Tag: walking

  • Walk The Distance – PCT 94 Percent Done

    Walk The Distance – PCT 94 Percent Done

    Reading Time: < 1 minute On the 10th of May 2023 I started walking the PCT virtually and now I am 94 percent done. I have about 300 kilometres left to walk and I will have completed the entire distance. Some of it was covered walking and some of it was covered while walking. Of…

  • Walking by the Sea with a Garmin Virb

    Walking by the Sea with a Garmin Virb

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Do you walk by the sea and watch the seagulls fly up with something in their beak and then drop it? I did, this morning. I walked by the sea and filmed. You can see the G-force climb up and down with each step. Unfortunately the Garmin virb doesn’t self-level…

  • Tired of Garmin and Apple, Playing With Casio

    Tired of Garmin and Apple, Playing With Casio

    Reading Time: 3 minutes For a while now I have been wearing a Casio and an apple watch or a Garmin and an Apple watch, or a Casio and a Garmin watch or a xiaomi smart band and a casio or a xiaomi smart band and… it goes on. A Break of Routine The reason…

  • Almost Linear Walks

    Almost Linear Walks

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Twice in the last two weekends I have done linear rather than circular walks. By linear I don’t mean that I walked from A to B. I mean that I started walking along a loop but when I saw that the routes I wanted to walk were either crowded by couples or…

  • Exploration on Foot

    Exploration on Foot

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Walking is an easy activity. You put your shoes on, and you go for a walk. Sometimes you walk from home. Other times you walk from a car park. Sometimes you walk along rivers that are full, and others you walk along streams that are almost dry. A few years ago…

  • Xcursion Fusion in Snow

    Xcursion Fusion in Snow

    Reading Time: 3 minutes Yesterday it snowed enough for the snow to get some depth. I went for a walk with snowboard trousers, a proper winter coat and the Xero Xcursion Fusion in snow that reached above their rim without getting snow or water onto my socks until I removed the shoes at the end…

  • Five Point Two Millions Steps In A Single Year

    Five Point Two Millions Steps In A Single Year

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Last year I walked five point two million steps, which is both a lot, and yet normal, for me. What makes last year so curious is that I didn’t feel to walk that much. I walked for one and a half hours, rather than two to three hours. My loops became…

  • Silent Walking and Garmin Instinct Battery Modes

    Silent Walking and Garmin Instinct Battery Modes

    Reading Time: 4 minutes It rarely happens. I rarely forget my airpods at home, and when I do I usually turn around to get them. Yesterday I didn’t turn around. I went for my walk anyway. You might think “so what?” and you’d be right to. It doesn’t change much. I usually listen to podcasts…

  • Fourty Five Days with the Cloudneo

    Fourty Five Days with the Cloudneo

    Reading Time: 4 minutes Intro On Cloudneo are shoes that you rent, rather than own. They are designed for running but you can also use them for walking. They are designed for dry, warm weather, rather than wet. They are designed to last from three months to six months depending on how quickly you wear…

  • A Walking Decline in the US Since 2019

    A Walking Decline in the US Since 2019

    Reading Time: 5 minutes According to streetlight data walking in the US has declined over the past three or four years. The decline was by up to thirty six percent from 2019-2022. The clearest reason for this is that 2019 and 2020 were walking honeymoon periods. By this I mean that for the duration of…