Story · Ride
Jouett's ride
64.4 km
A night ride by back roads to warn Jefferson.
Ride 64.4 km. About forty miles, as he rode it.
- It stands on
- Chilkoot
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Chilkoot
- Weekly distance
- About 64 km of riding a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long ride
- 48 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Chilkoot counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
On the night of 3 June 1781 Jack Jouett rode about 40 miles by back roads. He was racing to warn Thomas Jefferson that British cavalry were coming. Some accounts say 45 miles. Source: American Battlefield Trust.
The ladder
- Fox's crossing/
- Thirty-miler/
- Mauna Loa 1859/
- Kailash kora/
- Chilkoot/
- Jouett's ride