Story · Run
Pony Express
120 km
One rider's leg of the Pony Express.
120 km. A handover distance.
- It stands on
- 100 km
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 100 km run
- Long weekends
- About 7 hours of running over two days in a row, 4 times in the last 12 weeks
- Longest run
- At least 5 hours, once in the last 12 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 11 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 9 hours a week
- Taper
- Two easier weeks before the event week
The story
In 1860 each Pony Express rider carried the mail 75 to 100 miles before handing it on. Source: US National Park Service.
The ladder
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- Marathon/
- 50 km/
- 50 mile/
- 100 km/
- Pony Express