I get the itch so bad that I cannot sleep . <| sep |> In our Champions League equivalent game last season against PSV , we drew 00 in one of our most dire matches ever . Lack of quality aside , the real difference tonight is the desire the players are showing and the attitude with which we ' ve approached this game . <| sep |> Except they lost the suit . The title is misleading . <| sep |> Yeah , no problem . 1 . I rarely ever hiked my average . Near the beginning up in Maine I was doing 815 miles a day depending on the terrain , elevation change , and that day ' s plans . After the first 500 miles my friend and I were up to 2025 a day . For the rest of the trip , if I was hiking 20 a day I felt like I was actually hiking the trail . Anything under that felt like a waste of day light . My best four day stretch was 34272718 . My best single day of hiking was 42 miles through Maryland . 2 . Besides a few care packages that family and friends sent us , ask of our resupply was done in towns . Sometimes you would have a WalMart . Other times you would have a Dollar General or an expensive local grocery . We would hike into or hitch into a town every 3 to 8 days , depending on convenience . My tastes changed over time but everything was the same after a while . Breakfast was honey buns , pop tarts , protein bars , and chocolate . Lunch was bacon and cheese sandwiches with bbq chips and snacks . Suppers were ramen and a noore pasta side or a ramen bomb which was a brick of ramen and a bag of Idahoan instant mashed potatoes . 3 . The best advice I was ever given was by a NOBO three days into my thru hike . He said to let myself be a pussy sorry if that ' s rude , his words . Some people try and pick themselves up by their boot straps and eventually drive themselves off the trail . But any time I took a day off , or had a lazy day , I had much more clarity and was not only able , but willing and wanting to continue the hike often right after I had a really shitty day . I hiked with my best friend , and there were multiple times I kept him on the trail , and other times he kept me on the trail . 90 % of hiking the AT is mental . Your body can do every lick of it . I saw a one legged man climb Mt . Washington , there is a guy who hiked the trail who was blind , one of the biggest trail celebrities was Grandma Gatewood . It ' s all possible , you just got to have the discipline to do it day in and day out . 4 . Take pictures of the people you meet . The mountains will always be there relatively in our lives at least , but you never know when you won ' t see that person again . Unlike other long hiking trails , the AT is so popular that the community is a large part of the experience . It was well worth everything to do .