Walking in Parks

[chartle]

We traveled in March. A group with young children to grandparents. My MIL wore her pedometer and we only averaged 7000 steps per day. We were all shocked (felt like more) but a lot of it is standing in place, sitting on rides (etc).

If you really want to get your mileage in, make time for it. If you are willing to take a running vacation on vacation- do just that. Either way you will have a great time!

My son has one.of those pokemon walker things and he was getting unto 30,000 "steps" per day. Of course any rough ride is going to add to the steps.

 

[dragitoff]

My husband was training for a marathon during our 09 trip. He ran around Pop and out to Wide World of Sports several times that week. I think it ended up being around 9-10 miles per run. This was in addition to doing commando park touring for 5 days with 4 kids! Touring parks is in no way a cardio workout for someone who is an athlete.

I don't consider myself an athlete. I'm just a regular guy who likes to run.

 

[Cuchman]

We have worm pedometers a few times.
When we wore them for an entire trip one year, our average was 8.6 miles per day - and that was with a 10, 8, and 6 year old - stroller some days for the youngest.

 

[AlixaLock]

I wore a pedometer on our 9 day trip in January. The daily mileage totals ranged from 8-13 miles per day, but we were pretty much active morning to night and we were constantly running for fast passes or bathrooms or lost strollers. We also had one 18.5 mile day at MK, it was a long day, but I doubted the accuracy of the pedometer on that day.

 

[Dopey420]

12-15 miles per day on my pedometer.

 

[mmay60046]

We stayed at the Boardwalk last week and I noticed a few people who would jog the Boardwalk/Yacht and Beach Club/Swan and Dolphin paths in the morning. If you're staying in one of those resorts you can jog that, take a shower afterwards, and still make rope drop at either Epcot or HS.

 

[EPCOT is a verb]

I just got back and wore a pedometer each day (except for the day it fell off in MK! I got it back at the end of the day at Guest Relations!). I averaged 9 miles a day, but one day had 12 miles. We like to park hop, so that ups the step totals.