Story · Run
Barclay's walk
38.6 km
One mile every hour, for a thousand hours.
38.6 km. One day of the wager.
- It stands on
- 20 mile
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 20 mile run
- Long run
- About 2 hours 15 minutes, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 5 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 4 hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1809 Captain Barclay walked one mile in each of 1,000 hours at Newmarket for a 1,000-guinea bet. That is 24 miles a day for six weeks. Source: Thom, Pedestrianism (1813).
The ladder
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- Barclay's walk