Story · Run · Ride
Kailash kora
52 km
The circuit of a sacred mountain in one day.
Fifty-two kilometres. Many pilgrims walk it between dawn and dark.
- It stands on
- 50 km run, 50 km ride
What it takes · Running
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 50 km run
- Long run
- About 3 hours, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 6 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 5½ hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
What it takes · Cycling
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 50 km ride
- Long ride
- About 1½ hours, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 3½ hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of running or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Riding itself
- At least 2 hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
Mount Kailash is sacred to four religions. Pilgrims walk around it, a circuit called the kora, over a pass of 5,630 m. Many walk the whole 52 km in a day. Source: Himalayan Journal 72.
The ladder
Running
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- Marathon/
- 50 km/
- Kailash kora
Cycling
- 10 mile/
- 20 km/
- 30 km/
- 40 km/
- 50 km/
- Kailash kora