Nice!
I love thinking, looking, and listening on those walks. I hope you enjoyed it. :)
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It was a nice walk. :) The last 20 mintues were more dificult once my feet began to get fatigued.
I have been walking about 1.5 hours without any problems so I'll probably go back to doing that.
I do what I call Long run Sunday funday.
During the week I do short runs, 2.4 to 3k each day or so, but then on Sunday I push put to 5k
I've done this for years on and off due to an injury.
At one point long run Sunday funday was a 10k run while regular runs were 5k.
I found that just doing one longer session a week allowed me to stretch it all out over time.
I'm currently walking in order to build up to light jogging. I began a few weeks ago so it might be a few more before I transition to jogging and then to running.
A few years ago I did a Zero to 10k and got to 4.5 miles in 13 weeks before I stopped. I'm hoping this time I won't stop.
Yeah best advice I have is take it slow and if you're hurting have a break.
A break today is better then a breakdown tomorrow
That's true, I can be a little stubborn with exercise induced pain. I’ll go back down to 1.5 hours for a few more weeks. Thanks!
If your feet hurt after two hours, you should consider getting new shoes.
Or getting in better shape, which he is doing by going out for walks.
And/or walk more in general. Foot musculature degrades without exercise.
I will start wearing my running shoes instead since they have a thicker sole. Thanks for the recommendation. :)
I'm not used to seeing miles so for a moment I thought your pace was saying 17 feet per minute
I'm secretly a tortoise.
I need to walk more. I just sit too long for work and haven't had a chance to work out my lungs or legs.
Getting a dog really improved my health. I walk her multiple times a day, get some sunshine, and I've met most of my neighbors now.
I got a walking pad and a sit stand desk for when I work from home. I make myself walk for at least an hour per work day on that. Then I try to get in another outdoor walk for 30-60 minutes as time allows.
My body isn't terribly happy with me, but I'm struggling through for now. I need to try some better running shoes to see if that helps next.
I know how difficult it can be to start but it feels good once you do. Good luck to you! I look forward to seeing your 2 hour post! ;)
You need better shoes. I like Atoms. I walked all throughout the pandemic while listening to podcasts (didn’t have a car and lived alone). They served me well.
For that long of a session I think I was wearing the wrong shoes. I was wearing training shoes instead of running shoes. I do have running shoes so I think that's what I'll wear next time.
I'll look into the Atoms, thanks for the recommendation!
isn't 3.4 quite fast ? at least on my walk pad 3.4 starts bordering jog territory
Yeah, I'm not really sure how accurate my smartwatch is but that's what it measured.
I can see you doing 3.4 as a brisk pace but for 2 hours it's quite a lot of walking unless you're built like an olympian
That's normal walking speed.
Heres my walking speed with 1000m (~3300 feet) elevation for over 7 hours. I walk faster than average, but im not particularily athletic or training for it, and I'm not bordering Jogging. I just go for a long walk every other weekend.
5.5kmh is 3.4mph
It starts feeling like rushing at ~3.7mph
I walk at 3.2 for an over hour everyday ish. and I'm very new to walking (and also not fit) have been doing it for 5 months now.
You're right I guess this is a pretty good reachable performance. 2 hours 3.4 mph. I'll set that as a target for myself.
What if I was walking like an Egyptian?
I can see it
Wait wha. I walk 3,7 normally, with 4,6 in a rush. Like, it's not slow but olympian?
I get folded by running 100m for comparison.
do you walk at 3.7 for 2 hours straight ?
Yes? You don't?
This is my default walking speed. I acutally hurt my feet more when walking slower, because I am unused to it. When I tried to push myself somewhat, I went...okay, imma gonna use metric, can't be bothered to convert, but 5,5 km averaging 7 km/h.
Nice! What kind of environment did you walk through?
Imagine the flatest and straightest road you can think of. In my area there aren't any interesting places to walk that I don't need to drive to first. Starting and ending at my house is the easiest for me so that's what I do.
I'm proud that a fellow dull man is getting his exercise, thus increasing his chances of remaining dull for decades.
A good life is a dull life. :)
You really sped up there for a quick minute!
There were some people on horseback so I did a light jog to get around them faster. That was probably when that happened.
Damn that dostance. Congrats, you basically walked my town from start to end and back.
Thanks! That's funny because I walked out of the edge of my town and walked the length of the next town and back.
Very nice! My walk was shorter, only four miles, but I talked both my teens into joining me
Nice!
You should try to get in the Walkscape beta! It's a good motivator to walk but is totally unobtrusive
That sounds fun. I'll give it a try thanks!
Good job! Going to echo the other folks saying try a better set of shoes (though they'll still need breaking in), but it'll also get easier the more you do it.
I'm very excited it's walking-without-air-hurting-my-face season again, I have a PB distance to beat this year :)