huge areas of ground are covered for what feels like minimal effort and great enjoyment in comparatively short periods of time. This state is known as ‘flow’, and it can apply not only to walking but to a huge range of activities, to work, to sport, to specialised performance of all varieties. Sometimes referred to as the psychology of optimal experience, flow is a central psychological concept, first developed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.23 Flow is the subjective experience of concentration and deep enjoyment accompanying or arising from skilled performance. Feelings of control, of oneness, of
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