Edinburgh were ranked 20th in the table with a walking pace of 13.29 seconds followed by Cardiff at number 31 with a walking pace of 16.81 seconds.

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Walking at a pace of 20-minute miles burns about 240-300 calories per hour depending on weight.

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Another main road, north-west to Uganda, which should be one of Africa's great arteries, is pitted with craters often two feet deep, reducing traffic to little better than walking pace for stretches of 15km or so.

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When City of Heroes went live last April, instead of the freebie customers walking away, they and thousands of others signed up at a furious pace.

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So he tries to offset his difficulty in actually hitting the ball by walking fast, getting up to his ball and trying to keep a similar pace of play.

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My walking leg only goes at one pace so there's never any time I ever get out of breath.

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