Classification by Distances

Sprints In sprints, the most basic rule is to run as fast as you can for the entire distance. Sprinting, they say, is the art of running fast. Common distances may include 60, 100, 200 and 400 m. Uncommon distances, on the other hand, include 150, 300 and 500 meters. Middle Distance Middle Distances are longer than Sprints. They can reach up to 5,000 meters. With middle distance track events, 800 m, 1500 m, and the 3000 m are the standard distances. Read about the different middle distance track events here in this section. Long Distance Long-distance track event races definitely consume a lot of energy. This is why runners have to balance their energy to remain in the game. The standard long-distance events are the 3,000 meter steeplechase, 5,000 meters, and the 10,000 meters. Marathon The length of a Marathon is exactly 42.195 km. It came from the legend of Pheidippides, who, according to legend, ran the entire distance from Marathon to Athens which is about 34.5 km. Know what it takes to try a marathon. Ultra Marathon Ultra Marathon is longer than the distance travelled in a normal marathon. Two types include events that cover a fixed distance e.g. 100 kilometers or 1000 kilometers and events that is within a set time frame e.g. 24 hours or 48 hours. Multiday Running Like marathon and ultra-running, multi-day races are lengthy running events. As the name suggests, multi day Races take days to complete and therefore, demands a lot of endurance. Learn more about Multiday Running here in this section.