2,189 Miles, 40 Days, and 3 Showers: How Tara Dower Destroyed the Appalachian Trail Speed Record
2,189 Miles, 40 Days, and 3 Showers: How Tara Dower Destroyed the Appalachian Trail Speed Record
On September 21, Dower became the fastest person in history to complete the Appalachian Trail, a 2,189-mile path through the eastern United States.
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Over 50 miles a day? Good Lord how?
Her feet must be fucked.
Yeah, the article mentions her day begins with a 3am alarm, a quick breakfast, and the taping up of blisters.
Cool accomplishment, but it can't have been healthy.
No sports world record is broken by doing what's healthy.
But judging by the trail ultra-marathoners I know personally, they'd be a lot less healthy if they didn't have that hobby.
Lots of (undiagnosed) ADHD in the sport, too.I suppose if you've got a self-destructive streak a mile wild, better to at least burn out doing something impressive.