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Around 100 miles (160 km) is typically the longest course distance raced in under 24 hours, but there are also longer multiday races commonly held as 48 hours, 200 miles (320 km), or more, sometimes raced in stages with breaks for sleep.
If measured using an interval of 125 mi (200 km), the coast of Great Britain has a length of about 1,500 mi (2,400 km). Using an interval of 30 mi (50 km), the length is about 2,100 mi (3,400 km).
Wicklow 200 is a 200 km long bike ride through County Wicklow which includes many of the most challenging hills and most beautiful terrain on Ireland's eastern seaboard. [ 2 ]
The French lieue — at different times — existed in several variants, namely 10,000, 12,000, 13,200 and 14,400 French feet, about 3.25 to 4.68 km (2.02 to 2.91 miles). It was used along with the metric system for a while, but is long discontinued.
The Munda Biddi Trail in Western Australia, Australia, is over 1,000 km long – the world's longest off-road cycle trail; 1.200 Mm – the length of the Paris–Brest–Paris bicycling event; Several endurance auto races are, or were, run for 1,000 km: Bathurst 1000; 1000 km Brands Hatch; 1000 km Buenos Aires; 1000 km Donington; 1000 km Monza
A group of cyclists riding a 200 km randonneuring event. Randonneuring (also known as Audax in the UK, Australia and Brazil) is a long-distance cycling sport with its origins in audax cycling. In randonneuring, riders attempt courses of 200 km or more, passing through predetermined "controls" (checkpoints) every few tens of kilometres.
The Mariana Trench is an oceanic trench located in the western Pacific Ocean, about 200 kilometres (124 mi) east of the Mariana Islands; it is the deepest oceanic trench on Earth. It is crescent-shaped and measures about 2,550 km (1,580 mi) in length and 69 km (43 mi) in width.
One of the longest and most famous of the modern gravel bike races is Unbound Gravel (formerly called Dirty Kanza) in the Flint Hills around Emporia, Kansas, USA, which is 200 miles (320 km) long. In 2018, a 350 miles (560 km) race called the DKXL was added, and 25, 50, and 100 mile courses were added in 2013. [10] In the UK, the Dirty Reiver ...