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Bosphorus
6.5 km
Asia to Europe, through the Clashing Rocks.
6.5 km. The Bosphorus race distance.
- It stands on
- 5000 m
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 5000 m swim
- Long swim
- About 1 hour 45 minutes, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 4 hours on average over 6 weeks
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
The Bosphorus is where the Argonauts' myth set its crushing rocks. An annual race crosses from Asia to Europe.
The ladder
- 500 m/
- 1000 m/
- 1500 m/
- 1900 m/
- 2500 m/
- 3000 m/
- 3800 m/
- 5000 m/
- Bosphorus