Could you easily walk 10k

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Would you need to train?

Would you struggle at all to walk it (say within two hours)

Would you ache or hurt the next day?

His is general terrain, nothing difficult or unusual about it.

It would depend on whether my joints were behaving or not. This week, probably not as my hips have been sore after a 2km walk.

I was more than that every day as I take my dogs out every day.

Some days I walk briskly, other days I dawdle.

I walk more

I run a lot so yes I could. Not sure how long it would take, I can run in around 55 mins. Wouldn’t feel achy or tired the next day unless if it was something like up Snowden but on normal terrain, no problem.

Yes. Why?

I ran a half marathon (21k) today and did 5k at parkrun yesterday too so I'd be able to walk 10k easily - even tomorrow as I don't expect to be too achey from the half.

I did this not long ago (walk around Derwentwater). I was tired at the end and a bit tired the next day but it was fine.

No, I’m very overweight after having had major mental health issues . Struggle with 5000 steps to be honest . GP has me doing targets of 2500-3000 a day just now . I’d probably knacker something if I tried any more !

I'd manage it easily in under 2 hours. I walk our dogs for long periods most days so am used to a certain level of walking. I have Ehlers Danlos and find the more I do the less pain I feel until bedtime when I crash and burn, but if I stop exercising my fatigue is far worse.

I also train scouts for certain challenges, so frequently do long, long treks with moany teens, so it wouldn't be too painful.

Most likely not, I'm unfit with lung and spinal issues though.

Surely you know OP that all mumsnetters skip at least 20k before breakfast in no more than 23 minutes.

If you want a genuinely meaningful answer to your question this is not the forum to find it.

Yes I could walk it but it's tedious. I'd rather run it, it's easier!

Walk yes easy. We do it every holiday. Run no.

Yes I could as could my dh & dc (7 & 5) though they would need a bit of bribery to get them round & would probably take longer than 2 hrs.

It’s not that far?

Yes, no problem.

I do at least 5 most days and am pretty fit.

Run, just about but not quickly. My long run is only 6.5-8km.

Walk, easy peasy.

3 years ago this would have been a breeze for me, on flat ground. Bit of a challenge if hilly but still doable.

However, currently the 4 minute walk to drop DS at school is taking me around 10 minutes and proving challenging so sadly, no I couldn't do it. I'm hopeful that I'll get back to my previous levels of fitness, but it all seems really unachievable right now.

Yes I could fairly easily and I don't think I'd ache afterwards as long as it was flat. Might be a bit achey if there were steep hills.

I can and was able to when I was more overweight than I currently am. But I’ve always walked. I’ve grown up with dogs and used to walking them. When I was a teenager, I walked to school and was always just short of a mile to the bus stop. At uni, I didn’t have a car and the bus service was rubbish so it was default to walk. I’ve now got a dog but we were walking as a hobby before getting a dog.

But if you don’t walk regularly, don’t be upset that you can’t do it. You don’t need to aim for the 10km straight away, just start walking for 20 minutes a day and build up from there.

@FudgeBrownie2019 I recognise your username and I think it was you who mentioned EDS to me on a post about chronic illness. I've been referred to rheumatology by my GP who completely agrees I probably have a connective tissue disease. So thanks for the advice!

Sorry to hijack the thread OP!

Yes and do so frequently
Can run much further than that and regularly do.

Tbh there has never been a time I couldn’t walk that without a second thought even when heavily pregnant

6.2 miles?

I could walk that easily, with no ill effects, but absolutely not in 2 hours.
It would take me a lot longer.

I have short legs and am unfit and overweight. But even when at the height of my fitness I wouldn't have been able to do it in 2 hours.

Pretty standard walk, wouldn't need to think about it.

Most people should be able to walk 3 miles an hour so should be able to do 8km in 2 if it's flat.

10, not 8!