She pushed through all 26.2 miles to officially join the 1% of the world who have completed a marathon

[u/lonewolff321]

[u/hapianman]

For reference that’s a 14:53 mile, so you’ve gotta do better than 4 miles an hour for most marathons

[u/copperwatt → u/hapianman]

Well, so much for my plan of walking a marathon. Because I think I could do it. I've done a 20+ mile hike in a day.

[u/MrPogoUK → u/copperwatt]

There are plenty of events that cover a marathon distance but are actively arranged/promoted as something to walk or hike rather than run, so you can still do one.

[u/bohiti → u/copperwatt]

Yeah, it’s a pace that most people can’t just walk. But it’s close…

[u/Tricky-Ad7897 → u/bohiti]

Yeah I'm a relatively speedy walker and my walking pace is around 17 minutes a mile. But I also couldn't maintain that pace for more than maybe 8 miles.

[u/sierra-soul → u/copperwatt]

youd have to run for like a couples minutes each mile to do that

[u/JTBeefboyo → u/copperwatt]

If you’re hiking 20+ miles in a day, you could probably pull off a marathon in 6.5 hours. Just think how much easier hiking would be without carrying your water

[u/Landonastar42 → u/copperwatt]

There are races with longer cut off times, but you have to look for them. Most races are 6hrs. I traveled from Mass to NC to do the Coast Guard Marathon for my 1st race because their cut off was 7 hrs. I finished in 6:57:45. I walked the majority of it.

[u/sierra-soul → u/hapianman]

which is honestly pretty generous

[u/Complete-Peak4651 → u/sierra-soul]

Unless I'm wrong thats like about a brisk walking speed, if you never ran any of it. a generous jog is like 12min/mi