To all the stop and smell the roses crowd

[Malto]

It is now proven that you should be going faster. Lace up your trail runners and get moving. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sc...ife-2018-06-05

But if you insist on smelling flowers at least make sure you aren't sniffing bees.
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[tdoczi]

It is now proven that you should be going faster. Lace up your trail runners and get moving. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sc...ife-2018-06-05

But if you insist on smelling flowers at least make sure you aren't sniffing bees.
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the stop and smell the roses crowd doesnt walk slow. if anything they walk too fast. then get tired and have to stop. that or theyre too content to sit around for 4 hours staring into space or chatting about nothing with fellow hikers.

i just did a 10 day trip. everyday, several thrus pass me motoring along, panting, sweating. eventually i find them sitting still somewhere and pass them. this repeats all day long. eventually at the end of the day they stop for good and i do 4-6 more miles. happened the whole hike. the people i saw on day 1 were probably 50 miles back by the end.

last year on a hike (not on the AT) a man who was panting and sweating profusely told me that **I** looked tired. presumably because i was walking slowly. i got a kick out out of that.

no one can actually walk slow enough to only do 8 or 10 miles a day on even moderate terrain. the stop and smell the roses crowd is goofing off and not hiking. which i guess is what the term implies.

[rickb]

At least they are not having conversations with the roses:

https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/a...photo-15369733

[johnnybgood]

"No rose without a thorn , French proverb" sometimes also means a rose with a suddenly agitated stinging bee . Ironically enough, this guy has gaiters like mine, except mine are black with white skulls.

[rocketsocks]

Actually when bees are actively feeding, you can touch them on the back, they’re very docile...speaking from first hand experience.

[johnnybgood]

Actually when bees are actively feeding, you can touch them on the back, they’re very docile...speaking from first hand experience.

Vehwee intuuhwesting, (My best Elmer Fudd voice)

[Sarcasm the elf]

It is now proven that you should be going faster. Lace up your trail runners and get moving. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sc...ife-2018-06-05

But if you insist on smelling flowers at least make sure you aren't sniffing bees.
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You can tell from the pack size that’s clearly a no-nothing dayhiker.

[Dogwood]

That's the goofiest pic of anyone snorting a flower while ripping one of all time Malto.

[futureatwalker]

Interesting link, but there's another interpretation: healthier people can walk faster than those are less healthy.

So, walking faster doesn't causepeople to be healthy. Instead, it could be the other way around, or it is due to some other factor (underlying activity levels, etc.).

Essentially, correlation doesn't prove causation.

O.K., off my soap-box now...

[Malto]

Interesting link, but there's another interpretation: healthier people can walk faster than those are less healthy.

So, walking faster doesn't causepeople to be healthy. Instead, it could be the other way around, or it is due to some other factor (underlying activity levels, etc.).

Essentially, correlation doesn't prove causation.

O.K., off my soap-box now...

Amen to this. There could be a small cardio benefit but I suspect there is much more to the story.
And to all the haters (Dogwood) this is a VERY rare picture. I will neither confirm nor deny that there was dual action going on. BUT, doesn't Skurka recommend smelling the roses and farting at the same time to be more efficient? Oh wait, that was pissing and walking, something I still haven't master or will even try.

[Dogwood]

Amen to this. There could be a small cardio benefit but I suspect there is much more to the story.
And to all the haters (Dogwood) this is a VERY rare picture. I will neither confirm nor deny that there was dual action going on. BUT, doesn't Skurka recommend smelling the roses and farting at the same time to be more efficient? Oh wait, that was pissing and walking, something I still haven't master or will even try.

I heard by rumor that's what Anish has done. If that's what Andrew or Heather do fine for them. I ain't pissing on the fly unless a Grizz is on my heels or a Boy Scout troop might catch me in the act of watering the trees. Farting while walking pushes me along faster.


If REI is accurate in stating 95% of our lives are spent indoors I'll be glad to simply see people walking at any pace outside...not from fridge to couch to the porcelain god to car to more food. Getting up from the couch to answer the door for a Dominoes delivery doesnt count. My deepest respect goes out to over weight folks walking to change it up, doing something to get fitter.

[garlic08]

Interesting link, but there's another interpretation: healthier people can walk faster than those are less healthy.
So, walking faster doesn't causepeople to be healthy. Instead, it could be the other way around, or it is due to some other factor (underlying activity levels, etc.).
Essentially, correlation doesn't prove causation....

I heard something similar a few years ago. A medical professional claimed to be able to tell how long a patient would live by how fast the patient walked.

Along those lines, does anyone else get impatient with the normal walking speed of the general public? (One exception is commuters using public transport in a large city. There are some fast walkers near Union Station in Chicago, for instance.)

[T.S.Kobzol]

I have no idea what this thread is about

[rocketsocks]

I have no idea what this thread is about

something about atomic farts looking like pee-on-yur-knees while walking I think.
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[nsherry61]

. . .
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I want to know where and by whom? I haven't laughed so hard at a piece of art in a very long time!!

[BuckeyeBill]

something about atomic farts looking like pee-on-yur-knees while walking I think.
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This occurs when someone had too many atomic wedgies.

[Dogwood]

I heard something similar a few years ago. A medical professional claimed to be able to tell how long a patient would live by how fast the patient walked.

Along those lines, does anyone else get impatient with the normal walking speed of the general public? (One exception is commuters using public transport in a large city. There are some fast walkers near Union Station in Chicago, for instance.)

Manhattan city walkers can crank it out to about 3.5 - 5 MPH. Two giraffe Uncles used to stomp it out at 5 mph walking through NYC and Union City NJ. I remember having to keep up as a young teen. OMG their gate lengths and endurance were huge.

It's not slow walkers it's obese slow wanderers looking for another Cheese Factory or Wing Joint to get extra fat who stand in the middle of the sidewalk or aisle that can annoy me. Stay right pass left.

[BuckeyeBill]

I heard something similar a few years ago. A medical professional claimed to be able to tell how long a patient would live by how fast the patient walked.

Along those lines, does anyone else get impatient with the normal walking speed of the general public? (One exception is commuters using public transport in a large city. There are some fast walkers near Union Station in Chicago, for instance.)

I lived in New York City for 8 years and I swear everybody walked fast. The TV show images that show the crowded side walks are usually only in the AM and PM going to work then going home. Weekends are crowded with people going to the street fairs and farmer's market.

[KCNC]

Interesting link, but there's another interpretation: healthier people can walk faster than those are less healthy.

So, walking faster doesn't causepeople to be healthy. Instead, it could be the other way around, or it is due to some other factor (underlying activity levels, etc.).

Essentially, correlation doesn't prove causation.

O.K., off my soap-box now...

To remain healthy you only need to be faster than the slowest person in the group at all times. That way the bear eats you last. :-)

You may or may not find atomic farting helpful in this endeavor.

[rocketsocks]

To remain healthy you only need to be faster than the slowest person in the group at all times. That way the bear eats you last. :-)

You may or may not find atomic farting helpful in this endeavor.

i employ “the crop dust” technique when I come across stragglers.