Story · Run
South Georgia
40 km
Across the island to save the crew.
Forty kilometres. The crossing as the crow flies.
- It stands on
- 20 mile
What it takes
Before you go.
- Recommended first
- The 20 mile run
- Long run
- About 2½ hours, 4 times in the last 10 weeks, at least once in the last 5 weeks
- Weekly training
- About 5 hours on average over 6 weeks, with an hour of riding or swimming counting as 30 minutes
- Running itself
- At least 4½ hours a week
- Taper
- An easier week before the event week
The story
In May 1916 Shackleton, Worsley and Crean crossed South Georgia's unmapped glaciers in 36 hours to reach the whaling station and send help. About 40 km in a straight line; they walked further. Source: Shackleton, South (1919).
The ladder
- 5 km/
- 10 km/
- 10 mile/
- Half Marathon/
- 25 km/
- 20 mile/
- South Georgia