[pct-l] Very Long Pedestrian Achievments

[calliger@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Richard Calliger)]

There there is the Tour du France, some 2000+ miles allbeit
a mechanized affair the point being it is day after day
but not for months of course.

Rich

At 01:02 PM 1/10/03 -0800, Brick Robbins wrote:
>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
>
>--
>Brick Robbins
>
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>- Gordon Ainsleigh
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