[pct-l] Very Long Pedestrian Achievments

[brick@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Brick Robbins)]

At 07:40 AM 1/10/03, Slyatpct@aol.com wrote:
>I'm not sure of the true maximum, but they have ultra marathons of 100 miles
>or more.

The true maximum depends on a lot of things. A single day race  with lots
of rest afterwards will be one thing, a race where you have to go day after
day is another.

Ultra long distance races have been around for a very long time. Often the
goal was to go as far as you could in a set time, not to see how fast you
could go a set distance.

In the years 1860-1903 (the Pedestrian Age) - walking was the leading sport
in Europe and America. This was the age of the "6 day race" and distance of
500+ miles were what it took to win.

Sri Chinmoy still sponsors Very Long races, like the modern 6 day series
and 1300 Mile races

http://newyork.srichinmoyraces.org/html/events/upcoming_events

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Brick Robbins

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