What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike

Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by nicolashahn on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:19PM (#13710531)

I'm willing to bet money that the single determining factor that led you to different results was the amount of sleep. 5 hours is not even enough for a sedentary person, much less someone riding a bike all day. The more you work out the more sleep you need. I'm guessing the author got at least 8 hours a night, or however much was enough to fully recover.

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by brendan_a_b on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @07:58PM (#13710738)

I'm reading a book on breaking the two hour marathon and one pro (I cant remember her name at the moment) sleeps 16 hours a day when her training peaks

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by jrowley on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @09:23PM (#13711132)

What's the book? Sounds interesting!

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by rodhan on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:14AM (#13711815)

I'm guessing it's "Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon", by Ed Caesar (http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review-two-hours-the...)

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by dorfsmay on Thursday February 23, 2017 @11:14AM (#13715042)

This is really interesting, statistically people sleeping 7 hours have the highest life expectancy.

I personally need 8 to 9, but I'm sharper if I only sleep ~ 6 hours (and eventually crash and have to recuperate).

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by gjjrfcbugxbhf on Thursday February 23, 2017 @09:00AM (#13713871)

Paula Radcliffe

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by morgante on Wednesday February 22, 2017 @11:40PM (#13711693)

Indeed. One of my favorite things about thru-hiking is that you get a ton of sleep: it's not unusual go to bed shortly after sunset and wake up at sunrise.

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by Bartweiss on Thursday February 23, 2017 @11:17AM (#13715074)

I usually feel like crap hiking if I'm not in bed for 10+ hours. Mostly that's not hard - you're tired, and just sleep all night. It was a pain in the ass in Alaska, though; I think I'd have real trouble with long hikes there in the summer.

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Re:What Happens to Your Body on a Thru-Hike by morgante on Thursday February 23, 2017 @12:16PM (#13715612)

I actually found kayaking and hiking in Alaska amazing (I was only there for 2 weeks). We'd be going for 12-16 hours a day but the constant sunlight made me feel super energized and happy.

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