Monster Dash

5 miles this morning
5 miles this afternoon
10 miles so far this week

Twietmeyer, Braun, Sam, Jon, and myself had a discussion about sprinting today. We were doing strides and someone mentioned something about the 100 meter dash being a crazy race. Of course, nobody really knew for sure because I don't think any of us had run one before. I said that the 200 was the really intense event (I actually used to run that one all the time in high school) because it was a full sprint but was just long enough that you'd die before you reached the finish. We then went on to the topic of which track and field event was the most difficult. Most of the guys were saying 400 meter dash. Jon said "It's all guts." I said "It's all monster." Then somebody said something about the 800 and Sam made a painful face. He didn't like the idea of running that fast for two laps on the track.

Of course, we're all wrong anyway. The 400 hurdles is the hardest track and field event. At least that's what I've heard. Steeplechase is probably second.