 The usual distances are the 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 3000 m (women only), 5000 m and 10,000 m (men only), but some other distances are sometimes skated as well, such as 100 m and 1 mile.Women occasionally, but rarely, are given the opportunity to skate the 10,000 m, but outside the top-level championships.The 500 m is usually skated with two runs, so that every skater has one race starting in the outer lane and one in the inner.