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Old 7th Feb 06, 04:42 PM
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Favourite race distance?

Mine's 5 miles xc.
Love 5k on the track too!:eek:
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Old 7th Feb 06, 05:53 PM
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Mine's 5 miles xc.
Love 5k on the track too!:eek:
probably 10k or half marathon on the road.

But I love cross country's too (especially if you have to run through rivers and stuff!)
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5k, 5 mile, 10k road races.

I also enjoy a cross country when the course is challenging, XC is not much fun when your just running round a field three times
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Old 8th Feb 06, 08:18 AM
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Any XC of any length. Road racing often seems like time chasing to me. I'll do it sometimes but I need variety.

I've not done it for years but the only track race of value is the 'chase
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Don't like XC at all, although I've done a 52 mile ultra mostly off road and really enjoyed that.

I like ultras coz you don't have to run so fast, marathons coz they're a challenge, half marathons coz they are relatively easy now, and 10k's coz they're short and the pain is over with quite quickly.
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Old 8th Feb 06, 10:27 AM
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I quite like "half marathon" - there's tactics galore in it for me (I'm only racing me) and it's nowhere near as killer as the full distance...

Also quite enjoyed the sprint tri I did - there was always plenty happening!
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Half marathons for me. 10ks are too speedy and marathons are too long.
I'm quite partial to tris, but have only done sprints so far.
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give me a decent cross country any time. the more mud the better. i used to dislike anything less than 10 miles but age and injuries have made me appreciate shorter races.
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Haven't done much racing but I do like the half marathon distance (just entered two more in March). Did a 10k recently but found it a little short and kind of stressful.
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Between 5K and 10K on the road, Steeplechase for track racing and under 15K cross-country and hill-races.
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