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Fave- half marathon, there's enough time to screw up and still pull it together. One of my college days halfs, I started out jogging, went through 3 miles in 24, then decided I was bored and wanted to race, ran sub 6 the rest of the way to win by only a few meters and ran a 1:21. I still remember how much fun that was. Least fave- 800m track owowowowow, least road fave 5k- just a sprint from start to finish and I'm totally slow twitch gal. Additional fave-300m hurdles, giggled the whole way doing that for the heptathlon, or was it 400m hurdles? 100m hurdles?I don't remember, I just remember I could three step, and laughed the whole way because it was so much fun. I wouldn't dare try a hurdle now, nothing vertical for me. OH wait, I loved steeplchase too, got to try it when they first let ladies try.

Least favorite: 10-k. Short enough to hurt, long enough for the hurt to go on for awhile. Favorite: the longer the better. Actually, I'm fibbing. After 4 marathons I finally ran my first half marathon recently, and now I get why you people all like them so much. It is a really fun distance. Long enough to be an accomplishment, long enough so that the pace is more comfortable, yet short enough so you never hit a wall or find real pain. And long enough so it seems that the investment in time and money is worth it. Driving half an hour to run a 20 minute 5-k seems kind of silly sometimes.

Does the 5k of the new millennium involve razor-wire, raw eggs, and involuntary body hair removal or something?

If it did, you'd see it listed as one of my favorites.

Favorite: 800m. In some minds, the most exciting race on the track. It definitely felt that way when I raced it. Short enough to be an adrenaline race...long enough to really sting. Least favorite: 5k. I have a personal beef with this one. I've never been able to rip one to my potential...not sure why. Maybe my assessment of my potential is off. I think it's adult ADD...too long for me to focus on maintaining the effort.

Favorite: 800m. In some minds, the most exciting race on the track. It definitely felt that way when I raced it. Short enough to be an adrenaline race...long enough to really sting.

I totally get this. When I watched the Olympic Trials in Sacramento in 2000, the 800m was the most exciting race to watch by far. But man, it really does sting...

fave: 400m or less, although I've never raced those distances. I tend to fair much better at the really short ones than the longer ones most hated: 5k. It's silly that its warm up is as long as the race itself. I hate how everything burns from the start. Hate it hate it hate it!

Wow, there's not a lot of love for the 5k out there. Now granted, it has been about 8 years since I've raced one, so maybe they're different now. Does the 5k of the new millennium involve razor-wire, raw eggs, and involuntary body hair removal or something?

Nudity, in Kansas, there's a law requiring you to race the 5k nude.

Well, there aren't to many races longer than 5K here in Florida... guess they don't feel like picking up all the heat-stroke victims during the summer months. When it gets (somewhat) cool down here I REALLY like the half-marathons.