Walking

[Ruski]

l am unable to run because of a total knee replacement so l have started walking as part of my diet .l have just come back from my walk ,l did 5 mile in 1 hour 20minutes .is that good, l have no idea of distance and times? .

[Lovefood1984 Graduate]

That's pretty fast for walking took me just over an hour to run 5miles earlier. Have you ever looked into running apps such as runkeeper etc. You could put that on your phone and track your distances and pace, then you'd see yourself getting faster and doing more miles, you don't need to use them for running, they'd work for your walking. Either way congratulations for getting up off the couch and getting some exercise!

[Ruski in reply to Lovefood1984]

Thanks lovefood1984 I'll stick at it thanks for the app info

[dottiemay Graduate]

Well done! If you enjoyed it, walked at a pace you were comfortable with and weren't totally wiped out at then, then it's good! Why worry about times and distances? Just do what you can when you can - it will all be beneficial to your physical and mental well-being.

[Ruski in reply to dottiemay]

Thanks Dottie may,l will remember that

[gary_bart]

Sounds good to me. But who really knows what's a good time for 5 miles in a new knee? A good Effort, on the other hand, you can always keep track of, because your own physiology will tell you how knackered or cucumber cool you feel to an incredible degree of accuracy every time you go for a walk. Maybe it's better to think of something useful you could do for yourself walking that distance in that time? (No, sorry, fresh out of specific suggestions based on that).

If you just focus on putting in enough effort to feel like you worked yourself, but not so much that you tore yourself apart, you're going to get fitter. You're going to have a bigger percentage of muscle tissue. And that is going to help you lose weight. Looks like that pretty much covers your goal?

Hopefully someone here will answer your question, as posed, but really that walk of yours sounds quite all right to me. More than 8km, and just 1 hour 20? That means your speed is well over 5km/h, which is what the treadmills call a brisk walk. I know that if I push a treadmill to 8km/h, it's quite hard to carry on walking. It's more comfortable to run. You're somewhere between those, on *average*, over a full 5 miles, so you must have been giving it stick.

[Ruski in reply to gary_bart]

Thanks for the positive comments Gary Bart I'll keep at it .

[misswobble Graduate]

Walking is great for helping with weight loss. I started off walking and going to WW class when I first started trying to lose weight. I borrowed my neighbour's dog and he really helped me get fit. If you keep walking and watching what you eat then the weight will shift. I lost quite a bit of weight, felt much lighter and had a spring in my step which I'd not had for years so I started C25k with the idea that I could jog along with the dog. It worked!