Story · Run
Persistence hunt
30 km
Run an antelope down in the midday heat.
Thirty kilometres. About as far as the hunts that were measured.
- 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
In the central Kalahari, hunters ran kudu down on foot in heat of 39 to 42 °C. The three hunts measured were 25, 33 and 35 km. Source: Liebenberg 2006, Current Anthropology.
The ladder
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- Persistence hunt