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I looked real quickly to see if I could find that race in Texas my father used to attend, or the details about Geronimo which I posted in the 50 miles thread from memory.

I found this: whole bunch of Indians running over 100 miles in a day.

http://www.ultralegends.com/native-american-indians-running-history/

I remember a bunch more. I will either find them on the web or in a history book and post some of them.

Google Master...

He invented google ya know.

So I've heard...

If you were a man, Brad, you would apologize for being proved wrong.

If I post from a book, you will call it a lie.
Facts are facts.
Children and old ladies post 50-mile times that you think are impossible for a man.

Then here come these Indians I told you about, which you said were BS. As always, you were wrong, when you shoot off your mouth about things you know nothing about.

LOL!

Hey dumbazz, you said there were "lots" of indians that did this... a few is not "lots."

Aside, you're relying on 100 yo+ documents. IME, mileage is almost always wrong in old documents (waaay overestimated).

You've got to be the biggest poser I've ever run across anywhere.

Relying on 100-year-old documents to learn about Native Americans.
Imagine that!

The mileage between the towns hasn't changed in the last 200 years, you dope.

And no exaggeration or lying ever takes place among human beings...

Keep telling yourself that all those JFK hikers were exaggerating and lying. All the eyewitnesses to the Indian couriers were just liars. If you can't do it, no one can.

except...

Daniel Boone, in his 1777 escape from the Indians, covered about 147 miles in 5 days, from Old Chillicothe to Boonesborough, including swimming the Ohio River with his flintlock and powder over his head.

I didn't read what is found at the link but if comforts you to know something of ultra-runners with less than modern training or equipment look at the Tarahumara indians. I got into barefoot running after reading about them in a running magazine. They may not be the best trained runners in the world but they do some amazing stuff.

Yes, a lot of natives of Mexico and America moved at a relentless trot, like some of the Africans do.

Lee24 Read Born to Run by Christopher McDongall. The Turahumura, they only pack a little tiny bag of corn pinole and some chia seeds. Most of the backpack hunters from Alaska on here generally go 15-20 miles per day with 60+ dry and 145lbs coming out.

I can tell you Lee we Alaskan Backpack hunters don't screw around.

I average running 80-90 miles per week at 10min/mile pace- goes down to 9min/mile right before August during the summer before sheep season and I do 40-50 miles of hiking, running and climbing during the off season. I am 41 and 6"240lbs(54 inch chest 34 in waist and 18inch neck). I just got done with a 6 mile jog its only -25F right now in Squarebanks. I am only in so-so shape compared to the other Alaskans that you have impugned. You are in the backpack section and we continue to kick butt until we push up daisies.
I think Alaskalanche is a smaller feller but beasty as all hell-he has a rep of pounding bigger guys into rock powder. Ironbender still gives it hell. 1AKhunter also hits it hard.
Vek and the other hunters are also hard core.
The other Alaskan posters that frequent this forum aren't pantywaist internet trolls, we get out.
Most of us don't have the cash to own supercubs and make up for
it by training like freaks.

Sincerely,
Thomas

well said.

Lee invented the mile..


And Indians...

kaboku68,
I don't doubt for a minute that you can do what you say, because I know lots of other people have.

I didn't impune anyone.

The angry punks started posting, stated their puny abilities, and said that no one could do what you do, what I have done, or what any of those in my examples have done. They insulted you, me, and every other person who posted their long hikes and ultra-marathons.

They are the ones who said no Indians could cover 100 miles, no Marines could cover 50 miles, blah, blah, blah.

kaboku68,
I don't doubt for a minute that you can do what you say, because I know lots of other people have.

I didn't impune anyone.

The angry punks started posting, and most didn't dare mention what they have hiked, because They haven't. Some stated their puny abilities, and said that no one could do what you do, what I have done, or what any of those in my examples have done. They insulted you, me, and every other person who posted their long hikes and ultra-marathons.

They are the ones who said no Indians could cover 100 miles, no Marines could cover 50 miles, blah, blah, blah.

A few beat on their chests about hiking 16 miles or something ordinary, and off-topic. I am not going to ridicule someone who can only hike 2 miles, but this topic is about 80 miles, and the other one is about 50 miles.

yep Thomas, for lack of a super cub could have been a whole lot more beer drinking and channel surfing.

Used to take some pride that most of my sheep weren't airplane sheep.

these days I'd be happy to fly around and find an old mossy horn who needs to be spared another winter.

lookin back it was a tactical error I suppose, not learning to fly and not buying a cub.

You guys realize this is all about deflecting attention from the infamously nonexistent 375.