How far do you have to walk to equal a run?

[Neymar Barca]

I measured 1 km of running and 1 km of fast walking,so I run 1km @ 4min and 30 sec ..... & fast walk 1km @ 9min...basically if run 5km in 30 minutes I have to walk 1 hour to do the same distance /5km... Do i have to walk double the distance to burn the same amount of calories burned as running???

[Royalty]

I think that you will "burn" roughly the same amount of calories.

I think that if you walk, you will use primarily fats as an energy source. But if you run, you will tend to you both carbs and fats as energy sources.


I think that running will speed up your metabolism more than walking will. I think that you will get in shape faster by running. But running can deplete your glycogen stores and impair your leg workouts (so make sure to have some carbs after you run)

[Novena]

Think of it in terms of minutes at a heart rate of 160 beats.  I try for 30 minutes at 160 beats.

[gym**rat]

Think of it in terms of minutes at a heart rate of 160 beats.  I try for 30 minutes at 160 beats.

This. It does depend on heart rate and duration. It is is equal in both walking and running you will get the same results.

[Novena]

I am always sure to use a heart monitor with a strap.  I always suspect that the cases you hear about guys dropping dead on an exercise bike or treadmill (Like famous author Douglas Adams)  is due to "overrevving" so to speak.

[Tapeworm]

I measured 1 km of running and 1 km of fast walking,so I run 1km @ 4min and 30 sec ..... & fast walk 1km @ 9min...basically if run 5km in 30 minutes I have to walk 1 hour to do the same distance /5km... Do i have to walk double the distance to burn the same amount of calories burned as running???

All things being equal (excluding differences in the biomechanical efficiency of walking vs running, yielding ground underfoot, gusts of wind, gravitational pull of the moon, etc), and not accounting for acceleration and deceleration which would be significant over short distances, the calories burned are the same.  You've moved a mass from A to B.  You've moved the mass faster and burned the calories faster by running. 

Energy expenditure may not correlate to fat loss, void where prohibited, some conditions apply.

[ProudVirgin69]

I heard, from dj181 no less, that a mile is worth about 100 calories whether you run it or walk it

[pedro01]

I agree - isnt this just physics? Same mass moved over same distance.

I run 5k 4 times a week. Not far but my best time this week was 24 mins 34 seconds at 43 years old and in 35 celcius heat with humidity high. It's pointless showering straight afterwards 'cause even after a cold shower, i'll still be sweating 40 mins later. That wont happen after a walk and i have to wonder what is going on metabolically then.