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Table 1 ‘Spartathlon’ race specifications

From: The Effects of Sex, Age and Performance Level on Pacing in Ultra-Marathon Runners in the ‘Spartathlon’

Race sections

Checkpoint number

Checkpoint distance (km)

Official distances (km)

Athens to Corinth

1

19.5

80.0

 

2

22.7

 
 

3

37.8

 

Corinth to Nemea

4

20.1

43.3

 

5

23.2

 

Nemea to Nestani (via Lyrkeia)

6

36.2

48.2

 

7

12.0

 

Nestani to Tegea

8

23.8

23.8

Tegea to Sparta

9

31.4

51.5

 

10

20.1

 

Total

10

246.8

246.8