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    • Friday, May 11, 2007

    I thought the Ironman was pushing the human body to the limits already.

    Until I was flipping through Runner's World and found the SPARTATHLON.

    Spartathlon is a 246 kilometre (152.85 miles) ultramarathon race held in Greece since 1983 between Athens and Sparta.

    THE RACE.

    The race starts at 7:00 am, usually on the last Friday each September, at the foot of the Acropolis. It runs out of Athens toward the coast and runs along the coast towards Corinth via Elefsis, Megara, and Kineta. The route reaches the Corinth Canal at 78.5 kilometres and the runners hit the first of six major check points at 81 kilometres.

    After Corinth, the race heads toward Ancient Corinth, Nemea, Lyrkia and at 159 kilometres, reaches the top of Mount Parthenio. From there, it continues south toward Nestani and Tegea, before reaching the main Sparta highway just before the 200 kilometer mark.

    Runners must pass through 75 checkpoints along the way and each checkpoint has a cut-off time. Runners outside the cut-off may be pulled out of the race although tardiness in the first half of the race is generally tolerated. This tolerance begins to fade after sunset and in the last third of the race, organisers may pull out runners who are either outside the time limit or who display extreme fatigue.

    ENTRY REQUIREMENTS.

    In order to run in this race an individual must meet at least one of the following requirements:

    1. The individual has finished a race of at least 100 km in less than 10 hours, 30 minutes.
    2. The individual has already competed in Spartathlon and has reached the checkpoint "Nestani" ( 172 km ) in less than 24 hours, 30 minutes.
    3. The individual has already competed in Spartathlon and reached the finish line.
    4. The individual has competed in an event of more than 200 kilometers and has finished the race regardless of the time.

    Legend! 246km is like, 615 laps around the track, 103 consecutive 2.4 runs and 6 consecutive full marathons! All the way from Athens to Sparta! (Runners are also required to kiss the statue of King Leonidas, male leading actor of 300 hehe)

    Damn legend. Record is 20 hrs 25 mins. Amazing.

    Everyday I learn something new.
    @ 22:31