“Forty-two kilometers on foot, between all of us. Pheidippides had the grace to die at the end of his.”

42.6 km · one full marathon, to the meter

next: “The First Bench” · at 25 · twelve rowing benches and a steersman · 56%

then: A Village of the Fallen · The Three Hundred · The Devil's Tally

next: “A Longhouse Rises” · at 2,500 · about one full longhouse · 45%

then: A Stave Church's Worth · Jomsborg

next: “The Long March” · at 250.0 km · eight days of hard marching · 18%

then: The Length of the North · The Ten Thousand

next: “A Hundred Hours at the Oars” · at 100 h · four days and nights without sleep · 10%

then: The Five Hundred · The Forty Days

next: “A Thousand Foes” · at 1,000 · about thirty longship crews · 5%

then: The Red Harvest · Stamford Bridge · The Silence of the North

next: “Beyond the Shore” · at 10% · 2%

then: The Quarter Chart · Half the World

next: “A Hundred Thousand Wounds” · at 100,000 · about 166 trolls of hurt · 1%

then: The Million · The Fury of the North

next: “Full Stores” · at 25,000 · about twenty chests, packed to the lid · 1%

then: The Great Hoard · A King's Hoard

next: “First of the Forsaken” · at 1 · 0%

then: Half the Altars Dark · The Last Altar Dark

next: “A Thousand Works” · at 1,000 · three things made every day for a year · 0%

then: The Smiths' Age · Master-Forged

next: “The Skagerrak Crossing” · at 350.0 km · Skagen to Kristiansand, there and back · 0%

then: The Norway Run · Vinland

next: “The First Hundred Fish” · at 100 · 0%

then: The Fisher-Kings