How far can you walk?

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Thread running at the moment about a child walking to school. People are not only seemingly horrified at the thought of the child walking, but also the mum doing the walk twice, as she is walking with him. I'm not asking about that Thread or child per se but you and your child.

In one go i can do about 5 miles, not fast, would probably take me 2 hours. Once I've had a rest I could probably then do the same again. I can easily walk 3 miles in about 50 minutes

Well, I've now lost 8 stone through meds, diet and dog walking so my walking in the last few years has increased exponentially.

When it all began, I was uncomfortable with a mile each way into town. I could manage it, but it's a bit hilly and I would be wheezy if trying to talk at the same time.

Until a few months ago the dog and I were averaging 5 miles a day together but unfortunately her arthritis in the hips and wrists has us down to about 2-3 miles a day to reduce the pain for her. The pace varies depending on how sniffy she is.

DH and I went to Budapest earlier this year and we walked 14 miles on day one.

So, I guess it varies! My neighbour walks her kids a mile each way to primary school in all weathers as she has no option.

I could walk 20 miles in a day probably, on a hike, after that I’d be feeling very fatigued / probably develop some sort of issue!

We walk to and from school every day. It’s about ten minutes each way.

If it were any longer it would be difficult in context of meeting my other obligations ie work / getting to the station to commute.

I easily walk my 10k steps a day without doing anything, and we don’t really use a car as urban.

I used to live ten minutes walk further away from the station to now and that extra time felt like a big drain…!

Used to be mine too. Overactive bladder, pelvic floor fine - so bladder Botox worked and enabled be to start living worry free again!

P.S.sorry if this is a derail. I can walk 5 to 7 miles 6 months after back surgery. Hoping to gradually make it to ten miles.

That is an incredible improvement and a testament to your hard work improving your health.

Ive done a few 25/26 mile walks with Shepherd Walks. No problem at all.

I don't mean walking as far as you can before dropping by the way, I just mean in general. The thread was just about a 40 min walk which people thought was terrible for a child of secondary school age.

And like the example above of 4 year old not being able to do a mile walk!!! Shocking

Public toilets in this country are a joke. I can see why it puts you off. Plus not many places you can take a sneaky wee without someone seeing your arse. I rarely see any space that doesn’t have people in it.

I'm 62, fat, have heart disease, crapp knees, and don't drive. My annual "condition" review with the nurse was an eye opener.
"Do you ever feel breathless"... yep, after about 2 miles walking, 3 flights of stairs or good sex.

Apparently people who don't walk a good distance (over a mile) regularly (2 or 3 times a week) find the condition life limiting. So keeeeeep walking...

I’ve never tried to walk as far as I can but I’ve never struggled and walk an hour every day at least. In laws need a sit down and coffee every half hour.

People are lazy. My DD6 cycles 1.5 miles to school with me. It's flat. And parents are aghast. They drive from closer. Not because they need to get to work or anything, loads of the are SAHM. They're just lazy.

Please explain how this is even possible!!! Where when and why??!!

I could easily walk 10+ miles a day… the most I ever walked was 50km for charity but obviously couldn’t do that regularly!! But I still might not have free time to walk a child 2 miles to school and back twice a day, or want to do it in bad weather.

Good question. I used to be able to walk seven or eight miles easily. Now I walk about three or four several times a week. Just been away and did a six mile
walk through forested tracks and really struggled. I have back issues which make it much harder than it used to be, but I find my feet hurt now and I just don't find it nearly as easy. I am four stone overweight though and in my sixties but I find it really depressing. I used to be scathing about people who couldn't walk five miles without a struggle.

I was without a car for a while recently, so walked/ran a lot of my usual journeys. It was fine because I pre planned to ensure I had time. Ds usually gets a lift or the bus to school in the morning to save time, but will often walk back, which takes around 1 hour

If I have the time, I’ll happily walk any distance, I did a local 20 mile walk a few weeks ago and didn’t suffer any ill effects or feel particularly tired afterwards

What sort of meds if you don't mind me asking?

I read the thread, and I think in general people were concerned about him walking 40 mins potentially in awful weather, then being at school in wet clothing, then doing the same in reverse after what could be quite a difficult day for him due to his SEN. There were also concerns that the OP would be passing her anxieties about public places on to her son. There were some people who thought it was just too far in general, but they were very much in the minority.

I make my DC walk to friend’s houses in the local town. I am staggered how many parents drive their kids to my house or pick them up in broad daylight. None of them live more than a mile away and no one lives down a country lane. With the roadworks it’s often quicker to walk.

i mean secondary age children tend to be lazier than primary age, particularly when walking to school.

although personally i used to occasionally walk to secondary school, only so i could keep the train fare to buy records or fags!

Just to add, if I was walking a couple of miles to and from school, my child would ride his bike and I would run there and back to save time and get some exercise

I've done Ben Nevis which is about 10 or 11 miles and the long route at Scafell which was for us was 13 miles. Scafell was tough too, a lot of people turning back at certain points. So I reckon I could walk a fair bit further if it was flat. But I'd need a break to eat and of course toilet breaks.

I have a dog as well so walk at least 6 miles a day.

@ALovelyPinkUnicorn But WOULD you walk 500 miles? And would you walk 500 more?

Mounjaro. Life changing for me. I've dropped five dress sizes, 8 stone, gained a promotion and need a new hip 😂.

exactly. I walked into frienda for about 90 minutes the other day, no idea of the distance but we kept a normal pace. so I'd say "comfortably" I can walk 80 minutes. the last 10 were hard because I have a bad hip and it doesn't lift my legs properly once it's tired.
but I also do under a mile to school each day, takes us under 20 minutes with 2 kids, and there are days when my back is killing me by the time I've done one way let alone back.
with drop off time that makes the school run under an hour each way.
I wouldn't want to increase that any higher because I don't want the majority of my day to be school run

Hmmm 🤔

how long did that take @CheeseAndSaladCreamSandwich