Does the name Edward Payson Weston say anything to you? I thought so.
Well, this gentleman who lived between 1839-1929 is responsible for some feats that are simply remarkable. To make a long story short he is famous for… walking(The Father of Modern Pedestrianism as Wikipedia describes him).
The one piece of information that drew my attention is the “walk” he did from Boston to Washington, DC in 1861, due to a lost bet. 479 miles (769 km) in 10 days and 10 hours. That is simply incredible. If we compute his average speed, we end up with a number that most of people nowadays cannot obtain even on short distances, and by short distances in this context I mean 4-5 miles (assuming he walked 16 hours/day => 16*10+10=170 hours => 479 / 170 = 2.8 mph)
Read the whole Wikipedia page and sources to see how exceptional his whole story is. Considering he lived 90 years in the 19th century, what do you think about the benefits of an active lifestyle now?