Walking

[cyberknight]

spend all day on my feet at work lifting, pulling , pushing etc so when i get home i am not going out for more

 

[Tenkaykev]

I do lots of walking too. I have owned dogs in the past so didn’t have much choice, but even since losing my last one 7 years ago and deciding I didn’t want another, I still do lots of walking. Just out of interest I just checked my Strava profile and I’ve walked 1,860 miles this year. Probably hit 2,000 for the year. It’s amazing how it mounts up getting one or two walks in a day.

Wow Mo, that's as many as Charlie and Craig walked combined!

 

[Jameshow]

I've taken up waking too.....

Mostly for my mental health over the past year when I have had the worst year of my life.

I tend to walk on Sunday afternoons as it's the time I struggle most not seeing my family.

Mainly around Haworth over to hebden bridge etc.

It's low level exercise so doesn't make me sweaty, allows one to think and I'm less likely to injure compared to running or cycling.

 

[Paulus]

I walk my dog twice, sometimes three times a day, so that adds up around 50 miles a week, even more when MrsP and myself go to the coast or walk along canal paths. plus I cycle or walk most days to the local shops.
It all adds up.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

What do people use to monitor their walks

I use Strava but only because I use it for cycling as well - it also allows my wife to see where I am which might be useful at some point !

but I know there are other available - just wondering what people use

 

[MontyVeda]

I enjoy a good walk but if I'm walking a lane I mostly cycle down, I find it infuriating how long it actually takes to walk it.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

What do people use to monitor their walks

I use Strava but only because I use it for cycling as well - it also allows my wife to see where I am which might be useful at some point !

but I know there are other available - just wondering what people use

Withings stuff, I started in late 2014 and have been using their devices ever since. 30 + miles of walking this week - about what I'll do most weeks. Mutt loves it too

 

[tyred]

The other great thing about walking is that it's very much a low cost exercise as the only thing you really need is comfortable shoes.

My hospital consultant friend is always giving out about some of her overweight/unfit patients who endlessly come up with excuses such as not being able to afford gym membership for not taking exercise, yet are apparently resistant to actually walking which is free.

Of course, some people feel unsafe walking in rural areas due to Muppet drivers.

 

[Drago]

What do people use to monitor their walks

I use Strava but only because I use it for cycling as well - it also allows my wife to see where I am which might be useful at some point !

but I know there are other available - just wondering what people use

Garmin Fenix 6, as that's what I happen to have.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Mainly around Haworth over to hebden bridge etc.

A 15 mile round trip walk at a minimum. Nice.

 

[Jameshow]

A 15 mile round trip walk at a minimum. Nice.

Yes it's my favourite one ATM...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I make sure to walk as well as cycle every week. I also do body weight exercises. People often also get a shock if they walk up a hill when they have only walked on tame pavement or gravel tracks. Walking wirks a whole set of muscles, ligament and tendons that cycling doesn’t really touch. Plus good for skeleton, your back etc.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yes it's my favourite one ATM...

Used to be first walk of the year of the Outdoor Society when I was at the University of York. But we took the Pennine Way via High Withins.

 

[Jameshow]

https://www.craghoppers.com/mens-onega-shoes-kangaroo-1/

Got a pair of these, not worn them yet but feel robust!

 

[slow horse]

I enjoy a good walk but if I'm walking a lane I mostly cycle down, I find it infuriating how long it actually takes to walk it.

Same here, which is why I sometimes end up jogging; worrisome as that's a gateway to the world of running, which I want no part of...