To walk or to knit

I recently bought these walking shoes because I realized I enjoy taking a walk around the block and of course I knew it's a great way to burn off some calories. These shoes have a pocket into which I can place a chip that can talk to my iPhone and track my walks - miles, time, calories burned, pace, etc. I can even program my iPhone to play my fav music while tracking these walks. So I was inspired. The first day I walked with these shoes I found out I walk 1.89 miles in 35 mins and I'm not even tired. 



So I figured, maybe I should have a goal. Until now my goal was just to get some exercise in. So I thought hmm how about walking/running a 5k race. So I started researching on what it takes to participate in a 5K run. All it takes is training and consistency. I think I'm up for it. Have to find a community / forum for encouragement and support probably. Anyone up for a run with me? First there is an 8 week program for beginners and then a 6 week training for the 5K. Ok, now I'm a little nervous about following through. Once this is up on my blog I have to follow through. And that's especially hard when I read some thing like this. 


Walking at 3mph for 30mns burns around 100 calories. So I just need to knit for 30 mins more to burn off the same amount. 1 hour of knitting or 30 mins of walking, hmm, this shouldn't be a hard decision to make. :-D.

Comments

  1. UnknownOctober 21, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    Except knitting doesn't tone and build muscles in the same way that walking will. Just saying. Maybe you could walk and knit at the same time.

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  2. VinitaOctober 22, 2010 at 11:53 AM

    Of course and knitting does not exercise all the right parts that need toning either. Walk and knit... now that's an idea I've never tried :-).

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  3. BhavnaDecember 1, 2010 at 4:34 PM

    Love those shoes!

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  4. SanhitaDecember 2, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    Loved the nugget about knitting! I must have been burning loads of calories and adding a lot of tiers in other parts of the anatomy at the same time :-)

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