I walk the line
After recently filling out the survey (how about some results on SERRC.net?) I received a pedometer from Darcy. Here's some of my initial experiences:
- After 2 days, my first pedometer stopped working. It had only recorded about 7000 steps prior to that, which I know was probably incorrect, as I had ran over 3 miles the first day at a good pace, and it only recorded around 4000 steps. In addition I had done some other walking around town, enough probably to add up to another mile or two. I exchanged this one for another.
- I received a new pedometer and immediately went for a walk around the upstairs. With my stride it comes out to being 87 steps.
- Just in one hour of normal activity + short walk from my house after parking my car, I've already tallied 1100 steps, so I know my first device was wack.
- A one man team, I plan on tracking my steps as daily as possible on a Google spreadsheet and share it with people. Here's the chart (work in progress) that I'll post on a more permenant basis elsewhere:
I don't think this will alter my exercise behavior that much, but it's interesting to note the exercise equivalencies, as well as analyze when I'm most active, etc.
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Good job Colin. I only used my pedometer twice. I need to start using it again, but there is no easy place to clip it on except for my jeans, and I only wear them once a week. The two I used it I racked up two miles each day in the office an around town for lunch etc.