@dawn16 I lucked out and didn’t get any blisters. However, when I went to get out of bed this morning, I collapsed. My legs just gave out. I wasn’t expecting that. I rested more and now feel pretty normal. The only soreness is in my feet. My legs and calves feel surprisingly good, despite giving out this morning.
3 Things I learned walking 100,000 steps (48 miles!) in a single day, plus tips on long-distance walking:
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@katty143 Just wanted to chime in with: You're amazing! Way to set a crazy goal and follow through with it!
I often do walking holidays on my summer vacation - last year I did three weeks of walking about 15 miles per day, but my highest day was only about 45,000 steps. Thanks for the awesome motivation to push it a little harder!
I often do walking holidays on my summer vacation - last year I did three weeks of walking about 15 miles per day, but my highest day was only about 45,000 steps. Thanks for the awesome motivation to push it a little harder!
@katty143 I've done mine in a few places: France, Ireland, Nepal, and Ethiopia (I live in the Middle East so those are not too far from me). Those locations are nice for walking from inn to inn or teahouse to teahouse or village to village. This summer, it's back to France!
Maine sounds lovely - was it more backcountry with camping, or BnB to BnB? Towns and villages can be a bit far apart there!
Maine sounds lovely - was it more backcountry with camping, or BnB to BnB? Towns and villages can be a bit far apart there!
@ramsden Wow! That’s amazing. I haven’t gone outside of the US. I’d love to visit new countries and tour by foot. Which was your favorite place? I bet Ethiopia was a super unique experience.
Maine wasn’t very walking friendly within the town areas (almost no sidewalks) so I did most of the walking in Acadia National Park and then drove when I had to be in town, so not fully a walking vacation but still a good adventure in the places I could walk!
Maine wasn’t very walking friendly within the town areas (almost no sidewalks) so I did most of the walking in Acadia National Park and then drove when I had to be in town, so not fully a walking vacation but still a good adventure in the places I could walk!
@katty143 I can see that being a problem in Maine, although Acadia is gorgeous, so a really nice place to walk. Lucky you 
France is very "civilized" as far as walking goes - you can hire a company to take your bags to the next inn, and you always have a village with coffee and pastries within a couple hours, plus dinners are wonderful, of course. Ireland was lovely, but the inns and food were not super. Nepal is amazing and you can get porters to carry your stuff (helps the local economy and you get to meet nice local people). The teahouses in the Annapurnas are adequate and the food is good. The scenery is out of this world, of course. Ethiopia was beautiful and very very far away from it all seeming. We had donkeys and guides (local coop that does village improvements is the charity you go through to organize) and ate with local people. We were invited to a village feast in one place! There were constantly children running across the countryside to come and check us out and get their pictures taken. It was extremely charming.
So many great places to see outside the US, but the US is a big beautiful place, too. I'm from Washington State - some great hiking there.
France is very "civilized" as far as walking goes - you can hire a company to take your bags to the next inn, and you always have a village with coffee and pastries within a couple hours, plus dinners are wonderful, of course. Ireland was lovely, but the inns and food were not super. Nepal is amazing and you can get porters to carry your stuff (helps the local economy and you get to meet nice local people). The teahouses in the Annapurnas are adequate and the food is good. The scenery is out of this world, of course. Ethiopia was beautiful and very very far away from it all seeming. We had donkeys and guides (local coop that does village improvements is the charity you go through to organize) and ate with local people. We were invited to a village feast in one place! There were constantly children running across the countryside to come and check us out and get their pictures taken. It was extremely charming.
So many great places to see outside the US, but the US is a big beautiful place, too. I'm from Washington State - some great hiking there.
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@katty143 You can walk ultramarathon events, most people walk parts of them anyway. There are timed events like 6 or 12 or 24 hours which seem boring because they are loops but I like them because everyone is close together no matter your speed. There are also events that are out in the trails and they are really great. If you get one with long cutoff times you can walk them.
@siddharchris I will look into an ultramarathon. I’m not sure how I would do walking loops but I might enjoy one on a trail.
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@katty143 There is an episode of Ten Junk Miles (a running pocast) where they interview a lady who walks marathons and ultras her name is Yolanda Holder it was super interesting and inspiring. She holds a bunch of world records for most marathons completed in a year and she only walks them never runs.
@siddharchris I’ll look it up! I haven’t heard of that podcast but I’m a runner (usually) so I’ll have to check it out. I don’t know if I could ever run long distance (my max is 15 miles) but I’d love to walk marathons.