Longest hike in 2025

[Shawn]

What was your longest hike in 2025?

Do you plan to match or hike more than that mileage this year?

 

[corvus]

My longest of 2025 was the Red Cedar Challenge at Giant City, which came in at 12.8 miles.

I bested that on Jan 7, doing 14.6 at Garden of the Gods wilderness area. I hope to top that again later this year, but we will see how it goes.

 

[krJoest]

Do the Shawnee Hills Trail Races count as a hike? I was walking most of the time. I'm going to try to go 100 miles at Shippey Endurance Runs next weekend.

 

[Shawn]

Do the Shawnee Hills Trail Races count as a hike? I was walking most of the time. I'm going to try to go 100 miles at Shippey Endurance Runs next weekend.

If that's the case, then I guess it was also my longest LOL

 

[corvus]

I've been considering doing the Shawnee Hills race this year. However, I am far from a distance trail runner. I've done shorter trail runs, 2-3 miles.
I'm more interested in the challenge of hiking/running that far in a single stint.

 

[Shawn]

I've been considering doing the Shawnee Hills race this year. However, I am far from a distance trail runner. I've done shorter trail runs, 2-3 miles.
I'm more interested in the challenge of hiking/running that far in a single stint.

Do it. When I was training, my longest run was 6 miles and then I did the half marathon. It took a while but I did it.

I'm doing the 50K this year and am excited!