How long would it take to walk 3 miles?

[Aod]

used to take me 12/15 minutes to walk into uni which was a mile, so i'd say Three miles would take about 45 minutes

 

[alex_tank]

40 minutes-ish

 

[Ghosteh]

45 Minutes with 15Kg and a rifle.

 

[hiyajac]

If slow jog, it's about 30mins. So if by walking, the time should double, about 1 hr.

 

[TurnipHead]

How big is your stride?

 

[phil675]

It takes me about 50 mins to walk 2.5 miles. it was so boring and long I bought a bike. 15 mins each way is much better.

buy a bike

 

[Emphacy]

Half an hour for me. I walk like I'm on a mission.

I just bomb it into Greggs at lunchtimes and shout COFFEEEEEE! they're like Small or Large...

 

[mmj_uk]

It depends on how fast you walk, obviously.

 

[Lima]

Average walking pace is approximately 3 miles an hour.

Now.... I've done some lab tests, run the numbers and done some pretty complex calcs and the results are showing me that it will take approximately 1 hour to walk 3 miles. Then there of course unknown variables i.e. if your in reasonable shape you could perhaps cut this time down to 45 minutes.

 

[RomanNose]

That's acceleration not speed.

And he is still wrong as it depends on altitude, he might want to do this walk on Everest.

 

[bloodline76]

At average human walking speed of 3 miles an hour...around an hour.

3 miles an hour is a slow walking pace. Unless you have short legs then your distance is doubed

I walk home sometimes which is 4.5 miles and it takes me about 45-55minutes after a night shift.

 

[SexyGreyFox]

36 mins was very comfotable for my regular 3 mile walk back from school.

No it didn't - ever thought about entering for the Olympics?

I honestly thought we were getting some serious replies since average walking speed is 20 minute miling and then we get this one.
In all the years I've been running marathons and half marathons the one thing I've learnt is that people have absolutely no idea how far somewhere is and make it up.

 

[flibbage0]

Half an hour for me. I walk like I'm on a mission.

I just bomb it into Greggs at lunchtimes and shout COFFEEEEEE! they're like Small or Large...

3 miles in 30 minutes, you must be jogging.

 

[Cosimo]

I reckon I’d do it in fifty minutes and yes I do walk.

 

[kokuten]

is there a subway on the way?

 

[a1ex2001]

3 miles an hour is a slow walking pace. Unless you have short legs then your distance is doubed

It's really not! Get the gps running on your phone and try and maintain a 4mph walk (or faster) most people find it quite surprising as they've been told previously that 4mph is the average walking pace which if it ever was it certainly isn't anymore. 4mph is a fast walking pace 3mph is much more like the average joe on the street, so in reality the average is probably somewhere in bettween I would expect most people to cover 3 miles in just under an hour.

 

[yhack]

That's acceleration not speed.

And he is still wrong as it depends on altitude, he might want to do this walk on Everest.

It was just a joke, I apologise greatly.

 

[Morgoth]

If I was walking at 3mph I'd feel like I was dawdling.

 

[misterPK]

You also need to include a percentage increase in time dependant on the amount of swagger you intend to use.

 

[a1ex2001]

If I was walking at 3mph I'd feel like I was dawdling.

YOU are an individual example though obviously everyone varies some faster than 3 some slower than 3 thats why it is called an average. Most people have no idea how fast they walk as they never time a known distance they all base t on thing like 'it's about 2 miles into town and I take about 30 minutes so i must walk at 4mph'