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Endurance discipline · Open space

10 km run

10 km run is a endurance discipline in BYOH, trained with open space and building stamina and legs. Its ladder runs from 10 km in 90 min or less at Level 1 to 10 km in 40 min or less at Level 9, and Level 10 is the world record.

The ten levels

BYOH measures a discipline in ten cleared levels. Level 9 is a genuine feat; Level 10 is the standing world record, which is there to be looked at rather than reached.

10 km run starts at Level 1 with 10 km in 90 min or less. Level 5 asks for 10 km in 60 min or less, and Level 9 - the last level a person can train towards - 10 km in 40 min or less. The largest single jump is from Level 1 to Level 2, 10 km in 90 min or less to 10 km in 80 min or less.

10 km run level thresholds in BYOH
LevelTarget
110 km in 90 min or less
210 km in 80 min or less
310 km in 70 min or less
410 km in 65 min or less
510 km in 60 min or less
610 km in 55 min or less
710 km in 50 min or less
810 km in 45 min or less
910 km in 40 min or less
10 · LegendProvisional elite event gate

The record past Level 9

10 km runProvisional legend benchmark.

BYOH uses a provisional final gate until a comparable governed record format is selected. This is a provisional benchmark rather than a governed record.

How it is done

  1. Build distance gradually.
  2. Use a measured route and carry water when needed.
  3. Record elapsed time including pauses.

How the attempt is judged

A level only means something if two heroes clearing it have done the same thing. These are the rules BYOH counts an attempt by — they are the rules of a game, not coaching.

What counts as one
One continuous ten kilometres, timed from first movement to crossing the finish.
The set
A single effort. The clock runs through any pause you take, including walking.
What you need
A measured route that finishes at roughly the height it starts. Hand timing is fine.
What ends it
Stopping the clock, cutting the route, or a net downhill course does not count.

What it builds

10 km run feeds Stamina and Legs in a hero’s record, working cardiovascular, legs.

  • Aerobic endurance
  • Whole-body work capacity
  • Calves

10 km run is one of 7 endurance disciplines. It shares its open space requirement with 1 other endurance discipline. Stamina is also built by rope jumping, burpees, mountain climbers and 3 more, and a broad attribute needs several of them rather than one taken far.

Quests that ask for it

  • The Long RoadDiscipline · Level 1
  • Enduring HorizonDiscipline · Level 7

Put it on a record

BYOH turns these levels into a hero: what you clear becomes attributes, quests and a character that grows with your training. It is free, and in open alpha.

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