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The 10K run is a long-distance road running competition over a distance of ten kilometres (6.2 miles). Also referred to as the 10K road race, 10 km, or simply 10K, it is one of the most common types of road running event, alongside the shorter 5K and longer half marathon and marathon.
10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the 6-mile (9,656.1-metre) run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 6 miles was used in the Commonwealth Games until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973.
It was not the first long-distance track event to feature at an Olympic competition: 5-mile (8 km) races featured at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics before the metric 5000 metres and 10,000 m events were initiated.
The 10 kilometres race walk, or 10-kilometer racewalk, is a racewalking event. The event is competed as a road race. The event is competed as a road race. Athletes must always keep in contact with the ground and the supporting leg must remain straight until the raised leg passes it.
If you’re a 10-minute miler, that means you’d be running a total of 15 miles in a week. And, say you want to run five times a week—that means you’ll be running three miles, five days a week.
Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). ... half marathon, and 10 km run.
10 October 1976: Washington D.C. 33:49 Marijke Moser (SUI) 19 May 1977: Bern: 32:33 Loa Olafsson (DEN) 25 February 1978: Copenhagen: 32:02 Grete Waitz (NOR) 26 January 1980: Hamilton, Bermuda: 31:41 Grete Waitz (NOR) 30 January 1982 Hamilton, Bermuda 31:32 Grete Waitz (NOR) 15 January 1983 Miami, FL, USA 31:25 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 6 May 1984
Wear a pair of running shoes with good traction (here are some comfortable options). Pay attention to how long you've been outside and go back inside before those symptoms above start to creep up.