Story · Run · Ride
Bering Strait
82 km
The land bridge the first Americans walked.
Eighty-two kilometres. Asia to America at the narrowest.
- 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, once in the last 12 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 8½ hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 7 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 2½ hours, 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 the Bering Strait was dry land, and people walked from Asia into America. Today it is 82 km of sea at its narrowest.
The ladder
Running
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- Marathon/
- 50 km/
- 50 mile/
- Bering Strait
Cycling
- 10 mile/
- 20 km/
- 30 km/
- 40 km/
- 50 km/
- 80 km/
- Bering Strait