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[QUOTE=Jovana;672686]This sounds like a challenge for me! Unfotunately my dog died a couple of months ago and I've been too sad to go walking without him so this is the motivation I need to get active again.
Just wondering if anyone has tips on how to calculate the distance you've walked? I really doubt my estimates would be accutate at all.[/QUOTE]
Sorry to hear about your dog!
You can use Google Earth for a quite accurate distance. Or a routing program if you stay on roads. I use MapSource on my computer to calculate the distance on shorter walks. For longer walks I use a GPS receiver. You could use your phone if it has a GPS receiver.
I am thinking about buying a small, simple GPS logger to log all my walks.
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[QUOTE=Jovana;672686]This sounds like a challenge for me! Unfotunately my dog died a couple of months ago and I've been too sad to go walking without him so this is the motivation I need to get active again.
Just wondering if anyone has tips on how to calculate the distance you've walked? I really doubt my estimates would be accutate at all.[/QUOTE]
you should get another dog and walk again
and the 'runkeeper' app for android is very strong and accurate, it will keep track of all your kilometers.
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I use Runkeeper.
I am so, so sorry to hear about your dog.
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My sympathies also for your dog.
I also use runkeeper for iPhone.
Good to see more people coming on board!
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So everyone, would you like me to update the first post with everyone's progress so we have a master index of where we are all at?
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May I join as well please. DH and I usually walk 8km 3 times a week. We've logged 16km so far.
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I walk an hour a day, about 4 miles, in everything but wind driven precipitation. That I did for a living for a time and still enjoy not doing it. I incorporate it into my commute by walking from work toward home before hopping on the subway w/ the route mainly through parks or plazas so I can keep the pace up. This I have done for a long time, well before discovering PB.
Once developed as a habit you'll miss not doing it. Very meditative, works out any kinks or tightness, connects you with the seasons and weather, gets you out in the sun and I think delimits how fat you can get if other things are not in line. And it's one thing I prefer to do when it's cold.
Figure I've been doing it for 12 years that's a good 27,000 kilometers give or take, it's no wonder I wear sneakers out at such a clip. Prior to that I carried mail on foot for 11 years which would make the total some astounding number, but for those miles I was paid;)
