What do you reckon is the furthest you could walk in a day?
I remember walking from one end of the island to the other when I lived in Greece. It took maybe four or six hours (including a stop for coffee) and was about 20km. It was fairly leisurely. We got the bus back and I was glad of that. I was knackered. But that was in pretty hot weather, and it was quite uppy-downy.
I’m sure that if we really had to, we could have walked back on the same day. I was mid-30s at the time, fairly fit. It would have meant walking in the dark and I would have gotten blisters, but it would have been do-able.
But even then, that would only be 40km which is only 25 miles, which is less than a marathon. People run marathons in a few hours. How the hell do they do that?
These days I’m in my 50s, I have a dodgy knee and I’m a bit fat, so I wouldn’t even fancy the 20k. Could I do it? Probably, just not very quickly. But I’m not sure. Use your legs while you can, folks!
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