I watched the long walk and now I’m reading the book. I was wondering, how credible is the distance? It’s 300 to 400 miles. What would happen to your body on the way?

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    20 hours ago

    No rest and no falling beneath below 3 miles per hour.

    Edit: under lower than to lesser than (proof-read your posts)

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      18 hours ago

      I’ve not seen the film yet. I wonder, if there’s no maximum speed can you just sprint ahead and then stop for a little rest?

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        It’s not about the average over time. You are required to keep a continuous pace. If you drop below spec you are given a warning. The fourth warning is a rain of lead in your body. You can lose a warning by keeping pace for one hour and you can accumulate addition warnings until mortality if you don’t get back up to speed after a given warning.

        So with no warnings you have less than 40 seconds to live if you just stop.

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            18 hours ago

            It’s been a while since I read it but the guards also there to make sure you don’t abscond. Which would probably include running ahead of the group.

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              18 hours ago

              Correct, in the book they have multiple groups of soldiers that run ahead (in vehicles) if there is a vanguard.

              I’m reading it too because I read it over a decade ago and making it into a movie seemed stupid to me. So I wanted to know how stupid.