Currently, I am in the process of re-hiking the AT. My thru hike was long ago - almost seems like it was in another life. FYI, currently, I am re-hiking the trail in long sections (100 miles plus each trip). I am already contemplating another thru-hike -- I would do it in about 5 years when I will be 50. Does anyone know what the fastest hike for someone 50 or older is? Right now, I hold down 20+ mile days very easily. I'm planning on hiking 220 miles next week in about 10 days - - in NH! I think when I'm 50, I can do the trail in less than 85 days - I simply love the challenge of waking at 4:30 am and hiking all day long - would this be any sort of record? - - in the world of speed thru hikes is there a senior division? I'm not sure that I care that much, but if I'm going to do the whole trail again, it would be kind of cool to have a goal like this. For some crazy unexplained reason, I'm getting faster- - hiking at 3 miles per hour is fun - - maybe it's the coffee.