Top 10 Gifts for the Walking Woman

The Omron HJ-720ITC Pocket Pedometer is a full-featured pedometer (steps, distance, calories) that also allows you to upload it all to enjoy graphs and charts of steps, aerobic steps, distance, calories and fat burned. The pedometer is of an advanced design that tolerates more tilt than many. It is also absolutely silent and very accurate.

The 4th generation iPod nano is back to an oblong shape, but sleek and rounded. I have the 16GB version, which has plenty of memory for video and movies in addition to music and audiobooks. The iPod nano works with the Nike+ sensor kit for tracking your walking workouts. It's a great outdoors walking or treadmill companion.

It's smooth and quiet but will help her burn the calories. The Smooth 5.45 treadmill is a very good selection for a folding home treadmill. It has a powerful 2.5 HP motor with a lifetime warranty. The treadmill stores nine user profiles and has five programmed workouts in addition to manual operation. Smooth treadmills are all sold direct, delivered to you. You can pay a little extra and they will even carry it upstairs and get it fully set-up and running.

The Mio is more than a sports watch, more than a strapless heart monitor. It allows you to track your calories burned and the calories you eat and prompts you to stick with your diet plan. The heart monitor works by pressing two fingers against the watch.

Counting steps is one of the best ways to get into the fitness habit. This pedometer is loaded with features yet it is small, quiet, and accurate. The dual-line display shows distance and the other data - steps, calories, speed, steps-per-minute, time of day. It times your workout and can display the total for the past 7 days.

Socks are the best stocking stuffers! Sockguy socks are fun socks in colorful designs - but also serious socks made of core-spun CoolMax to prevent blisters.

Help her build or maintain her walking program with this 14-Week Walking Journal. Each daily page allows her to log her walking steps, minutes, miles and speed. She can also journal her workouts, nutrition, achievements, and ideas.

Pamper your walker's feet with the gift of a foot spa. Various models come with features such as massaging bubbles, whirlpool, buffers and heating to keep the water warm. After a nice long walk, a foot soak feels fabulous. Add some bath salts to the water and you can soothe any hot spots or dry up small blisters.

These kits have soothing foot balm, night-time foot renewal creme, callus treatments and other goodies so a walker can pamper her feet. It's probably something she won't buy for herself, which makes it a thoughtful gift.