk) 23:59, 23 August 2008 (UTC)punkrockrunner[reply]

Exactly my thoughts. When Africans dominate anything we are ignored but when Europeans dominate anything it’s splattered everywhere. Fuck this.😡😡😡 Nlivataye (talk) 08:12, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move

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The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: Moved to Long-distance running, as there is consensus that supports the hyphen. Lord Roem ~ (talk) 18:09, 4 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Long-distance track event → Long distance running – As is the article Middle distance running. --Kasper2006 (talk) 14:57, 22 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I also agree that this scope change will greatly benefit the links from athlete articles, where Long-distance running and Long distance running currently have different targets! SFB 19:40, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Sheesh! I never caught that! Location (talk) 19:55, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
The point is that if is "long-distance running", then it must be "middle-distance running" OR (for me is the same) if is "long distance running", then it must be "middle distance running". For this reason i wrong that we have Category:Long-distance runners and Category:Middle distance runners. If you want, you can say your opinion about this here. --Kasper2006 (talk) 08:22, 23 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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5k?

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This article contradicts wikipedia's own article on 5k running, which refers to it as long-distance running. Here long distance is defined as upwards of 8k. Furthermore, the article on middle distance running sets an upper limit of 3k. So unless there is a mid-long distance that I am unaware of, there is a bit of a problem. I am not sure what to do about it, and I have left a similar comment on the wiki article for 5k. Triangl (talk) 16:16, 15 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Honors English 250HV10

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 29 August 2022 and 28 October 2022. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Runnergirl11 (article contribs). Peer reviewers: WikiCar03, Pharmacy03, Cs.collegelife.

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Not Prehistoric

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"observations of modern hunter-gatherer communities" relate modern running not prehistoric running. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IsaacGouy (talk • contribs) 21:35, 11 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Changed to History. IsaacGouy (talk) 21:05, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
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