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Mauna Loa 1859
51 km
Follow the longest lava flow in Hawaii to the sea.
Run or ride 51 km. As far as the lava ran.
- It stands on
- 50 km run, Thirty-miler ride
What it takes · Running
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 50 km run
- Weekly distance
- About 51 km of running a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long run
- 22 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing the 50 km run counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
What it takes · Cycling
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Thirty-miler
- Weekly distance
- About 51 km of riding a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long ride
- 38 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Thirty-miler counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In 1859 lava from Mauna Loa ran 51 km to the sea. It is the longest lava flow in Hawaii. Accounts from the time say it reached the ocean in about eight days. Source: US Geological Survey.
The ladder
Running
- 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/
- Royal Road/
- Legion's march/
- Persistence hunt/
- Norwegian thirty/
- Chalk Gate/
- Racing the horses/
- Rim to rim/
- Barclay's walk/
- Long fall/
- Nijmegen day/
- South Georgia/
- Marathon/
- Fox's crossing/
- Thirty-miler/
- 50 km/
- Mauna Loa 1859
Cycling
- Fox's crossing/
- Thirty-miler/
- Mauna Loa 1859