How far do you walk?

I don't walk for errands as much anymore, but when I lived in my old neighborhood, I'd walk for just about every trip to the grocery store, liquor store, many restaurants, the salon, the ATM, my synagogue, etc. Most walks would be 10-15 minutes one-way (our food store was only 5 minutes walking!!). In the summer, we'd walk downtown for dinner or a concert (about 30 minutes each way).

I usually just take recreational walks now (though we do have a coffee shop, liquor store, and a couple restaurants we can walk to) and I miss errand walking. Definitely take advantage of your proximity to shops! It does make the trips longer, and it can be annoying if you have to carry a bunch of stuff around, but it's definitely worth it. Plus, the sun and fresh air are good for you.

I walk to work some days too....but it's a little over 4 miles each way so, much easier to do in the summer when there is more daylight. Otherwise, the grocery store, bar, drug store, pet store, and gym are about a 5-10 minute walk away, so we never drive there. Try to get out of my car as much as possible

I'm from Southern California (so not walkable!) but a few years back I lived in London for the summer and walked EVERYWHERE. In a little under four months, without any "dieting" I had lost about 20 pounds. Granted, since I didn't work while there, I was on the go a lot: to museums, parks, shopping, sightseeing. But still, grocery shopping, laundry, internet cafe's everywhere I walked.

I think if it's just part of your lifestyle, you don't see it as a sacrifice or an effort, it's just what you do. And losing extra poundage because of it-- awesome bonus.

Nowadays, I schedule in my walks-- an hour of brisk power walking during lunch. But if I could I'd walk for any errands for trips between 15-25 min each way.

I walk to the market, but chose the one that is a little further away, it took me two hours to go there and back on Sunday and was a great workout :-)

I'd walk 30 minutes when I first started walking. Then I upped it to an hour. After that, i decided to try and walk 5 miles a day, which took me about 1 and 45 minutes. Then I started jogging/walking 5 miles and the time cut down. Now Iv'e learned other techniques about exercise and don't have to do all that walking. My workouts are harder now and involve weights. I burn far more calories.

I am really lucky to live within walking distance to a lot of places that I need to go to regularly (20 minutes to work, 10 minutes to the grocery store, etc). I basically have decided not to take my car for any 5-minute-or-less drives. This decision is both for the environment and for my health! The tricky part is that it often translates to a 20 minute one-way walk, which is difficult to plan for sometimes. What do you do? How far do you walk regularly, and how long of a walk would be normal for you to run your typical errands?

I log in the distance and intensity ie speed.
I walk 4 miles when I walk for exercise - 4mph - 600 calories burned.

It depends on the purpose of the errand. If I have lots of bags, then I don't want to walk more than 10 minutes. Otherwise 20 is OK if I have the luxury of 60 minutes to complete the errand.

The expensive grocery store is a 12 minute walk downhill and a 15 minute walk uphil home. I don't walk there often...well because there is a huge hill! I don't want to carry anything too heavy.

I am waiting for an excellent coffee shop to open in my neighborhood so I can walk to it. Right now all the great ones are 1-1.25 miles away....a little too far to take a coffee break during the my workday.

I am hoping to move this year, so I can get more items within 15 minutes of walking. Right now, it is more like 15-20. I am looking for 5-15.

I walk at least 1-2 miles per day as exercise. When I was in college, I walked closer to 5 miles per day up and down hill because I lived so close to everything.

I miss that a lot.

Unfortunately, now I have a desk job and a 45-60 minute one-way commute to work.