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.

You do 15k every morning? That is nearly 10 miles walk every morning.

@Disfordarkchocolate sorry to hear that, your confinement must be difficult.

Would you consider getting a manual treadmill or stepper? You can get them cheaply enough secondhand, often barely used.

I couldn't, I have brittle asthma and qualify for enhanced rate mobility PIP because of it.
Im lucky to have a motability car.

Yes, easily. I certainly wouldn't have to train for it, although I might feel a little achy the next day. But then again, I am 50. I feel a little achy most days!

No room I'm afraid @Soola, I do have a mini trampoline for stress relief. Getting better slowly but surely now thanks to our wonderful NHS.

Yes - I do a 5k parkrun quite often (albeit very slowly - more a walk than a run), 10k wouldn't be a problem.

Yes. I was running that distance regularly until an injury earlier in the year; I'm ok again now so just need to build my running fitness back up. But I could walk it no problem.

JennyManata

You do 15k every morning? That is nearly 10 miles walk every morning.”

Er, yes, I know . My terrier needs a lot of exercise and I deliberately keep fit after cancer. I’ve done a couple of moonwalks too. I’m pretty fast now, do it in about 2 hours 40. Can’t run though.

I think people who are very fit and exercise a lot just done get how hard it is for others.

Suggesting cycling 17 miles in the morning to someone who go struggles to walk long distances??

When I said ‘commute’ I obviously should have said commute by car. Lots of people have jobs there is no public transport to and have commutes which involve being in a car 2 hours a day.

Also those people may need their car during work hours so parking away from the office isn’t possible.

People who suggest using lunch breaks for exercise- not everyone gets lunch breaks!

Exercise in the evening? - see above commute- it’s dark when I get home most of the year.

I’ll concede that I could exercise more at the weekends/ holidays/ days off (I do) but that’s not enough to build up enough fitness to do long walks.

The reason the whole population is getting fatter and less fit and unhealthier is because millions of people have the aforementioned sedentary lifestyles.

This can’t be changed on an individual level.

We need societal change to bring work closer to home/ home working/ flexible hours/ better public transport/ safe streets at night/ gyms at work/ changed work culture.

Sorry, Manara, not Manata

No. I have RA and I am also hypermobile. Walking short distances can be incredibly painful for men and some days I can't manage bedroom to bathroom without help

*Painful for me

05:19 SavetheMinden6

Walking 6.25miles in 2 hours is a pretty brisk pace

Very brisk. The Army reckons trained infantry can do 3 miles in an hour.“

It isn’t really: I did my last moonwalk in 6 hours 12 minutes. I’m a latish middle aged woman, not trained infantry

6.25 miles in two hours is as slow as my then annoying and dawdly 6yr old at parkrun. The leisurely tail walkers come in at that speed.

Maybe this is the speed the army can go at while wearing a backpack? That would slow them down.

I could do that but I need 2hr advanced notice to fix up my insulin rate and take some orange juice. Would I get timed? I wouldn't like that and would prefer walk in a leisurely pace. My diabetes might be affected the following few days, but that is ok.

10k in a couple of hours on 'normal' terrain sounds about right to me, if it was meant to be 'a walk' rather than a stroll looking at views etc. It would probably take DH and me a bit longer if there were steep slopes, mainly because he's got dodgy knees on the downhills. I wouldn't expect any aches and pains.

We're both not particularly fit, somewhat overweight and 58.

Maybe this is the speed the army can go at while wearing a backpack? That would slow them down.

I'd guess that's with backpack/rifle etc over rough terrain. The duke of Edinburgh award - for fit teens who aren't necessarily practiced walkers and with large packs (and probably requiring frequent stops to check the map ) is something like 'The average DofE walking speed when wearing a heavy pack on uneven ground is 3 or 4 km per hour.'

I have had ME/CFS for 20 years and am finding this thread rather depressing. On a good day I could walk a flat 2-3km but would def ache the next day. On a bad day I'd ache from walking to the corner shop (100m). This is a big improvement on when I was bed bound for 6 months. I am grateful for the improvement I've made but reading what others can do without particularly thinking about it is a shock.

distracting I'm sorry to hear that. I think it's very true that when we have good health we take it for granted. Even things like going up and down the stairs in our own homes. You don't realise just how many times a day you do that until you have an injury or illness and can't do it any more.

I can it, on the flat I do just under 4mph. That is on my mobility scooter though! Not walking though.

Yes very easily assuming its fairly flat and I wouldn't feel it the next day as long as I have good trainers. I'm not generally fit at the moment. I walked up and down some big hills yesterday and found myself getting quite out of breath, which is concerning. Can't feel it in my legs today though. I can't run at all.

I walk 5 miles to work every day and back so yes, it would not be an issue for me.

The hardest walk I did was over the hilly Cotswolds with a 10KG rucksack and over 20K to get to the only campsite in the area.
I did ache the next day, but had to walk it off as had another 10K to do!

I'm over 50.

I could do this physically but it qwould be unwise as I have chronic fatigue so although I could push myself to walk 10K it might stop me doing anything else constructive all week; at the moment as gentle exercise helps, I do a 30-40 minute gentle not power walking a day, if I feel achey I stop for a bit then decide whether I should push on or stop
with chronic fatigue no exercise is not good but pushing yourself too far can also set you back certainly not exercising to the point of raising heart rate to 80-90% of max

the terrain makes a difference it is for most people easy enough to do 3-4 mph walking on footpaths but all terrain walking through heather jumping streams walking up hill slows you do that is why long term walking on rough terrain with a backpack is 2-3mph

Yes I could easily.

Ddog and I walked 7k this am-we often do 10k on a dog walk.

I try and get 20,000 steps a day in. Gave up my car as it was just gathering dust and I wanted to walk more for all the good reasons!