You're on the southwest side of campus. Your next class is inconveniently located at the far northeast end of BYU, and you only have ten minutes to get there. What do you do?
Here's what I do:
- If possible, find a path to your class that isn't typical of most students or has more walking room.
- Lengthen your stride until you're walking almost twice as fast as everyone else rushing to class.
- Choose other fastwalkers to follow. This is my favorite thing to do. You make the other person part the sea while you coast along in their wake. When your Leader turns from the route you need to take, find another one (Leader, not footpath). There are always plenty of fastwalkers out there.
- Keep an eye out for Sticks-in-the-Mud (people who randomly stop to talk in the middle of the sidewalk, showing little concern for their personal health in the process). Try not to collide with any.
- Watch out for congested areas of traffic where everyone is walking slow. Adjust your pace just enough to keep you from running somebody over and use the gaps between walkers to muscle your way forward.
This tip sheet brought to you by a native Utah driver and walker.
It's good you added the disclaimer at the bottom. I thought you were describing walking in New York City during rush hour. That's not a place to stop and tie your shoe.
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