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12 miles = 19.3 km. I've been following Tom Turich on Facebook for years now. He's just about to finish up his 7 year walk around the world with his dog Savann

by js2 5y ago

12 miles = 19.3 km. I've been following Tom Turich on Facebook for years now. He's just about to finish up his 7 year walk around the world with his dog Savannah. I think he was walking around 15-20 miles (24-32 km) a day, somedays upwards of 30 miles (48 km). http://theworldwalk.com/ http://theworldwalk.com/ Most updates are on FB, not his web site: https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldWalk/ https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldWalk/ Some AMAs he's done over the years: https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3m7erz/i_am_tom_turcich_im_160_days_and_roughly_2500/ https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3m7erz/i_am_tom_turci... https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4sheeq/i_am_tom_turcich_466_days_10_countries_and_6300/ https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/4sheeq/i_am_tom_turci... https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/al1elx/i_am_tom_turcich_1036_days_26_countries_and_14000/ https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/al1elx/i_am_tom_turci... https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/szksev/i_will_soon_become_the_tenth_person_and_my_dog/ https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/szksev/i_will_soon_be... The most miles I've done (walking and running) in a day is 105 (169 km). It was a lot. The world record is 192.252 miles (309.4 km). Okay, that involved some running.

pbhjpbhj 5y ago
How many hours walking did you do to go 105mi? I'm finding that hard to believe. 200mi in a day, wow, but what's the record for walking, yours has to be close?
- js2 5y ago
  I was a little ambiguous there. It was a 24 hour race around a 1.5 mi loop. I completed 105 miles in a combination of walking/running, probably about a 50/50 split between the two. Stopped only to use the restroom and for shoe/sock changes. The race supplied food and drink. I've also completed 12 hour races (I get to around 62 miles/100 km), and I've done distance races of 50 miles and 100 miles. My best time for 100 miles is 23 hours, but folks complete this distance much faster, say 14:23:13: http://umstead100.org/index.html http://umstead100.org/index.html http://www.devonyanko.com/news/2022/4/8/umstead-100-race-report http://www.devonyanko.com/news/2022/4/8/umstead-100-race-rep... I don't know if there are 24-hour racewalking competitions, but 100 mile racewalks are a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_(racewalking) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_(racewalking)
  - pbhjpbhj 5y ago
    Crazy! Thanks for a very full reply.

by js2 5y ago

pbhjpbhj 5y ago

How many hours walking did you do to go 105mi? I'm finding that hard to believe. 200mi in a day, wow, but what's the record for walking, yours has to be close?

js2 5y ago
I was a little ambiguous there. It was a 24 hour race around a 1.5 mi loop. I completed 105 miles in a combination of walking/running, probably about a 50/50 split between the two. Stopped only to use the restroom and for shoe/sock changes. The race supplied food and drink. I've also completed 12 hour races (I get to around 62 miles/100 km), and I've done distance races of 50 miles and 100 miles. My best time for 100 miles is 23 hours, but folks complete this distance much faster, say 14:23:13: http://umstead100.org/index.html http://umstead100.org/index.html http://www.devonyanko.com/news/2022/4/8/umstead-100-race-report http://www.devonyanko.com/news/2022/4/8/umstead-100-race-rep... I don't know if there are 24-hour racewalking competitions, but 100 mile racewalks are a thing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_(racewalking) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_(racewalking)
- pbhjpbhj 5y ago
  Crazy! Thanks for a very full reply.