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All about walking

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Velociraptor Jul 2020 9:45am, 23 Jul 2020 47,660 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I knew you would
EvilPixie Jul 2020 9:49am, 23 Jul 2020 18,059 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie (remembers Trailwaler)
Little Nemo Jul 2020 9:52am, 23 Jul 2020 10,834 posts	Quote Pin Little Nemo My brother swears by them but he mainly uses them when he's carrying a big backpack. Enjoy your race
Velociraptor Jul 2020 9:56am, 23 Jul 2020 47,662 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor [Wistfully remembers skiing and some of the pole-carrying infringements casually committed at gondola stations.]
jennywren Jul 2020 10:04am, 23 Jul 2020 15,704 posts	Quote Pin jennywren Some people have no spatial awareness I guess. My new poles are arriving today so I’m taking them to Macclesfield Forest on Sunday to give them a proper trial. Where I live (south Manchester) is flatter than a flat thing that’s been flattened so I’ll feel a bit of an idiot practising with them round here!
um Jul 2020 10:07am, 23 Jul 2020 3,003 posts	Quote Pin um Will you be using them all the time? If so, (and too late now) 'friends' tell me the folding ones are smaller/shorter and easier to put in/on a rucksack than telescopic ones. Do you use you hands much? Stiles, gates, rocks/scrambling, maps, photos, snacks, drinks? Poles can be a disadvantage if so. But no harm in getting some of the cheaper ones and trying them out?
Velociraptor Jul 2020 10:21am, 23 Jul 2020 47,664 posts	Quote Pin Velociraptor I've ended up doing loads more walking than running this month, mainly because eL Bee! and I had two weeks off work and prioritised doing things we can both do, whereas on work weeks I run on three or four mornings. The outcome is that I'm almost two months ahead of my 1000 miles in 2020 target.
EvilPixie Jul 2020 10:24am, 23 Jul 2020 18,061 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie i use poles when I do equinox - it has 1 goat hill I leave the poles at the marshal's' post so just carry/use them on the big hill (lovingly know as That Hill) other than that I don't use them
Derby Tup Jul 2020 11:08am, 23 Jul 2020 44,487 posts	Quote Pin Derby Tup 999 miles for year
Rosehip Jul 2020 11:12am, 23 Jul 2020 17,107 posts	Quote Pin Rosehip I keep meaning to have a go with the pair that live in my car. - I bought them for youngest as a trial and he got on well with them. Mum also found them quite handy walking last week, said it made a huge difference on the updulates on the Whinlatter paths and she felt safer having an extra point of contact on rough ground. But I also live in pancake flatness and feel daft walking from home with them.