Favorite places to walk...

Yeah, good idea to walk, we all agree.Glad you lost the weight. I need to.
Just be careful where you go. Dangerous world full of bad people, and they seem to love to be around trucks.
Some places I go scare me just driving through, much less walking around the area.
Wooded areas around truck stops ? No way.
Be careful walking in strange places. People get killed / robbed every day.

 

I like this thread. I was where you were once with weight as well. I couldn't walk to my mailbox without my back screaming in pain from my weight. I lost 130 lbs and now I like to walk. I just don't do it often enough.


One of my favorite places to walk is at the company's terminals. It's a pretty controlled environment and usually big enough. Not very exciting.

Also, I found a new place just last night. Here at the T/A right near downtown Nashville you can walk downtown easily and safely. From the T/A you can walk 2 blocks to the south towards the stadium. Take the Woodland Street Bridge over the Cumberland River and you are in the heart of downtown Nashville. My new favorite walk. The view is great going over the bridge and when you get to the other side head down 2nd Ave N. at the corner and a few blocks later you are in the heart of Nashville's music and bar scene on Broadway. It only takes minutes to get into downtown and it felt safe.

Great thread by the way. Looking forward to the responses.

 

In Nashville, I always walk to Hooters and then down to McFaddens,

 

I'm 5'11" tall and ideal weight is 175 lbs. Last winter got lazy and didn't watch my diet and jumped to 215 lbs. Started walking and within 2 months dropped 35 lbs. Now 5 more lbs. to go. I was having trouble putting my socks on and just doing that would get winded. Doctors say walking is better than jogging and jogging will actually age you faster.

 

From what I have seen on the street behind the T.A. in downtown Nashville, I would not walk very far. Unless they have cleaned it up in the last 2 years, that used to be a bad area.
Proud of you people losing the weight. takes a lot of determination.

 

Bosselman "Pilot" off I80 in Grande Island, NE. There is a small country road that heads west away from the truck stop. I walk that for an hour or so out and back. Nice as long as the mosquitoes aren't in season.

 

Petro in Gadsen had a nice blacktop oval out back. Real nice.

 

I try to walk as much as I can and much prefer scenic routes. However, remember if you're in a less than desirable area, 30-35 laps around the truck is approximately 1 mile.