The Marathon
# a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance # a swimming race in which a different stroke must be used for each length of the pool
The longest race is the 50 Km walk. The longest running race is the Marathon.
In the pool. 1,500 metres for men and 800 metres for women (freestyle) 200 metres in all the other strokes (Back, breast and fly) 400 metres In the IM (Individual medley, 100m each of fly,back,breast and free in that order) Open water 10 kilometres ( the swimming equivalent of running a marathon )
the way it is designed, it has to be able to cut through the air/
The MarathonThe longest running race is the marathon at 42.195KM (26miles 385yards)The longest foot race is the mens 50K walkThe longest race is the triathalon - 1500M swim + 40KM cycle + 10KM run
Tour de France, with a total distance of up to 3.500 kilometers/2.200 miles.
The longest distance swam in a swimming pool race is 1500metres 60 lengths in 25 metre pool or 30 in a 50 metre pool By Matthew Burton it is 10k if you are swimming in open water, which is, in fact, swam in the olympics. -Claire G.
The Coca-Cola 600 is currently the longest sanctioned Nascar race.
The longest annual endurance race is the Self-Transcendence 3,100-Miler. In this race the participants have 52 days to cover the distance. (That's an average of over 59 miles per day.)
The longest endurance race is the Sri Chinmoy 1300-Miler. In this race the participants have 51 days to cover the distance. (Thats an average of over 60 miles per day). long distance running or cross courntry
The English Grand National, not a flat race but it's run in the flat season, making it the longest race in the flat race season.