Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >    I recommend a 7-10 km route.

> At school one time, they took us on a 5 mile walk. It took us over 8 
> hours to complete that. (5 miles is, what, 8 km?) I think this might be 
> a bit extreme.

  It's not extreme at all. A walking speed of 5 km/h isn't even very fast.
Making 7 km in 1 hour is not only possible even for a slightly less fit
person (at least after a while), it's quite an optimal amount.

  You won't get fit by walking a quarter mile. (Nor if you walk significantly
less than an hour every day, nor if you don't get sweaty and with a raised
heart rate.)

> > Start walking it at a relatively fast pace.

> I always find that makes my shins hurt. (Which is odd, considering that 
> there's no muscle there...) Perhaps I'm doing it wrong.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_splints

  It can be alleviated with proper shoes and walking on proper terrain.
Other than that, there's no easy solution, but usually it gets better
when you get fitter.

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                                                          - Warp

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