Who likes long walks?

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I love going for walks, especially to quiet places like nature or quiet streets. I usually just walk and daydream. I just hate how often my feet start acting up, preventing me from being able to walk as far as I would like to.

Depends on whether I have a 50 pound rucksack on my back at the time or not.

Long walks and living in nature are part of my job description. I really do enjoy being surrounded by nature without any cares with regards to the civilized world. There's a certain peacefulness about it, even sometimes in the military setting, that you can't quite attain anywhere else.

I love to walk. In cities, along beaches, on top of mountains, anywhere, and especially around dusk, dawn, or in the middle of the night.

Me too... I just want to do what I want to do, including walking as much as I can.

i so much like long walks. i can not get enough of them. i can not wait to be where i am walking to. so much so, that i catch a taxi so i can get there faster.


seriously, i do long 8 km bushwalks about 3 times per week.
the track starts at my back fence, and i walk to a nice little pond that is very clear about 4km away. it has sandstone rocks around it and the sands on the bottom of the pond are white and it is not icky at all. no one else knows of that place because i always check for footprints when i get there and i have never found any.
i take bread and a few strips of meat with me because i have a few animals friends who are glad to see me when i get to he pond.
i lie there in total peace for about 2 hours, and then i walk back home.

I do not like long walks. :(

I'm feeling a bit envious of you guys as you seem to love the outdoors. Well actually I love the outdoors, as long as I don't have to be in the sun, have soaked clothes, walking, dirty ground/air, walking through squishy stuff... or be sweaty. Unfortunately that rules out most of the "outdoors."

- I just feel stressed when I am far from places I am familiar with, especially when I don't know the area. This applies to any form of travel but on foot especially, because I feel so helpless in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to keep me anchored - because it's "between."
- maybe because I get headaches when I walk/run (my gait maybe? Wouldn't be quick to nail it as AS, but could be a factor).
- Sun - feel stressed when my body temperature rises. Honestly feels like it's out of control, sometimes as if I'm being attacked. Usually when you walk you have to be in the sun. So I don't like walking.
- The dirty thing is kinda generic paranoia I guess, could be solved by bringing a bottle of hand sanitiser everywhere I go but it's just easier if I don't go. No walking.
- I haaaaateeeeee squishy feelings with a passion. Makes me want to wriggle out of my skin in disgust. Walking --> stepping into mud --> aaahhh!
- Sweaty: I don't like the feel of sweat on my skin, or the smell of it, or the sensation of being dirty. This makes me very loath to exercise generally, which is very bad and I wish I weren't so bothered by it. For this one I've tried to pretend it's not there but I get pretty short tempered by the end of the walk and can't wait to get into the shower and stand there for an hour (if I can remember to: otherwise I'll just be grumpy and alone for the rest of the night).

So yeah.

Wish I liked long walks, but actually I don't. :(

Does moisture wicking stuff like Under Armor helps?

I love long walks, (which for me have to be at least 4hrs long), as long as it is in the bush or country somewhere. I live in the city but hate it. Theres too many people everywhere all the time.
I especially love overnight tramps. I few months ago I went on a 4 day tramp which was great because I came out feeling cleansed.
I really want to go and do it again right now just thinking about it. (though sadly I can't as I just don't have the time at the moment - uni's started again)

I have never tried that. Sounds like a great idea. Antiperspirant (is it the same thing) definitely helps. There's still the sun/dirty/squishy/warming up sensation to contend with but I will try that and see how it goes.

Surprisingly, I love the idea of going tenting. As long as it is clean inside (I will take steps to make sure nothing dirty gets inside), and not too hot. I have always liked small spaces. Little adventure!

i walked for a looong time along South Beach in Miami and was a really cool experience. also Cape Cod beaches make for some nice walk especially in Truro and in Coast Guard beach.

Truro? Like Truro NS?

If I had a compass and a key to the house, sure I would walk the path at the near rec center, but at the time, I seem a bit trapped with guarding the home. Long runs, no. Walking suits my pace just fine.

Many years ago I had a job in Tokyo. On the weekends I had no friends and nothing to do. Sometimes I would ride the train far from my home, get out, and then try to figure out how to walk back. The streets aren't on a grid and I couldn't read the signs. It was an interesting puzzle. And a long walk.

Walks and bike rides. That is what keeps me happy.

ruveyn