Track Events

What is the most difficult race in track to run? After giving this much thought, I have finally concluded that the most difficult race you may run in track, in my opinion is the 400 hurdles. All of the track events can be very challenging and the difficultly of an event can also depend on the runner. A long distance runner may find the most difficult race to be a 100 because they just aren’t built or used to running at the speed that it takes to participate in the event. A sprinter would find it completely impossible to even finish seven and a half laps around the track because they don’t have the endurance.

                A 400 meter run is an event that is kind of between long distance runners and sprinters. I have teammates on my team that practice with the long distance runners but also run 400s and people who practice with the sprinters and also will run 400s. Because a 400 meter race falls in about the middle length wise with all the other races, sprinters and long distance members on my team run it and I think it also makes it difficult event to run.

                To run a four hundred meter event you not only need endurance but you also need speed. A one hundred meter event really only acquires speed because you are running a very short distance but when you increases that distance it acquires more endurance to be successful. In fifteen hundreds and in the three thousand you are able pace yourself more but in a four hundred you may be able to pace yourself a little bit but not as well because you still need to be at a speed that is close to your full speed or you will fall behind.

Just running four hundred meters is already difficult because you need to have good endurance and speed but then when you add hurdles to it, it becomes much more difficult. Now you also need to have agility to be able to get over the hurdles. You also want to make sure you are counting your steps between each hurdle so you aren’t stutter stepping and wasting time.

                All the track events are going to be difficult in some sense especially depending on the person. You need to have a lot of endurance to run a three thousand meter race but you need a lot of speed to run a one hundred meter event. Because a four hundred meter hurdle event takes speed, endurance and agility I think it is the hardest track event to run. (435)