anyone else here enjoy walking? i'd like to walk more and was thinking maybe posting here might help create some motivation/inspiration.
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Yeah, I don’t mind it - for a while I needed to as part of injury recovery (bad hip).
5km is quite easy for me, sometimes I’ll do 10km.
5km is quite easy for me, sometimes I’ll do 10km.
Walking is a definite pastime of mine. Only issue is I (embarrassingly enough) stubbed my toe pretty bad on a door and now after going on a short walk of only a mile, I start feeling pain. Interestingly enough, running is okay and does not cause the same issue
Yes I walk most days. Mostly in the woods where I live. About 2 miles round trip.
I also enjoy hiking when I can. But that isn’t usually more than once or twice a year.
As a photographer it’s a good way to find a beautiful composition. But also keeps me fit as well as jogging and other daily exercise.
Every day - I walk to work, which isn't far TBH, but I also go for a walk every evening with my brother. We try to change up routes so it doesn't get boring, but been doing it for years now. I don't get any other exercise because I'm lazy, so at least this is something!
I'll go out on a walk with the wife from time to time, and I enjoy hiking, which is kind of like walking. I also like to run, which is like walking as well but only faster 
I enjoy walking on my non-running days. It's always good to slow down and enjoy the view from time to time.
The mechanics of walking and running are different, at least for me. When I run, only the ball of my feet touches the ground. When I'm walking, my entire foot touches the ground; the heel touches down first and the big toe pushes off. It might be your toe aren't involved when running.
I walk about 2 miles everyday, usually after dinner as it helps with my digestion. If it's too hot or too cold, or raining outside, I walk on the treadmill that a family member gifted us as they were using it as a clothes rack.😁
I try to walk my beagle Turby at least every other day. I have many repeat injuries to my feet (toes broken over my life - around 20 times, bone spur and a problematic LF bunion which is a PITA lol) as well as an old LK ACL/miniscus snowboarding injury which gripes in the winter time so walking/standing is pretty much a constant source of low grade pain for me. It rarely stops me however because Im used to it if that makes sense and I medicate the pain generously when I need to to try and stay active. All of my aches and pains get treated with OTC ibuprofen and Acetaminophen, analgesic creams and the best shoes I can afford. Generally for me it is a stiffer shoe with wide toe boxes like Birkenstock for example and good stiff arch support.
I remind myself that pain is weakness leaving the body on the more achey days and try and embrace that discomfort. And after all that, some days I dont make the walk or the bicycle ride or the hike or whatever and that is OK although Turby can get a bit mopey.
I remind myself that pain is weakness leaving the body on the more achey days and try and embrace that discomfort. And after all that, some days I dont make the walk or the bicycle ride or the hike or whatever and that is OK although Turby can get a bit mopey.
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I love walking and my wife loves me a bit more than walking, I'd guess. She prefers it, I'd say, so we walk a lot, especially when we visit places on our travels. But even at home we walk the mile to the pub and back or the half mile to the grocery when we don't need super heavy things.
I set a goal this year to average 10,000 steps a day, which would be about 2,500 more than last year. I'm currently hovering at 10,100. I also had a goal to do better than a 14 minute mile over two miles for both miles (basically, a sub 28 minute 2 mile). I met that one a few weeks ago. I almost did a sub-13:20 single mile over a 2 miles walk shortly after.
My pace is my wife's biggest complaint.
-bdd
Same. My legs are much longer than my wife’s (I’m much taller) so my normal pace is hard for her to keep up which causes grumbling and daddylonglegs name callingI love walking and my wife loves me a bit more than walking, I'd guess. She prefers it, I'd say, so we walk a lot, especially when we visit places on our travels. But even at home we walk the mile to the pub and back or the half mile to the grocery when we don't need super heavy things.
I set a goal this year to average 10,000 steps a day, which would be about 2,500 more than last year. I'm currently hovering at 10,100. I also had a goal to do better than a 14 minute mile over two miles for both miles (basically, a sub 28 minute 2 mile). I met that one a few weeks ago. I almost did a sub-13:20 single mile over a 2 miles walk shortly after.
My pace is my wife's biggest complaint.
-bdd
Despite the extra effort I prefer jogging to save time. But with my advancing years it's probably only a matter of time before I do a knee and am forced to walk.
I do see a lot of older power walkers however, who are probably getting a similar benefit to jogging.
I do see a lot of older power walkers however, who are probably getting a similar benefit to jogging.
I've always hated running, so walking it is. Taking an outdoor walk is also a much more pleasant form of exercise than mimicking a hamster inside a gym.
But living in an American suburb makes it more of an optional exercise, and less practical than for the urban dwellers for whom it is their primary method of transport.
The activity counts recorded by my Watch spike when out of town and in cities where two feet and public transport is the way to get around.
But living in an American suburb makes it more of an optional exercise, and less practical than for the urban dwellers for whom it is their primary method of transport.
The activity counts recorded by my Watch spike when out of town and in cities where two feet and public transport is the way to get around.
I really enjoy it too. Back then, I loved putting on my headphones, listening to music, and taking a walk — it felt so relaxing to be immersed in my own little world.
But these days, I often walk without music. I let myself have an inner conversation instead — sorting out the things that have been making me anxious, or thinking through what I need to do next. By the time I finish my walk, my mind and body feel so much lighter. I really like that feeling.
Walking is a trial. I don't really enjoy it, but I live in a suburban HOA community and my route is the same. I chose it so that even on the days where I am walking my fastest it still takes me 30 minutes round trip.
It's the same houses, the same streets anytime I engage in it. But the doctor has ordered 30 minute walks, so that's what I do when I can talk myself in to it. Physical activity was never my thing, although I had a physical job for 7 years that was nothing but strenuous exercise for 4+ hours every night.
Since being recalled to work, the problem is now finding any time and I use not having any time as an excuse - because I don't want to do it. Maybe if I had a woods to walk in it might be different, but the closest thing to that is a cement quarry a few miles away and they (for obvious reasons) don't let private individuals walk on their property.
It's the same houses, the same streets anytime I engage in it. But the doctor has ordered 30 minute walks, so that's what I do when I can talk myself in to it. Physical activity was never my thing, although I had a physical job for 7 years that was nothing but strenuous exercise for 4+ hours every night.
Since being recalled to work, the problem is now finding any time and I use not having any time as an excuse - because I don't want to do it. Maybe if I had a woods to walk in it might be different, but the closest thing to that is a cement quarry a few miles away and they (for obvious reasons) don't let private individuals walk on their property.
This must be nice. Once I was old enough to get a job, my first job required the company to transport employees to and from the jobsite. Jobs after that ranged from a 20 minute drive to an hour. The closest job I ever held was in my early 20s and it was 10 minutes away. I didn't have that job for long.
My current job is 25+ miles from my house in an entirely different city. Without traffic I can get there in 20 minutes at 70mph down the freeway. Most days, with traffic, I leave an hour and 15 minutes before start time. There is no way that walking to work would ever be viable.
What about where you work? When I go to the office I always go for a lunchtime walk.
We love to walk, but my wife and I moved from the city to the burbs last year, so our step counts have taken a bit of a hit. Fortunately we live within walking distance of our town's Main Street and the train station, so we do try to walk as much as we can to do groceries, eat out, and so on.
Living in a smaller European city (Geneva) is good for walking. Even when using public transport or cycling I try to get walking in during my day. Well today is darn cold and greey so not very motivated to do so.
Absolutely the weather this time of year doesn’t help.
Since we moved from suburbia to the countryside we walk most days.
Good for our physical and mental health.
I ran for several decades, then I walked, now I swim. I dropped a bunch of weight, maybe I should explore walking as a possibility.
I thought about that. It's a business park, which is fine. Lots of industrial, warehouse and office style buildings to walk around in. But the choice is either to walk or eat lunch. I could bring my lunch of course, but I'd rather just drive to one of the restaurants farther away and come back with something.
I know I need to do it though. Everything is just an excuse not to.
How long do you get for lunch? We get an hour.
That’s plenty for a 35 minute walk and eat lunch. I always bring my lunch with me though.
I get an hour, but only because I negotiated it. Standard American lunch break is 30 minutes. I'm from California, so it wasn't until we moved to Arizona that I found that out.
I go out for a walk every day. I live in Los Angeles and I've found it's a great place to walk