Sporting and Athletic Records

MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS 1,500 MILES IN IOOO HOURS (Walking I'/A miles at the beginning and within each hour) Performed by W ILLIAM G ALE at Lillie Bridge, London, beginning at 2.20 a.m., Sunday, 26 August 1877, and finishing Saturday 6 October at 5.17 p.m. G ALE, whose height was 5ft. 3 , /ain., weighed at starting 8st. 61bs., and only lost 10 lbs. in weight during his walk. 1 , 9 7 7M I L E S I N 1 ,000 CONSECUTIVE HOURS (Nearly 2000 miles in six weeks) Walked by E. P. W ESTON, American Professional of Providence, U.S.A., over the turnpike roads of Great Britain, in an attempt to walk 2,000 miles in 1,000 hours, starting from the Mansion House, London, 18 January 1879. As W ESTON rested on Sundays his average, rate of progress for the six weeks must have been 55 miles a day (when walking) or 330 miles a week. 2,280 MILES IN 912 CONSECUTIVE HOURS (Walking 1,100 yards each and every 15 minutes, i.e. 2 , / 9 miles each hour) Performed by W ILLIAM G ALE, British Professional, at Bradford, in 1879, finishing his task on 14 May. Greatest Distance walked without a Rest Distance Name Nationality Place Date Miles Yards 121 385 C, A. Harriman (P.) American Truckee, Cal. 6, 7 Apr. '83 120 1560 P. Crossland (P.) British Manchester 11, 12 Sept. '76 London to Brighton (about 52 miles) H. M. S, 8 56 44 by E. Knott (A.) 10 April 1897 (Walking from the Clock Tower^ Westminster, to Brighton Aquarium)