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Weekly Schedule

• Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: walk 3-4 miles.
• Monday, Wednesday, Friday: Days off.
• Sunday: Mileage building day

• You may vary the exact days of the week, but generally give a day off between each walking day.

• This schedule varies mileage-building weeks with base mileage weeks, to allow a steady build-up of mileage with less risk of injury.

• For those who wish to use 10K events, such as volkssport walks or charity/fun walks in their schedule - replace the Saturday 4 miles with the 6 miles (10K) and either reduce the shorter midweek days to 3 miles or, if you tolerate it well, just enjoy the additional two miles. Do not short your longer day.

• Already walking longer mileage? Jump into the schedule where your longer days are now.

Keep track of your mileage, how you feel, what you wore, speed, what you ate and drank. Use one of our Calendars, Logs, and Trackers.

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