10 day challenge

[rossb]

can a friend walk 56 flattish road miles a day for 10 consecutive days?
a challenge bet at 10 to 1 and his profile is 45 ish, slimmish but smokes 40 a day and likes a good dram - currently not started training but challenge must be completed by end of june.
whats the chances? and any advice for him..

[Pilgrim]

can a friend walk 56 flattish road miles a day for 10 consecutive days?
a challenge bet at 10 to 1 and his profile is 45 ish, slimmish but smokes 40 a day and likes a good dram - currently not started training but challenge must be completed by end of june.
whats the chances? and any advice for him..

Start saving up to pay for losing the bet?

No idea if he's going to be up to it or not.
Suggest he goes for a walk for 8 hours and see how far he gets.

[MOUNTAIN MAN]

I also think it's a bet he'll lose. Even if his fitness was not a problem his feet won't stand up to that sort of hammering for 10 days.

[RobW]

can a friend walk 56 flattish road miles a day for 10 consecutive days?

15 hours a day unless he race-walks. Suggest trying a few 15 hour days. And lots of Compeed.

[JohnK]

[quote=rossb;192598]can a friend walk 56 flattish road miles a day for 10 consecutive days?


Regardless of the physical side of things i doubt whether he will have te mental aptitude to push himself out of his comfort zone for at least 9 days.

[mxhornet]

Sounds like something out of the 19th century.

[Big Bad Baz]

Before i started running i trained up to and then completed the Rossendale Day Way in day challenge (50 miles)

I had to lose weight and trained of course,but it still took me 17 hours to get round. Ok it was cross country and involved a few hills,but i couldnt imagine put 10 of those days together!

I know i could do it now-flattish road miles would be boring though and has someone has already said,if his feet hold out,it will predominantly be a mental exercise as much as anything physical.

I would probably bet against him doing it-but then everyone bet against me 8 years ago.....and then i had to do it!

[Harry H Howgill]

Sounds like something out of the 19th century.

Captain Barclay - my hero. 1000 miles in 1000 hours for 1000 guineas. They even did it a couple of years ago before the London Marathon. I first thought it sounded straight forward until I realised it was a mile each hour day and night for 6 weeks. So you never get more than about 90 minutes sleep in one go.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Celebrated-C...3258128&sr=8-1

[Derby Tup]

I reckon 3 or even 2days of the challenge would be incredibly hard 10days would be an amazing achievement even for a very fit and determined walker

[alias]

can a friend walk 56 flattish road miles a day for 10 consecutive days?
a challenge bet at 10 to 1 and his profile is 45 ish, slimmish but smokes 40 a day and likes a good dram - currently not started training but challenge must be completed by end of june.
whats the chances? and any advice for him..

Let's be generous: zero.