Join SoleMates and start walking!

Join Solemates now and start walking, either alone, with family or friends, or start your own fitness walking or weight loss group from home or at work. Walk for fun, walk for fitness, walk for weight loss, walk for the sheer joy of walking or organise a charity walk to help others.

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And use Solemates to:

o   Connect with friends, family and work colleagues

o   Organise walks, plan events and get others involved

o   Meet new friends and fellow walkers

Learn more about SoleMates…

Who are SoleMates?

Solemates are walkers who see walking as a whole philosophy of life and make walking part of their life:

1) Walkers walk – walking is a habit, the more you do it the more you want to do it

2) Walkers talk – connecting with others and encouraging others to walk

3) Walkers tread softly on the earth – leaving a low carbon footprint

4) Walkers are changing the world – putting the world back on its feet again

What can I do?

The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step – Lao Tse

Start today and try some of the following ways to make walking part of your life. Group support is one of the best ways to keep up a walking routine, keep motivated and achieve results. Think of all the ways you could do this using Solemates and connecting with other walkers:

• Kick-start and energise your day with a brisk morning walk
• If possible, walk to work
• Get off the bus or train one or two stops early or leave your car a distance from your destination and walk the rest of the way
• Walk instead of having a coffee break – a walk will give you a better ‘lift’ than a cup of coffee and ten minutes is enough
• Use stairs instead of elevators – they will tone your legs and exercise your heart
• Organise a lunch-time walking group with friends or work colleagues
• Relax and unwind with an after dinner stroll
• Use weekend walks to visit the country, seaside or some other special place
• Take a walking holiday and see new places on foot

Keeping a Walking Log – a record of when and where you plan to walk will help to keep you motivated. Apart from a good pair of walking shoes, it’s the best investment you can make. It will help you to form a clear idea of your goals and objectives. Research has shown that people who work towards well-defined goals achieve more than those who simply muddle on from day to day with no clear goal in mind – what gets measured gets done! The entries you make in your log need only be brief and will take little time to fill in. Self-confidence is boosted when you realise that you can meet the goals which you set for yourself.

We hope you can see how SoleMates can help you connect with other walkers and discover a whole new way of looking at the world around you. Use SoleMates to:

• Connect with your friends, family and work colleagues
• Meet new friends and fellow walkers
• Add photos and videos of your favourite walks and travel experiences
• Tell everyone about your walks and travel experiences
• Organise your walks, plan events and get others involved
• Post your favourite links to other walking information

Read more about SoleMates Walking – A Whole Philosophy of Life and join the SoleMates conversation NOW!