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Michael P Butler wrote:
Too early to tell if it is doing me any good physically
Trust me, it is. When I started getting fit, I started out walking 30-45 minutes every day at lunch. After about six weeks, I noticed my lower back wasn't bothering me nearly as much, and my weight stopped going up.
Michael P Butler wrote:
it is helping with my mental preparations
Just wait until you start running. There's nothing like having an endorphin addiction  .
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Just wait until you start running. There's nothing like having an endorphin addiction
I haven't run properly for a long time but I remember that feeling. I'm slowly building up to starting running again.
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Michael P Butler wrote:
starting running again
 ; remember to buy a good pair of running shoes. For me, motion control shoes and my orthotics (custom inserts) are important to keep me injury-free, since I have really poor biomechanics.
Given that you're walking 2.5 miles, you could probably start a mixed running/walking program now. A friend of mine started like that. One of our local routes is a road with regularly-spaced light poles. He started by jogging a pole, then walking a pole. When he got tired, he would walk the remainder of the distance. When he got to where he was running/walking the whole way, he switched to two poles running, one pole walking. That was about ten years ago. Today, he's got 11 marathons under his belt, and his goal is to do one in all 50 states  .
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In the morning: 7 km downhills to wake up (from home to office, 25 minutes)
In the afternoon: 7 km uphills (from office to home, 35 minutes)
On weekends: Depends on where I want to go, between 0 and 30 km.
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Me too ... 7 km to office and 7 back ...
Cause the fuel in Germany is too expensive for me and I want to keep my money for useful things (Today 1.42€ per litre  )
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Who cares about fuel? Do you mean ... you have a car?!
I go by bike, because I don't like crowded tram anymore.
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Sure .. I have a car  But I can't afford the money to use it often (I'm just a trainee ..)
And public transports .. I don't think of using them .. walking would be much faster than them (and all drive to a central point where you have to take another one ...). But when winter comes Bike is too cold for me I think :P
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I commute to/from work occasionally on my bike, but it's a 12 mile ride (one way) in my case. Depending on the route I take, it can be almost completely flat (bike paths), moderately hilly, or very hilly. I usually take one of the hilly routes in the morning, and then the flat route home. The traffic is well-behaved in the morning, but I don't like it in the evening.
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I'm a good American, I take my car every where. I have a bike..... somewhere.
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I'm a good american too... My bike hangs from the ceiling in my garage... I should really get it down and dust off the spider webs once in a while. Oh what the hell; I'm just going to throw it away.
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I do 8 to 10 miles (depending on the route) each way every day. Since i started i have lost loads of Kgs and I'm much fitter. It's also the cheapest way to get to work and i don't have to pay to go to the gym! Win Win Win.
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Biking is great! I try to bike to work out if it's nice - only a round-trip of 3 miles (5 km) but still better than nothing. Of course I make stops in at the gym too, which is literally right next to my work (there is even a paved road between the two.)
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I wish I had a hill on my way to work - 3 km painfully flat.
Though I wouldn't like to go uphill after work
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