Hi everyone, due to circumstances I don't come on here any where near as I used to, but once I am fully mobile again, I will be back properly. For those that don't know me as well, I'm known for my high mileage non stoppers on long distance paths.I am an ex road, cross country and fell runner and hold a few age related FKT's (fastest known time).When I walk with a pack whetther I'm on a day walk or a multi day backing trip, I am walking the entire way.
When I ran on any terrain, be it road, country or fells, I ran the whole way, until that is the fell became that steep you physically couldn't, then it was fell runners knee pushes until it eased off and then would run again at the first oportunity.The onlt time I would mix running with walking was when competing in an Ultra distance event.That brings about another angle. many people taking part in Ultra distance events class themselves as Ultra Runners, although most of the time if not all of it, they are walking.You could say that running, walking, backpacking even higher mileage walking have their own seperate identity, but many a time one one mixes with the other and I can't see anything wrong with that being mentioned in conversations so long as it doesn't detract from the original point of the post.