Gary Robbins – records WCT, ECT

The East Coast Trail stretches for 340 miles along the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland, while the West Coast Trail runs for 47 miles along Vancouver’s southwestern shoreline. …

Recently, endurance athlete Gary Robbins set the daunting goal for himself to attain speed records on both of these trails, starting in Vancouver and the WCT on August 4th.

Running North to South, Gary completed the entire 47 miles in just 10 hours and 8 minutes, which does indeed establish a new record for that route. Of course, that was just a warm-up for the much longer, and more challenging ECT, which he began on August 20th and completed on the 22nd, finishing the entire route in a blistering 35 hours and 17 minutes. …

The Adventure Blog – Endurance Athlete Sets Speed Records on Canada’s East and West Coast Trails

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  1. There’s a big typo somewhere here. It is physically impossible to run 340 miles in 35 hours … not remotely close actually.

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