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Roland's pass
25 km
Over the Pyrenees to where the song sets Roland's last stand.
Run 25 km. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles.
- It stands on
- Toutle avalanche
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- Toutle avalanche
- Weekly distance
- About 25 km of running a week on average over 6 weeks
- Long run
- 19 km, at least once in the last 6 weeks. Finishing Toutle avalanche counts
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
The route climbs over the Pyrenees from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles. The Song of Roland sets Roland's last stand there. Where the real battle of 778 took place is still debated. Source: The Song of Roland.
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