I hit 100 trail miles in a single week on the Pacific Crest

I was doing a section from Kennedy Meadows to Mammoth and crunched the numbers after 6 days. Averaged 16.7 miles a day and hit exactly 100.1 at the end. Has anyone else tracked a surprise milestone like that on a long stretch?

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wendy728d ago

Tracking sleep debt after that many miles is the real surprise, not the number.

juliahall8d ago

Wait, did you have to camp in spots where you couldn't actually lie flat? I used to think mileage was all that mattered on a thru-hike. But after a stretch on the JMT I hit my mileage goal but couldn't sleep for three nights because of a bad spot on a slope. That total sleep debt wrecked my next day way worse than hitting a round number felt good. Now I track how many actual restful hours I get, not just miles.