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Pilgrim's 200

200 km

The last 200 km to Santiago, ridden.

Ride 200 km. What a rider needs for the certificate.

It stands on
Brighton and back
Two pilgrims walking a lane past a mossy stone wall on the Camino de Santiago.
Photo: Fresco Tours, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr.

What it takes

Before you go.

Recommended first
Brighton and back
Weekly distance
About 200 km of riding a week on average over 6 weeks
Long ride
88 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Brighton and back counts
Taper
An easier week before the event week

The story

The Pilgrim's Office in Santiago gives the Compostela certificate to anyone who walks the last 100 km to the cathedral. Riders need the last 200 km. Source: Pilgrim's Office, Santiago.

The ladder

  1. Fox's crossing
  2. Thirty-miler
  3. Mauna Loa 1859
  4. Kailash kora
  5. Chilkoot
  6. Jouett's ride
  7. Iron Riders' day
  8. Birkebeiner
  9. Edge of space
  10. Hundred and one
  11. Pony Express
  12. Century
  13. Brighton and back
  14. Pilgrim's 200