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  1. Typically, adults walk at a pace of 3-4 miles per hour, and therefore walk a mile in around 15 to 20 minutes. A few people may be more or less efficient than that, and walking speed can even be influenced by gender and age, as well as fitness level.
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  4. Are you able to calculate walking speed?
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  7. When you're planning your next trip or day out, or preparing for an organized walk or marathon it is possible to know how long it takes to walk a mile. Individual health will of course be a factor in the length of time needed to complete a mile, but more general factors like age, gender and speed can be taken into account for when planning.
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  10. Walking speed is influenced by the age
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  13. There's no astonishment that takes three hours to walk just two blocks with the toddler. There are many intriguing cracks and walls that need to be observed!
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  16. how fast can the average person walk a mile may be shocked to discover that the sprightly twentysomethings actually tend to walk slower that their older thirty-something or forty-something peers. It's true. When we hit our 50s the speed of our walk slows again.
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  19. That's why, at 2.1mph this would require an average 75-year-old nearly half an hour to walk one mile (28 minutes and 34 seconds) for a 23-year old, whereas a 75-year-old is likely to walk at 3mph, and it will take them just 20 minutes to walk one mile.
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  22. Speed of walking based on gender
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  26. Women walk faster than men in all age groups. It could be due to the fact that they have larger legs. Perhaps they're more likely to be running late to do something...
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  29. The speed of walking is determined by the pace.
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  32. There's another factor to consider when calculating how long it will take to walk a mile: are you taking a stroll, walking or strolling down the street? When you're enjoying the country air, you will walk slower than if you are worried about not getting to the train.
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  35. Here are some statistics for different paces of walking:
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  39. Fast: 100 to 119 steps per minute or 11 minutes for every mile
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  42. Normal - 80-99 steps per hour / 15 minutes each mile
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  45. Relaxed 60 to 79 steps per hour/ 20 minutes each mile
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  49. It is possible to look at the mile chart below to get an estimate of how much time it will take to walk the distance walking at a normal quick or leisurely pace.
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  52. The final entry in our chart above gives the answer to the question "How long would it take for the Proclaimers to walk 500 miles". The answer is about 125 hours (7500 minutes) in a normal walking pace.
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  54. Homepage: https://howtoneed.com/how-long-does-it-take-to-walk-a-mile/
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