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What’s the Iron Butt Rally?

The Iron Butt Association bills itself as the “World’s Toughest Motorcycle Riders.” These long-distance riding enthusiasts collect around the IronButt.org website to participate in individual challenges for long-distance riding certificates; the 1,000-miles-in-24-hours Saddlesore 1000 challenge is considered a sort of baseline, but there are many other challenges—see here.

The biggest challenge of them all is the Iron Butt Rally, which runs every two years. This event is based in North America, with most mileage in the US. The Iron Butt Rally sends motorcyclists across the continent over a roughly two-week period to collect scavenger hunt-style points. The winning riders usually end up covering well over 10,000 miles over the course of the event. Obviously, this pace doesn’t leave much time for eating, sleeping, or anything else while they’re on the road, and there is no prize for winning besides bragging rights. Indeed, like the Dakar Rally, just finishing the Iron Butt Rally has become a badge of honor in itself.