Walking

For the last little while I’ve been considering long walks. Having walked from home to Yotsuya a few weeks ago, only a 40 minute trip on foot, I imagined some of the long journeys by foot throughout history. To be honest, hobbits kept coming to mind…
Walking is the most natural mode of transportation. After all, we only recently invented motorised transportation, and even hooved transport wasn’t always available. But we’ve always had feet. Well, for a long, long time, anyway.
MJ mentioned a TV show she saw quoted 10,000 steps a day as the optimum amount of walking. Figuring about 80 cm per stride, that’s 8 km, or just short of 5 miles every day. Apparently the average Japanese dweller walks about half that.
The average walking pace is about 4 km/hour. So 8 km is a two hour walk and that seems not so difficult, really.
What if I started out in the morning and walked for 8 hours? Where would I be? I have no idea…but I plan to find out.
If the weather is fair on Thursday, (tenki yoho says it will be) I will take a long hike, starting from Korakuen station at 9 am and walking until about 6, allowing time for lunch and short breaks along the way. Return via train to a long, cold beer.
If anyone would like to join me, send me a mail. Company is most welcome.