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

Last week I did a sponsored walk of 12 miles, and that was enough. No ill effects but was glad to stop and was pleased we had not decided to do the 22 mile walk.

My father is ill and currently can just about manage to walk from the living room to the bathroom.

If I was walking somewhere as part of a commute I’d say up to 35 minutes was reasonable, so just under 2 miles. If I had to then walk back I’d probably say up to 25 mins was reasonable.

Call yourself a Mumsnetter……You’ll be saying you can’t feed a family of 5 for a week on one small chicken next….

As others have mentioned, school run is more about the logistics. I always dropped them straight onto work. Walking 40 minutes home, while physically no issue, would have meant reducing my paid working hours.

I did the national 3 peaks a couple of weekends ago and there were crazy people running up and down the mountains. They passed us at the bottom and were up and passing us again on the way back down before we were even about halfway up. Seen some.pretty spectacular injuries too where ultra runners have fallen. They just patch themselves up and keep going!

I can easily do 5k without feeling like I’m ’on a walk’ and could do up to about 15k if there was enough to keep me interested and occupied. I find walking on its own boring though.

Regularly do 10mile hikes but in the hills which is a lot more effort than on the flat. I do circulars so it’s not boring at all. I‘m 58.

I’m in my 60s,and love walking.Depending on the terrain I can walk 6-7 miles without needing to stop for a rest.I walk wherever possible.

Depends where you live too I guess. I live in london...no idea where I would go to hike.

@CheeseAndSaladCreamSandwich

Well done! Its on my list. Just psychologically the thought of the steepness of Ben Nevis in the dark!

I know a few lunatics ultra runners. Their partners are saints as they wait for check ins. I usually see trail runners when I’m on a really steep part of a walk panting away and questioning my life choices. They breeze past, even when covered in blood. They are made of sturdy stuff! Shame we can’t bottle and sell that resilience!

I don’t walk as much as I used to because I am time poor and self employed but my work is very active and I have in the past (and still can) easily hike 12-14 miles with camping gear. If a friend rang me up to do the 3 Peaks tomorrow I’d have no problem.

My kids walk to and from school every day (about a mile and a half each way). We are an active family and love hiking.

I have walked a few marathons over hills in the last few years. This summer I walked 20 miles and ascended 1000 meters to climb a hill in Scotland. I am in my 70s.

Did a walk over the south downs for charity a few years back managed about 50km so 31 miles took about 12 hours. Although there was still another 50km to go!

We didn't do much training so thought that wasn't bad and although I seized up on the walk I was fine the next day.

@Yetone 👏👏👏 I want to be like you as I get older. Amazing!

Well, funny you should mention that. I have an amazing recipe...😂

I did 20 hilly miles with DH the other day. I'm 51. Was ok until the last two! Was fine the next day, bit achy but nothing too bad. I don't do that regularly but up to 15 miles is pretty comfortable.

Mid 50’s. On a day out walking - 15 to 20 miles, which would be 5 ish hrs with lunch stop and snack breaks. Walk 4 or 5 miles 3 or 4 times a week and 4 miles is about an hour at pace that’s a moderate push.

A day's walk as in, a day's journey. Not a pleasant stroll around the neighbourhood with the dog.

I'm the opposite! Monday-Friday if it's not raining I'll walk my youngest to school a mile away so that's 4 miles every day. Tuesday-Friday I have a job where I'm on my feet in between the school run.

Saturday and Sunday are way less active, I go to the gym on one of the days but otherwise I tend to sit around or potter around doing jobs. I might walk to the shop 5 minutes away and I walk to the gym which is also 5 minutes away but that's pretty much it.

Time is a big factor as is everything else. I could walk to the supermarket but how do I get the weekly shop home. It's a 45 minute walk each way too which I will do if it's not raining, I don't have anything else to do and I'm only going for a few things.

Weather is another factor, if it's chucking it down I'm going to do the school run in the car because I don't want to get soaked. Battling sideways rain and wind and an umbrella is not my idea of fun when I have to go straight to work and I also don't want my child to be soggy when he gets to school.

Terrain is another, I can walk much further on a flat smooth ground than I can uphill on uneven ground.

Regularly do 5 or 6 miles with my 6 year old in his wheelchair, there's a lovely walk near us that is 8 miles that we do from time to time too. Uphill tends to be a bit of a killer at times though!

I’ve taken a group of year 10 twice to London and walked from Westminster bridge to London Bridge which is an amazing walk and they all did nothing but moan! It was actually amusing.

the most step I have done is 30k not sure how than concerts to km

I’ve always been a walker. Walked everywhere as a child and teenager. Parents never owned a car. I’m waiting for a hip replacement and have some other health issues but I can walk 5/6 miles in at a time. Me and my DD often took our Chorky on long walks. We lost him a few months ago but have now adopted another Chorky from dogs trust that isn’t into walks as much as our other one.
I live walking and have some lovely walks around us but I must admit that lately due to health issues I force myself to walk the last mile or two and collapse onto the sofa once back home. I’m not giving up though once my hip is done I’m going to be walking further and our little four legged furry friend will have to get used to the sling.

So good to hear the walkers here, after spending yesterday glaring at an SUV driver with their engine idling for 20 mins while waiting for kids to arrive from a trip its good to know some parents are good.

Why do we expect our kids to walk to school then drive whenever theres a trip??

I do a 10 mile walk usually once a week. I’ve had months when I walked 100 miles (like as exercise with a rucksack, not just around my house). I wouldn’t want to walk more than about 5 minutes to work or school though because it’s raining here about 80% of the time.

We started at the top and worked down. Did it through a company called Charity Challenge, would highly recommend. They sort transport, accommodation, provide mountain leaders and also local guides for each mountain. The running and organisation were fantastic.

It’s still 6 hours walking. I don’t have time in my day to walk for 6 hours, unless I take it off the 7 hours sleep I get.