What's your dream race?

This Fat Girl Runs

If time and money were no object, what race would you run?

Me, I'd run the Tokyo Marathon, or the Seoul International Marathon.

El Caballo

Fukuoka marathon. I've got a lot of work to do. They only accept sub 2:40 marathon runners as qualifiers and if you slip outside 2:40 pace on the day, they pull you off the course.

Singer

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

If time and money were no object, what race would you run?

Me, I'd run the Tokyo Marathon, or the Seoul International Marathon.

The Dopey challenge on a nice family holiday

http://www.rundisney.com/disneyworld-marathon/

IanOBo

Aryan

Chivito550

Olympic 400m Final

RacoonQueen

I've zero interest in ultra running these days but still, Barkley 100 is 100% my bucketlist, dream race. Follow it every year online - with the dribs and drabs that come through online, been a bit easier the last couple of years with twitter feeds. Awesome race looks awesome.

Ruu

RacoonQueen wrote: »

I've zero interest in ultra running these days but still, Barkley 100 is 100% my bucketlist, dream race. Follow it every year online - with the dribs and drabs that come through online, been a bit easier the last couple of years with twitter feeds. Awesome race looks awesome.

A friend of mine did a shortened down version of it last September, the 'Barkley Fall Classic marathon' and he was unable to finish the 50k and just about finish the marathon (around 10 hours to finish).

Western States is up there for me. I'll keep dreaming.

I had a chance to run the Ultra Caballo Blanco in Urique 3 years ago but things fell apart at home and had to abandon but would have loved to do it.

This Fat Girl Runs

Something about races like Badwater or Marathon des Sables appeals to me, not that I'd ever be able to do them. But in another time, another place, another body...I'd love to give them a go. Don't ask me why, I don't know myself! :P

johnruns

The Wicklow Way Race,my 1st ever race was an imra race and I will eventually do this one.

uvox

Out of sheer #haterzgonnahate novelty and bragging rights value: Pyongyang Marathon http://pyongyangmarathon.com/

(Actually, it's not a whole ton of money or time involved for me, I might actually do it!)

Coffee Fulled Runner

I was only looking at the segments on strava for that Pyongyang Marathon the other day. It would be one surreal place to run.

This Fat Girl Runs

Coffee Fulled Runner wrote:

I was only looking at the segments on strava for that Pyongyang Marathon the other day. It would be one surreal place to run.

I'd do it but, being Canadian it might not be a great idea. :P

ClashCityRocker

Big Sur marathon i think http://www.bsim.org/site3.aspx

adrian522

ClashCityRocker wrote: »

Big Sur marathon i think http://www.bsim.org/site3.aspx

Was going to mention that exact race, drove that road a few years ago, really spectacular.

Enduro

Jeeze, if the only barrier is time or money, and it really is a dream race, why not just commit the time and money? Life is for living!

(My top dream races, the olympic 24 hour race, or even the olympic 6 day race, don't exist, which is why I haven't targeted them. Most of my dream races that I've had that actually exist I've gone out and raced. The only ones I haven't got around to have entry requirements that need to be hit (entry ballots usually, like Western States)).

walshb

The Wanamaker Mile. Finishing the last two laps all to myself with the crowd cheering me on. The stuff of dreams.

Edit: Would have to be the original mile on the shorter indoor track. No better atmoshere at any race anywhere.

Dubgal72

walshb wrote: »

The Wanamaker Mile. Finishing the last two laps all to myself with the crowd cheering me on. The stuff of dreams.

Would that be because everyone else had finished two laps ago?

....ok that would be a close second for me. Dream race would be Fifth Avenue Mile. A couple of winning times were not that fast......

walshb

Dubgal72 wrote: »

Would that be because everyone else had finished two laps ago?

....ok that would be a close second for me. Dream race would be Fifth Avenue Mile. A couple of winning times were not that fast......

Glad you interpreted that correctly, Dubgal72.

Ososlo

I'm doing my dream race in 7 and a half weeks.

Belfast Energia 24 hour!

TFBubendorfer

Dream races keep changing as I tick them off.

Dublin Marathon
Connemara Ultra
Dingle 50 mile (any 50 miler, really)
Connemara 100
24 hrs
Spartathlon
Western States / Badwater / LA Ultra

Chivito550

On a slightly more realistic level, I can’t think of any race in particular that would be a dream race. Being a sprinter, any sort of “dream race” would not be open to somebody of my level. However, dream venues are a different story. Through the media work I’ve had the great fortune to have run races (albeit over 800m) in some wonderfully iconic athletics venues:

- Luzhniki Stadium – Moscow
- Letzigrund – Zurich
- Bird’s Nest – Beijing

It’s quite funny that I got to run in those venues while infinitely far far better athletes have not had the chance!

Running a 400m race in a local meet in Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne was pretty cool too. That’s the venue that hosts the Athletissima Diamond League meeting.

The Bislett Stadium in Oslo would be pretty awesome to run in but without any major championship planned for there, it would involve me having to trek to Norway for some local meet that might be held there, which would be pretty ridiculous and expensive carry on let’s be honest. There’s no media race in Rio this year, but the Amsterdam, London and Berlin Olympic Stadiums could all potentially be added to the list in the coming 2 years. Hayward Field in Eugene would be another dream venue.

KielyUnusual

Chivito550 wrote: »

On a slightly more realistic level, I can’t think of any race in particular that would be a dream race. Being a sprinter, any sort of “dream race” would not be open to somebody of my level. However, dream venues are a different story. Through the media work I’ve had the great fortune to have run races (albeit over 800m) in some wonderfully iconic athletics venues:

- Luzhniki Stadium – Moscow
- Letzigrund – Zurich
- Bird’s Nest – Beijing

It’s quite funny that I got to run in those venues while infinitely far far better athletes have not had the chance!

Running a 400m race in a local meet in Stade Olympique de la Pontaise in Lausanne was pretty cool too. That’s the venue that hosts the Athletissima Diamond League meeting.

The Bislett Stadium in Oslo would be pretty awesome to run in but without any major championship planned for there, it would involve me having to trek to Norway for some local meet that might be held there, which would be pretty ridiculous and expensive carry on let’s be honest. There’s no media race in Rio this year, but the Amsterdam, London and Berlin Olympic Stadiums could all potentially be added to the list in the coming 2 years. Hayward Field in Eugene would be another dream venue.

Well, speaking of the Bislett Stadium, I guess the Dream Mile would be an appropriate one for this thread.

I would like to run the Boston Marathon when I retire from the track and I probably will.

rainbow kirby

Marathon du Medoc. Everything's better with wine :pac:

Killerz

Western States for me

Lougheee

Morton Mile on a mild night in Santry. Running fast in front of a home crowd. A man can dream!

snailsong

The Boards Beer Mile. Someday....

On a more serious note, The Spine Race intrigues me. I've a feeling it could be hell on Earth though.

Enduro

snailsong wrote: »

The Spine Race intrigues me. I've a feeling it could be hell on Earth though.

Comes down to your mental attiitude in the end!

jamule

Everytime I run I dream

Chartsengrafs

Same as it's always been, winning the Dunshaughlin 10k.
On a balmy summer's evening, Kenesia Bekele makes a surge near the end of the Lagore Road. I hold him off, and beat him in a sprint starting opposite the bottom of the field behind Maddens.
(Kenesia takes part because he's in Meath for the weekend. Always wanted to visit Tayto Park).

yaboya1

Chartsengrafs wrote: »

Same as it's always been, winning the Dunshaughlin 10k.
On a balmy summer's evening, Kenesia Bekele makes a surge near the end of the Lagore Road. I hold him off, and beat him in a sprint starting opposite the bottom of the field behind Maddens.
(Kenesia takes part because he's in Meath for the weekend. Always wanted to visit Tayto Park).

Don't be ridiculous!

*A balmy summer's evening in Ireland? :pac:

Ruu

http://saltflats100.com/about/

I'm intrigued about this one as well, not necessarily the 100 but the 50 mile or 50k option are nice too.

ArtieFufkin

This Fat Girl Runs wrote: »

Something about races like Badwater or Marathon des Sables appeals to me, not that I'd ever be able to do them. But in another time, another place, another body...I'd love to give them a go. Don't ask me why, I don't know myself! :P

Badwater135 is my long-long term goal. My only worry is that if I completed it I wouldn't have another goal to aim for!

lukeeman

Western States 100, hopefully sometime

snaffled

Would love to do the Honolulu Marathon again, and even more, the Antarctic Ice Marathon. The Ice marathon is an insane price, but if I had the $$, would love to.

Auntie Matter

Norðurheimskautsbaugshlaup

No, I didn't drop something on my keyboard. There's an island called Grímsey off the north coast of Iceland. The Arctic Circle passes through it. There's a race on the island every September that involves one circuit (12km) or two circuits (24km) of the island. The numbers running are tiny - as in about 100 people. Participants fly out from Akureyri (Iceland's second city, population <20,000) the morning of the race and return that day. I would love to visit that part of Iceland and take in this race. The difficulties are the expense and the fact that the registration information is only available in Icelandic (Google Translate will be my friend!). Going by the names of last year's finishers, it appears that the only non-Icelandic participants may have been Polish people living in Iceland. Strangely though, one of the prize-winners was pictured wearing a jersey from Killany GAA club in Co. Monaghan!

tang1

Carlsbad 5k, holds the world road 5k records for both men & women, that's good enough for me!!

Ruu

ArtieFufkin wrote: »

Badwater135 is my long-long term goal. My only worry is that if I completed it I wouldn't have another goal to aim for!

Well you have to run 2x100 milers the year before the race, get going.

ThePiedPiper

Comrades is probably top of the list for me, with the Marathon du Medoc a close second.

ArtieFufkin

Ruu wrote: »

ArtieFufkin wrote: »

Badwater135 is my long-long term goal. My only worry is that if I completed it I wouldn't have another goal to aim for!

Well you have to run 2x100 milers the year before the race, get going.

It's actually a minimum of three now! My 2nd 100er of the year is next week.