Wow, i can just about envisage what stamina and walking endurance is required to complete such a mamoth walk.
No matter how slow or fast your walking pace, once you go beyond 40+miles over difficult and challenging terrain such as the Beacons, you body tells you to stop.
The first time i had a go at the SWMW was back in 1986, and it started from the now shut Capel Y Finn youth hostel.
Walking down the country lane approaching the Red Lion inn in Llandeusant, above llandovery, roughly 48miles from Capel Y Finn you could barely move your painful legs.
The Red Lion was the official finishing point, but most of us continued into llandovery itself, where the accommodation was already waiting for us.
A 100miler over similar terrain, mind over matter, and just how much physical torment you could push your body through.
Finding ones inner body strength, when your physically shattered, after having walked continually for over 14hrs, over challenging mountainous terrain.
I only wish i had the stamina and physical strength to perform at those levels, but i know i am long past my best, so why dream.