Story · Run
Dover Strait
33 km
Britain was once a walk from Europe.
Thirty-three kilometres. The strait at its narrowest.
- It stands on
- 20 mile
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 20 mile run
- Long run
- About 2 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 riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 3½ hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
People first reached Britain on foot, across land now under the North Sea. The sea closed it about 8,000 years ago. Today the Dover Strait is about 33 km across.
The ladder
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- Dover Strait