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La Diagonale des Fous (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, running 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 !! [/quote]

Wow. Yeah there are those Ultra Marathon types out there. I was just referring to us mere mortals.

Oh, and I'll be running like that real soon. Oh, yeah, I will.