ShadowSilk Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 My local walking track is inefficient. Supposedly, four and a half laps equal one mile. Well, once I've done four and a half laps, of course I want to go on and finish so that it's five laps. Makes sense to me. I'm trying to figure out exactly how far this is, and I have no head for math at all. Is it a mile and one eighth? It can't be a mile and a quarter... Help, please, for logging purposes, and so I can figure out time to distance ratios, etc. Quote SW (this time) -- 260 lbs GW (June 1) -- 220 lbs Link to comment
DELETED Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 If the track is truly 4.5 laps = 1 mile, then the track distance on one lap is 2/9 of a mile. so five full laps would be 1 and 1/9 mile, or roughly 1.11 miles. are you sure it's 4.5 laps? usually it's 4 laps to a mile. i agree with you that it's inefficient if it's truly 4.5 laps. (and kinda silly!) also, if you have a smart phone, there are apps you can use to track your distance. (tho i'm guessing if you had a smart phone, you would have thought of that already!) Quote this person really wants to delete their account but can't because it's not allowed. Link to comment
ShadowSilk Posted September 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I have a smart phone, I just don't have any apps to track my distance. I've been using my horribly outdated iPod Nano (4Gen! Because I'm poor and it still works, so why replace it?) to track my steps, though. Which is why I wondered, because it's tracking my steps at almost 1 and a quarter miles. Today was 2496, which if 2000 steps is a mile, makes it a mile and a quarter. Or I'm just weird. (Probably the latter.) And yes, horribly inefficient and really kinda "durrrr" but that's what they have posted there. That's the paved track. The dirt track which goes around the playground they have posted as six laps = one mile, which is what I'll be using when I start the Zombies, Run! C25K in a couple of weeks. Thank you! Quote SW (this time) -- 260 lbs GW (June 1) -- 220 lbs Link to comment
DELETED Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 2000 steps is a mile is based on the average stride length. If yours isn't exactly the same as average, that would be why your number of steps isn't aligning with the distance. Quote this person really wants to delete their account but can't because it's not allowed. Link to comment
ShadowSilk Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 Oh, I see. I googled that, and just figured I was average...but that's cool, I can be eccentric. It's all good. Thank you again! Quote SW (this time) -- 260 lbs GW (June 1) -- 220 lbs Link to comment
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