I take your point, but for me the important thing is the kind of activity being done. For example, trail-runners will often (or nearly always) walk for some of the time, but I can't imagine they'd categorise their ultra-marathon (or whatever) as a walk.Similarly, on the London Marathon, I only jogged very occasionally and that was on some downhill sections where I decided that jogging (or what probably more resembled skipping!) was safer on the steep, slippery slopes. So I'd prefer to claim that having both feet off the ground at the same time in the name of surer-footedness doesn't turn a walk into a run - it's simply a question of technique!
Interesting philosophy!!
WD you do realise that given your claimed speed and daily distances that you could actually do the PW in the fastest recorded time ever. Have you never thought of doing that? Not talking about the Spine race where the endurance through pitiful weather is quite different to your type of walking, just an attempt at the PW FRT.
WD the FRT is just under 52 hours so yes, it is in reach for you to beat it. FRT is approx 4.3mph, you are in the ballpark at 4.2 mph, for the marathon, which was slower than some of your other walks. You can do it. You know you can.
But to return to Snowdon. I had a treadmill morning this morning. I was inspired by all this talk of walking up Snowdon so I plotted a route to the summit on the Pyg Track from Pen-y-pass and did a virtual ascent. I chose the Pyg Track because it involves the least elevation gain - just 2372ft - and because we ascended Snowdon for real a couple of years ago via the Rhyd-Ddu Path and I wanted to 'see' the other side of the mountain.Sadly, our current treadmill (soon to be replaced) has a maximum elevation of 12% so the ascent was only 1419ft. At 3.25 miles though, the distance was identical and Google Street View worked flawlessly, which meant I gained a pretty good idea of what the Pyg Track is like (mostly nicely paved!). I set myself a minimum speed of 3.2mph and did the climb in a fairly meaningless 59mins. All good lockdown fun!
Technical treadmill question. When you set the gradient on a treadmill you are in effect walking on the spot on a sloping surface. This means your bodyweight alone is driving the belt downhill and in addition you are not physically raising your weight as you would on a static surface so, in theory, aren't you doing less work than you would on the equivalent physical climb?
This has been a short but interesting thread. We have the OP to thank for it's existence. But I do wonder some times why people post such specific questions straight to a new forum and then don't respond to the replies. If your out there a in the shadows reading OP then I'm sure I am not alone in wishing too know your thoughts.
what’s a very fast time waking up Snowdon