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To: tortoise
A human does not have the sprint speed, but they can keep up a cross-country jog for hours without rest if they are in decent shape.

This behavior is not that long ago in our past. I'm pretty sure I've read that Julius Caesar could move his legions over 20 miles a day, mostly jogging but with periodic "rest" periods of mere marching -- always with full packs, of course. At the end of a day's march they could fight a battle or build a fort. Then do the same thing the next day ...

107 posted on 01/02/2006 5:55:33 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Virtual Ignore for trolls, lunatics, dotards, scolds, & incurable ignoramuses.)
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To: PatrickHenry
Stonewall Jackon's Army of the Shenandoah was famous for long and rapid marching. "Foot cavalry," he called it.

His superiors and the union troops he usually whipped were impressed. His footsore soldiers weren't so fond of the whole deal.

108 posted on 01/02/2006 5:59:12 PM PST by VadeRetro (Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: PatrickHenry

Welcome to the Festival of Dover Depressed Dingbats, who have nothing to offer except juvenile bathroom humor in response to the facts brought out at the trial.


112 posted on 01/02/2006 6:30:41 PM PST by longshadow (FReeper #405, entering his ninth year of ignoring nitwits, nutcases, and recycled newbies)
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