How pedestrian-friendly is Buffalo Harbor? That and lots of other Buffalo and border-related questions..
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posted by raider
on May 3, 2013 -
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I'm planning on spending a long weekend walking in North Yorkshire. Ideally we would stay in a nice pub in a small town and take a couple of moderate walks (~10 miles) each day and drink beer and eat pies in the evening. Where should we stay and where should we walk?
posted by Fiery Jack
on Mar 21, 2013 -
9 answers
For a personal project, I'd like to be able to track my route as I'm walking using my iPhone and then share that route in some form that can be embedded in a blog post.
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posted by enn
on Mar 17, 2013 -
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Well-made walking shoes with repairable soles? This is kind of in line with cooking with cast iron, shaving with a straight razor, etc. I want well made comfortable walking shoes that will last for a decade with some upkeep and repair.
I'm looking to make an investment in some shoes that I can walk in all day that also look like normal shoes. Black/brown leather, no loud branding or insignias.
I have Keen shoes similar to these & love them, but Keen doesn't repair soles as I'm led to understand.
Are we now in a world where good walking shoes can't be repaired, is this a fool's errand? Not looking to exceed a couple hundred. Go!
posted by letstrythis
on Feb 14, 2013 -
14 answers
I've hod ongoing pain for months in my right foot, and after seeing a doctor and getting x-rays and and MRI done, the best advice he had for me was to buy new shoes and hope the pain eventually goes away. My question is, what sort of shoes am I looking for? I spend about an hour each day walking between classes, work, and my car—aside from that, I'm not terribly active. I'm also on somewhat of a budget, but if I need to pay $100 to not have to limp around, I'll gladly pay.
posted by reductiondesign
on Jan 30, 2013 -
20 answers
I need supportive shoes for lots of walking, but I want to look good too. What's a young lady in an old lady's body to do?
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posted by Dilemma
on Jan 22, 2013 -
25 answers
When I walk, my left arm swings while my right arm stays almost immobile. Is there something wrong with me?
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posted by facehugger
on Jan 8, 2013 -
15 answers
Pedometer recommendation: is there an open source alternative to Fitbit? Or should I go back to a cheap Omron?
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posted by kristi
on Jan 8, 2013 -
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I want to get a couple of neighbours (directly or via the municipality) to put a pavement in the currently pretty dangerous piece of road that connects me and my kids' house to town so we can walk there safely. UK only please.
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posted by KMH
on Dec 26, 2012 -
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For the past few months, when I wake up in the morning (or get up in the middle of the night), I experience pain between/around my
4th and 5th metatarsals when I put any weight on that foot--more on the side and top than the sole (it is not plantar fasciitis). Within 5-10 minutes, it stops and doesn't hurt at all for the rest of the day. My GP, orthopedist and physical therapist are stumped. Any ideas?
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posted by Admiral Haddock
on Dec 13, 2012 -
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I work with a non-profit that promotes biking and walking in my town, and am looking for music videos or clips from movies with walking in them. Will appreciate any at all, but mostly looking for clips where walking is badass.
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posted by katinka-katinka
on Dec 12, 2012 -
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I walk to and from work down residential streets. It's dark, especially in Winter. Evidently I walk faster than most other pedestrians as I'm often passing them, not vice-versa. Is there a way to reassure these other pedestrians that I am not hurrying up behind them to rob/murder/kidnap them?
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posted by TangoCharlie
on Dec 6, 2012 -
54 answers
Do you have a fitbit? How to you deal with biking and/or other activities that fitbit does not measure well? Or is there a better tool for this?
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posted by ManInSuit
on Nov 22, 2012 -
12 answers
Looking for a Japanese film I saw prior to 2003. It was a dystopian picture of some people trying to have an office romance in the corporate office landscape of Tokyo - lots of shots of bleak urban concrete and highways and faceless office parks full of conformist white collar employees - in the final scene of the film one of the characters is stranded walking along the edge of a highway. It dealt with a complicated love triangle. I know this isn't the title, but it was something like "Kiss me twice, now hold me I love you" or something a little crazy like that- I believe this film was made in the 90s or the early 2000s. It was in Japanese language with subtitles. There is a slight chance it may have been Korean, but I'm pretty sure it was Japanese. This film may have been discussed by Fredric Jameson in one of his essays as it was screened in a graduate school class on Japanese cultural critique.
posted by cmp4Meta
on Sep 24, 2012 -
4 answers
Good day hikes in New Zealand? I'm travelling to New Zealand from the UK in November to go to a wedding. I'm taking three weeks off work and I plan on doing some hiking while I'm there.
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posted by antiwiggle
on Sep 22, 2012 -
9 answers
Comfortable, stylish, informal, professional, durable, RE-SOLABLE men's shoes recommendations needed!
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posted by KathrynT
on Sep 20, 2012 -
14 answers
I'd like to do some light hiking in the south of England next week, but I don't have a car and don't want to hire one.
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posted by hannahlambda
on Sep 8, 2012 -
8 answers
I'm looking for my perfect, versatile slip-on walking shoe that is comfortable without socks and not too clunky to wear with a casual skirt/dress.
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posted by drlith
on Sep 5, 2012 -
16 answers
I want a women's slip-on walking shoe with enough support to walk several miles in without making my feet hurt. Suggestions for brands or styles needed.
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posted by nakedmolerats
on Aug 24, 2012 -
20 answers
Please help me feel better about walking at a pace of 15 min/mile! I usually walk my two dogs for an hour every evening at what I thought was a fairly fast pace. I recently downloaded an app to my iphone that tracks my walking and provides my pace which turns out to be a snail like 15 minutes per mile. Yikes - that seems so slow - I just need some encouragement that I'm not a big loser!
posted by Minos888
on Aug 11, 2012 -
37 answers
Are there any great mixed rural/small-town/semi-urban long walks in the U.S.? I'm searching for multi-day, maybe even multi-week routes that are not strict backpacking and would not require the carrying of a tent. More inside.
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posted by toomuchkatherine
on Jul 31, 2012 -
20 answers
Why do my feet hurt after I mow the lawn and what can I do to fix it?
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posted by VTX
on Jul 16, 2012 -
12 answers
I have painful blisters on my feet from walking much more than normal. What's the best way to manage (or prevent) them for the next few weeks?
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posted by cosmic.osmo
on Jun 22, 2012 -
24 answers
Runners and people who know feet, please help: the outside arch edge of my right foot starts burning during exercise and walking.
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posted by c'mon sea legs
on Apr 26, 2012 -
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I'm planning a holiday in Scotland this August with a friend. We'd like to incorporate a few days (anything up to a week) of walking. Ideally, we'd like to go on a guided walk organised by a tour company - the kind where you stay in B&Bs/guest houses each night and the tour company organises transportation of your luggage during the day. The level of walking should be of the easy-to-moderate rather than super-challenging: the goal is to appreciate the beautiful Scottish landscape rather than undertake a strenuous physical challenge.
I've googled tour companies that offer this kind of thing, but I was wondering if any mefites have specific recommendations for UK-based tour companies offering this kind of holiday? Or any particular advice?
posted by meronym
on Apr 19, 2012 -
9 answers
I'm looking for your personal recommendations for stretching and/or yoga routines to help make an unconditioned body more comfortable with too much walking.
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posted by bleep
on Apr 16, 2012 -
10 answers
What is the atmosphere of Midtown in Houston at night? Would someone with a small frame who doesn't know karate feel safe walking their dog before bedtime there?
posted by Brent Parker
on Apr 11, 2012 -
3 answers
More often lately, one of my feet seems to forget what it's doing and shuffles, causing me to stumble and almost fall. Is this normal or do I have a larger problem?
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posted by waraw
on Apr 2, 2012 -
15 answers
Over the last 4 months, I swapped out the driving part of my commute for walking. I walk about 4 miles round trip. This is great, but my beloved heels are all gathering dust in my closet. I would like to do the shoe swap out at work, but I really dislike the look of running shoes and dresses clearly designed for heels. Where can I get cute shoes for this purpose or am I resigned to running shoes?
posted by Nimmie Amee
on Mar 27, 2012 -
30 answers
I think my ex-partner just walked out on our mortgage. Please help me navigate this new world!
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 21, 2012 -
18 answers
My friend has a drivers license from the state of Pennsylvania and is currently living in Los Angeles California. They got a ticket for J Walking and the officer took down their name, License # and home address in Los Angeles. Then my friend recently receive a letter from the CA DMV saying that if they don't pay the fine then they will suspend/revoke the license.
Can CA suspend/revoke their Pennsylvania license for J Walking in Los Angeles, CA? Yes/No and how did you resolve it or get out of it?
Thanks!
posted by HBomb
on Feb 20, 2012 -
18 answers
Recommendations for what else to see and do around the Mission/Dolores Park on a supposed beautiful day tomorrow in San Francisco?
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posted by Asherah
on Feb 13, 2012 -
11 answers
What shoe style is best for walking and for pairing with skirts/dresses? Specific recommendations?
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posted by amicamentis
on Jan 10, 2012 -
24 answers
I went for a rather long, brisk walk yesterday after an extended period of holiday-season inactivity and didn't think to stretch first (stupid, I know). Now I've got lower leg pain along the front where the leg meets the ankle, and the balls of my feet are hurting. Can anyone recommend some stretches or something else that will make the pain go away for now?
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posted by Ziggy500
on Jan 4, 2012 -
11 answers
Several years ago, I saw a website with a fun little flash or javascript applet thingy where you could build little tensegrity structure creatures, then have oscillating movements applied to the pieces, so that the structures would seem to "walk". I don't remember what it was called! From memory, one of the simpler structures looked sort of like
this. What was it? Is it still online?
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posted by rivenwanderer
on Jan 3, 2012 -
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