race distance
Marathon's measured span
Race distance is the total length of a competitive race, typically measured in meters, kilometers, or miles.
Different events are defined by their race distances: a marathon is 42.195 kilometers, a 5K is five kilometers, the hundred-meter dash is a sprint.
What race distance are you training for?
The term appears in running, swimming, cycling, and motorsports.
- marathonLong-distance footrace
- sprintBrief maximum-speed effort
- mile5,280 feet
- quarter mile1,320 feet exactly
- lapOne complete circuit
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- racing formpast performances, post position, morning line, odds, jockey
- racing rulesdisqualification, false start, eligibility, penalty points, interference
- race datalap time, fastest lap, split time, finish time, qualifying time
- sports metricstime trial, lap time, split time, finish time, personal best
race distancerace time
When competitors start running
elapsed time · race pace · split time · completion time · lap time
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