JFK's 50-Mile Hike Challenge

[MineralMan]

14. Actually, we had a pattern for it.

We talked about how we'd go. What we did was walk with a somewhat extended stride and a little faster pace than normal walking for about 10 minute, and then jog easily for a couple of minutes. We repeated that, just to break up the pace as we went. After the jogging, the walking pace gave us a break and let us get our breathing back to normal, before the short jog.

My friend and I hiked a lot around the hilly countryside near our small town, and had done so for several years. We were used to covering ground pretty quickly, although not for that distance. We were tired at the end, but were also excited as we got closer to achieving the goal.