A good 2-mile walk creates a 2-4 hour window where your body is still burning extra calories, adding about 15-25 additional calories beyond the walk itself. It’s not huge, but it’s free bonus calorie ...

Nearly 700 participants took off Thursday evening for the 2025 Park Point 5-Miler and 2-Mile Walk. The course record for the region’s oldest road race, which started in 1972, has stood for 50 years.

Story by Laura Williams Bustos, M.S. If you just started regularly adding walks or jogs to your exercise routine, you might wonder about things like how long it takes to walk a mile, the average ...

For years, walking advice has often been distilled into one catchy benchmark: 10,000 steps a day. But science tells a more nuanced – and far more encouraging – story, as walking isn’t about hitting a ...

Over the last few years, walking has finally come into its own, both as a great way to move your body and to boost your mood. Hit any trail this spring, and you’ll likely see tons of people getting ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — The Washtenaw County affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness is hosting its first-ever NAMIWalks on Saturday in Ann Arbor. The Nov. 8 event at Gallup Park, 3000 Fuller ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Walking speed reflects overall health, with faster ...