[swasheck]

i’ve walked the via francigena and the italian section has quite a few sections of ancient roman road. they’re admittedly not contiguous, and are worn more extensively now, so i don’t get the same overall experience of treading on the stones for kilometers as they would have.

i target 35km/day with a 40L pack and finish my segments within 6-7 hours. asphalt, dirt and grass, and hiking trails (rocks, roots, dirt, etc) are the most standard surfaces and, to be honest, they’re all exhausting in their own rights so a change in surface is always welcome.

i can’t imagine marching most of this with near double body weight and then having to make camp.

[toyg]

That's how they conquered all of their known world though, out of sheer bloody-mindedness.

[nntwozz]

I'd like to add they were also doing all that wearing leather sandals.

Imagine the Roman army with Adidas Ultraboost.

[hulitu]

> Imagine the Roman army with Adidas Ultraboost

It wouldn't have been any. After 3 days, the Adidas Ultraboost would have been "kaput"

[Insanity]

And without coffee! So you can't get a quick 'pick me up' along the way.