Originally Posted By: Pete
I've been doing a lot of walking lately. It's pretty hard to exceed 4mph, even when you are working yourself hard.

I would agree that a steady pace of 3 mph is more practical for the vast majority of people, esp. over varied terrain (but with solid footing).

Pete 2


You are quite right. I can get up about a 4.5 mph walking pace as I did yesterday. However as also mentioned yesterday, I could not keep this pace for hours. 3 mph is much more realistic pace for most everyone on fairly easy terrain.
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