Story · Run
Rim to rim
37.8 km
Down into the Grand Canyon and up the other side.
Run 37.8 km. North Rim to South Rim on the canyon trails.
- It stands on
- Racing the horses
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Racing the horses
- Weekly distance
- About 38 km of running a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long run
- 22 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Racing the horses counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
The route goes from the North Kaibab trailhead down to the Colorado River at Phantom Ranch. Then it climbs the Bright Angel Trail to the South Rim. The two legs add up to 37.8 km. Source: US National Park Service.
The ladder
- 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