The Berlin Wall - run the 165 km Berliner Mauerweg
A new virtual route around the line of the Berlin Wall, added on the 37th anniversary of its fall. The distance and the sights you'd see along the old border strip.
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Learn about new features, routes, long term running goals and what we are building at In the Long Run.
A bad month doesn't ruin a multi year goal
Why short term running goals collapse when life gets in the way, what the research on goal pursuit says about it, and how a long virtual route can absorb the bad weeks instead of being wrecked by them.
Map or satellite - two ways to see your virtual route
Route maps now have a satellite view alongside the street map. One is better for finding where you are, the other for seeing what you are running through.
Points of interest - see what you are running past
Route maps now fill up with the landmarks you would pass in real life, unlocking one by one as you log your runs. Here is how they work and where to find them.
Kashmir to Kanyakumari - the length of India, 3,604 km
From the Himalayan valleys of Kashmir to the cape where three seas meet, K2K follows India's longest highway through eleven states. Now a virtual route.
The Great Wall of China - 7,149 km along the northern frontier
A new virtual route following the walls built across China's northern border over two thousand years, from the Korean border to the edge of the Gobi desert.
Highway 1 - run a lap of Australia, 13,398 km
The longest national highway in the world circles the whole Australian mainland. As a virtual route it is a lap: you finish where you started, 13,398 km on.
The Via Francigena - 2,136 km from Canterbury to Rome
The medieval pilgrim road from England to Rome, mapped in the tenth century by an archbishop heading home. Now a virtual route across France and Tuscany.
The Pan-American Highway - 27,918 km from Alaska to Argentina
Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia is the longest motorable road in the world and the biggest virtual route we have. This one is for groups, or for the very stubborn.
Te Araroa - run the length of New Zealand, 3,112 km
Cape Reinga to Bluff, the long pathway across both New Zealand islands, is now a virtual route: beaches, volcanic plateaus, river valleys and alpine passes.
The Pacific Crest Trail - 4,200 km from Mexico to Canada
Run the PCT from your own doorstep. Campo to Manning Park is 4,200 virtual kilometres through desert, the High Sierra and the Cascades.
Share your progress with friends and family
Your routes are private by default. When you do want to show someone how far you have got, one button turns your map into a picture you can send.
Run Route 66 - 3,788 km from Chicago to Santa Monica
The Mother Road is now a virtual route. Log your daily miles and work across eight states and three time zones, from Lake Michigan to the Pacific.
What is virtual running?
Virtual running means picking a long route somewhere in the world and running it from home, a few kilometres at a time. Here is how it works.
Blog posts are written by and in collaboration with large language models (LLMs) / AI.