Story · Run · Ride
Leap to Australia
87 km
The open water between Timor and Australia.
Eighty-seven kilometres. The first Australians could see land across it.
- It stands on
- 50 mile run, 80 km ride
What it takes · Running
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 50 mile run
- Long weekends
- About 6 hours of running over two days in a row, 4 times in the last 12 weeks
- Longest run
- At least 4 hours 15 minutes, once in the last 12 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 9 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 7½ hours a week
- Taper
- Two easier weeks before the event week
What it takes · Cycling
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 80 km ride
- Long ride
- About 2 hours 45 minutes, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 4½ hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of running or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Riding itself
- At least 3½ hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In the Ice Age, islands now under the sea stood off Australia. From Timor's hills they were visible 87 km away, and people set out to reach them on purpose. Source: Bird et al. 2018, Quaternary Science Reviews.
The ladder
Running
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- Marathon/
- 50 km/
- 50 mile/
- Leap to Australia
Cycling
- 10 mile/
- 20 km/
- 30 km/
- 40 km/
- 50 km/
- 80 km/
- Leap to Australia