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Laki fissure
27 km
A 27 km crack in Iceland whose haze spread over Europe.
Run 27 km. The length of the row of craters.
- It stands on
- Dawes's ride
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Dawes's ride
- Weekly distance
- About 27 km of running a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long run
- 20 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Dawes's ride counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1783 a row of craters 27 km long opened in Iceland. It poured lava for eight months. Its gases spread a dry fog across Europe. Source: Thordarson and Self 1993, Bulletin of Volcanology.
The ladder
- 5 km/
- Forager's day/
- First flight/
- Mawson's last miles/
- 10 km/
- Gold march/
- Hunter's day/
- Nut grove/
- Twelve-miler/
- Wallace's Line/
- Wildebeest's day/
- Half Marathon/
- Toutle avalanche/
- Roland's pass/
- Olympus Mons/
- Dawes's ride/
- Laki fissure