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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5364680" data-attributes="member: 59082">Corathon is right - I don't know where people are getting &quot;one mile an hour,&quot; but that's strenuous hiking speed, not walking over relatively even ground.Fast jog = 8+ mphModerate jog = 6-8 mphSlow jog = 5-6 mphFast walk - 4 mphModerate walk - 3 mphSlow walk (&quot;strolling&quot;) - 1-2 mphUltramarathoners and Incan Chasqui runners can/could supposedly run 100 miles or more in a 24-hour period; a fantasy equivalent would be Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli going after the orcs in The Two Towers (and of course the orcs themselves!). But in terms of a very fit person over a sustained period of time, I think 5-10 miles in strenuous terrain, 10-20 in moderate terrain, and 20-30 miles in easy terrain. My wife and I hiked the 150-mile Annapurna circuit in 14 days of hiking (and two days of rest) and neither of us were very fit, at least at the beginning! And that is overall moderate-to-strenuous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5364680, member: 59082"] Corathon is right - I don't know where people are getting "one mile an hour," but that's strenuous hiking speed, not walking over relatively even ground. Fast jog = 8+ mph Moderate jog = 6-8 mph Slow jog = 5-6 mph Fast walk - 4 mph Moderate walk - 3 mph Slow walk ("strolling") - 1-2 mph Ultramarathoners and Incan Chasqui runners can/could supposedly run 100 miles or more in a 24-hour period; a fantasy equivalent would be Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli going after the orcs in [I]The Two Towers [/I](and of course the orcs themselves!). But in terms of a very fit person over a sustained period of time, I think 5-10 miles in strenuous terrain, 10-20 in moderate terrain, and 20-30 miles in easy terrain. My wife and I hiked the 150-mile Annapurna circuit in 14 days of hiking (and two days of rest) and neither of us were very fit, at least at the beginning! And that is overall moderate-to-strenuous. [/QUOTE]

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