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Long Distance Walking - Articles
Did You Say Walking Distance?
by
Dr. Mariclare F.
Posted
Sat 13 Sep 2008 11:43pm
of nature" thing, I am drinking everything in. But one thing I'm learning very fast is that the phrase "walking distance" is relative to Western Australians - probably something they develop because the state they happen to occupy is so vast.
I'm currently staying at a bed and breakfast that is walking distance from my hospital - which actually means
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Did You Say Walking Distance?
by
Dr. Mariclare F.
Posted
Mon 22 Sep 2008 10:59am
of nature" thing, I am drinking everything in. But one thing I'm learning very fast is that the phrase "walking distance" is relative to Western Australians - probably something they develop because the state they happen to occupy is so vast.
I'm currently staying at a bed and breakfast that is walking distance from my hospital - which actually means
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Coast to Coast Walk: St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Wed 06 May 2009 11:37pm
I don’t know much about this adventure. But the weather is a worry.
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… The walk from St Bees Head in Cumbria to Robin Hood’s Bay on Yorkshire’s east coast is now one of the most popular long-distance walks in Britain. At 178 miles (300km) long, the trail can be easily walked within a two-week holiday period. The route is based
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Mark Moxon – London Tube 500mi walk
by
Rick McCharles
Posted
Sat 09 Oct 2010 12:00am
Mark Moxon launched his excellent Long Distance Walks site in December 2003.
It was one of my earliest inspirations as a hiking blogger.
He’s done many amazing... it.
For a quick interview with Mark click over to Daniel‘s blog on CheapTents.com – Mark Moxon Long Distance Walker Interview
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Walking briskly to live long and healthy life
by
Yusuf
Posted
Tue 01 Feb 2011 3:37pm
with survival. Older people that walk faster were likely to live longer, in comparison to slow walker. The study calculated speed using distance in meters and seconds. The average walking...
Walking should be an aerobic exercise. Aerobic means that exercise is carried out at a comfortable pace to ensure that the muscles have sufficient oxygen available
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Did Humans Evolve to Be Long-Distance Runners?
by
Mark S.
Posted
Tue 21 Apr 2009 11:00pm
and lived pretty well off road kill until they started employing weapons a few hundred thousand years ago. No real need to run long distances when you can walk, hide, climb, sprint...-distance runners. Most of you know by now that I totally disagree with that theory. I say humans evolved to be excellent slow movers (walk, jog, migrate, forage, crawl, scramble, etc
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A long walk
by
Ellie
Posted
Thu 06 Nov 2008 11:40pm
In less than a week I am traveling to my favorite empire and going for a little walk. And by little walk, I mean a 73 mile cross country hike which I think still falls into the British definition of "walk."
A few friends and I are literally going coast to coast in the Scottish Highlands. At the very least I hope to figure out the differences between
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The Long Walk
by
Love Healthy Living
Posted
Wed 11 Nov 2009 10:03pm
I took this photo a few months ago on a walk near where I live. It is on a nature preserve and you have to walk about 45 minutes on a path through sand dunes before you get your reward: the ocean! It's a really cool walk and I should do it more often.
Speaking of exercise, a study was released this September in the Archives of Internal Medicine
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Many Long Walks
by
Taxingwoman
Posted
Mon 13 Jul 2009 11:28pm
Here I am having a short break during today's trail walk. Happy to be able to get some long walks in these past few days, at least two hours each. The weather has been very mild and there's always a soft cool breeze when I go out in the early evening. Came across a deer yesterday. Poor thing looks so thin. I think it was around the same time
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