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Legion's march
29.6 km
Twenty Roman miles in five summer hours.
29.6 km. The standard a recruit had to meet.
- It stands on
- 25 km
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 25 km 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
Vegetius says a recruit had to march 20 Roman miles in five hours. The Romans split daylight into twelve hours, so a summer hour was long, about 75 minutes. Source: Vegetius, De Re Militari 1.9.
The ladder
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- Legion's march