Well, for the record no one that I've ever heard of does 50 - 60 miles in a day. A week, yes, but not in a day. 20 miles is very high mileage in day with an overnight pack. Typically, on a backpack, my goal is 8 - 12 miles for a day. 12 miles can be pretty exhausting depending on the terrain.
(literally = the diagonal of the insane !!)
for the 2007 session, the length was 150km (about 93 miles)and the winner took all of 23h and 33 minutes to cover it.
And that's not on flat land : starting at sea level, runing thru passes at over 3000m, arriving at sea level... about 8700m of total ascents...
Granted : that's not hiking !! And those guys - and gals - are indeed insane, crazy, mad, and anything you want to name it !!
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