Talk:Long-distance running

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1600km?
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
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?

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)

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)

3000m Steeplechase
Why is this listed in the long-distance running section, but as a "middle distance" event in the link box for athletics?

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

East Africa
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

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)

Requested move

 * 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)

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


 * Support - Though I maintain that the hyphenated version is better, though both are common. Marcus Qwertyus (talk) 19:10, 22 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Support. Long-distance track events are a part of long-distance running, so this will better serve the articles of road racers that link here. No immediate opinion on the hyphenation right now, but I'm inclined to agree with Marcus Qwertyus. Location (talk) 21:39, 22 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 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)
 * Sheesh! I never caught that! Location (talk) 19:55, 23 January 2013 (UTC)


 * Provisional support, agreeing with the preceding two contributions. WP:HYPHEN (at WP:MOS) calls for "long-distance running" with a hyphen, so that is definitely to be preferred in the interests of clarity and standard form. I support with the hyphen, but oppose without it. N oetica Tea? 06:11, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
 * 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)


 * Support with hyphen. The scope of this article has never been a good one, especially because long-distance runners rarely engage in just one of the types of long-distance running (track, in this case). The current scope ultimately boils down to: long-distance track event = 5000/10,000 metres. The individual event articles can do a much better job of this, while a broader long-distance running article could cover important aspects such as the culture and health implications of long-distance running. Note I also support a move to middle-distance running, which would be good to include in this proposition. SFB 19:27, 23 January 2013 (UTC)
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5k?
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)

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Not Prehistoric
"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)


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