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Re: average walking speed

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    GSV Three Minds in a Can
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    Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the
    wonderful person paddy spencer <[email hidden]> said

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    What do people consider a realistic, "good" average walking speed? All
    the OS walking books and mags like Country Walking seem to have been
    assessed by people who walk twice as fast as we do :-(


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    Thoughts?

    Depends on way too many factors - I can do about 4mph on flattish good
    surfaces, carrying nothing much, when I know where I'm going.

    I'm doing well to do 2mph if I'm trying to find my way, over hilly
    broken terrain, recording waypoints, eating snacks, and taking photos,
    carrying several kilos of cr&p, stopping to talk to people and hack
    undergrowth.

    The winner of the recent Bridgnorth 'walk' (Bridgnorth to Brown Clee
    summit and back - 22 miles) 'walked' it in about 3.75 hours. Yeah,
    right. I can't run that fast on tarmac.

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    "GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

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    The winner of the recent Bridgnorth 'walk' (Bridgnorth to Brown Clee
    summit and back - 22 miles) 'walked' it in about 3.75 hours. Yeah,
    right. I can't run that fast on tarmac.

    I'm reading a book about fell running at the moment ("Feet in the
    Clouds"😉. It reckons with gravity assistance and no sense runners can
    average 21mph downhill. Probably slightly slower uphill.

    On smooth grass or heather I find it easier to give in to gravity and
    run rather than walk. And also easier to jog at say 6mph than try to
    walk fast at 4mph (just guessed those speeds).

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  3. Rooney
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    AndyP said:

    "GSV Three Minds in a Can" <[email hidden]> wrote

    Quoted message said:

    The winner of the recent Bridgnorth 'walk' (Bridgnorth to Brown Clee
    summit and back - 22 miles) 'walked' it in about 3.75 hours. Yeah,
    right. I can't run that fast on tarmac.

    I'm reading a book about fell running at the moment ("Feet in the
    Clouds"😉. It reckons with gravity assistance and no sense runners can
    average 21mph downhill.

    By falling off a crag?
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