You’ll be surprised how the miles clock up by just walking to the shop for a pint of milk or a loaf of bread.
If you’ve got kids resist the urge to jump in the car (obviously depending how far you live from school) set off a little earlier and walk there and back. The same goes for work.
Get out of the office and walk to go and get your lunch. Even better, packed lunches are enjoyed more in the outdoors.
Sunday is my day for longer walks. It’s free after all just pack some lunch!
If it’s your own then great, you shouldn’t have a dog if you’re not walking him or her. But if you don’t have a dog why not borrow one for the day? One from an an elderly neighbor, a busy mum and so on. With permission of course!
I find this more knackering than going for a hilly walk! When the weather is not too great, I’ll do a few laps up and down my stairs – DAMN can you feel the burn!
There’s loads of free walking apps which will count your mileage and steps which can be motivational. Sometime it’s nice to just walk without having to track what you’ve done so maybe mix it up a little?
I know time is a BIG issue for many but I find those that complain about it, still have time to check social media or watch TV and they’re both activities that can take quite a few hours up of our time! Instead walk. It’s great for thinking time, it keeps you healthy and you know never what you may see or who you may meet along the way.
I’d love to know, if you’ve any walking plans for 2017? My goal for January is to have walked 100 miles and then I’ll be donating a small fee to KipBag.
P.S I received this recently and I’m so chuffed!
Yes to all of the above! I can’t wait for the days where I can take my lunch outside…it’s a bit wet here today, doh! And well done on the award.
I too am participating in the Walk 1000 Miles 2017 Challenge, but was unable to get a recent copy of the Country Walking magazine that has the code, so I can download their progress tracker. Instead I started a blog dedicated to my daily progress.
I live in the U.S.A and am retired, so I have plenty of time to complete this! In fact I have set my own personal goal of walking 2017 miles in 2017, which averages 5.53 miles a day! Once warmer weather arrives I guarantee I will have this completed by November!
Hey Wanda – that’s fantastic ! Which part of the USA are you from ? I will certainly keep a track of your progress. Great idea about dedicating a blog to it. 2000 miles is AWESOME. Every success..
Estill Springs, Tn. On the map I am the hot pink marker in Tennessee. Thank you so much!
Lovely! Plenty of nice spaces then to take advantage of….
I’m doing the 1000miles challenge too (although walking 2500 for charity as realised when I signed up I’d done over 2000 in 2016), it’s such a great idea and brilliant way to get people out walking.
I dunno wih a dog, I think it’s pretty easy – it’s more of a case of having to! But yes certainly everything counts . I’d think with the walks you do, you’d easily get to 1000 miles. But as they say it’s not the mileage that counts, it’s the experiences and lessons learnt along the way. 😀 Thank you – I’ll keep you updated.