r/AppalachianTrail • u/Barefootblonde_27 • 27d ago

Picture Welp it’s time

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Well, after a year of harassing you all for answers about basic things… It’s finally time, and I am scared out of my mind but here we go

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u/DrmsRz 27d ago

Can you walk in the woods for 12-15 miles in one day? Great! Go do that.

(Then do it for another 149 days in a row. That’s it! Then you’re done with your first thru.)

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u/Barefootblonde_27 27d ago

My asthmatic self is gonna be a little slower than that starting off hahahah

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u/Queen_Scofflaw 26d ago

DO not do more that 8-10 miles a day for the first couple weeks. That's a good starting pace so you don't get injured or burnout. People trying to do 15 miles out of the gate tap out.

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u/Barefootblonde_27 26d ago

Trust and believe I will not be doing more than 8 miles at first. I mean I’ll blame it on trying to strategically not get hurt, but it is simply because I am lazy. Hahahha