To track or not to track? If that is the question, here is the answer:
That’s 25 percent of your daily goal of 10,000. Happy walking!
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You can’t fault advice from the man known as the Father of Modern Medicine!
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Want to increase your chances to celebrate more birthdays? Go for a walk!
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We all know what September means — it’s back-to-school time! Please watch for stopped school buses or, depending on where you live, keep an eye out for youngsters who walk to school. If your town’s school is a safely walkable distance, what a great way to instill some regular activity in your child’s life, and foster some together time as well. Meanwhile, chew on this fact:
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It’s an old cliche: Park farther away in the parking lot and, as a result, gain more steps. Here’s a fact that quantifies it a bit more.
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Some occupations help you rack up the steps more than others. I had two of these jobs back in the day, before fitness trackers were even a hint of an idea!
Happy walking! (Or should I say, Happy working?)
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Are you a dog person or a cat person? If the former, you might have more steps to show for it.
(Although Chanel, pictured, was known to prefer rides in the front basket of mom Robynn’s bicycle, the breeze flowing through her fur!)
Walking Fact Wednesday: Olympics edition
We’re well into the Summer Olympics in Rio, so today’s fact focuses on the Games:
Watch the men’s 20 km race walking final on Aug. 12 at 1:30 p.m., the men’s 50 km race walking final on Aug. 19 at 7 a.m., and the women’s 20 km race walking final on Aug. 19 at 1:30 p.m.
And a note about this week’s photo: Pictured is my friend Rebecca on the track a few years ago. Rebecca has earned many achievements in race walking competitions. Among them? Just a few weeks ago, she placed first in her division in the 10000 Meter Race Walk and in the 5000 Meter Race Walk at the USA Masters Games. In the 5000 meter (i.e. a 5K) her time was 31:47:52, which is a pace — and we’re talking about walking, remember, not running — of 10:13-minute miles.
GO REBECCA!
And happy walking to Olympians and non-Olympians!
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If you clicked through from an email teasing to the Walking Fact Wednesday — Olympics edition, please come back tomorrow for that post. (The email went out prematurely … we haven’t shifted to Walking Fact Tuesdays. 🙂 )
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Consider varying your speed on your next walk, especially if one of your fitness goals is to see a smaller number on the scale.
Interested in learning more about intervals? Watch for a future post with details.
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