On 2/1/2019 1:40 PM, AMuzi wrote:
On 2/1/2019 11:35 AM, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 2/1/2019 1:19 AM, wrote:
On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 6:29:26 PM UTC-6, John
B. Slocomb wrote:
On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:30:08 -0800 (PST),
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wrote:

On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 10:43:03 AM UTC-6,
Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 1/29/2019 11:42 PM, wrote:
I am fortunate to have a grocery store only 3/4 mile
from my house.Â* So I walk for groceries.

When I was working at my first engineering job, I owned
a car, a
motorcycle and a bicycle. But I walked the mile to
work, unless I woke
up late.

Now I ride my three speed even to drop mail at the post
office 0.2 miles
away. For me, it's just more fun to ride.

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- Frank Krygowski

I'm not arguing its fun to ride.Â* I enjoy riding.Â* But
for simplicity, its easy to walk 3/4 mile to the store.
Just grab my plastic bags and walk out the door.Â* No
clothing or shoe change needed.Â* Coming home is a little
harder if I buy heavy stuff.Â* My arms get stretched from
the weight of the bags.Â* My walk is pretty pleasant when
its not winter.Â* Flat.Â* Sidewalk the whole way.Â* Shade
from trees for half the distance.Â* And its good
exercise.Â* More exercise than riding the same distance.
But its not hard exercise that will improve cardio
vascular or strength or anything.Â* Its exercise that
gets me off my butt and helps circulation and moves the
joints.Â* And I get to breathe fresh air.

The normal marching rate is, and has been since the days
of the Roman
Empire, about 3 miles per hour. So a 0.2 mile distance
could be walked
in about 4 minutes and a 3/4 mile in 15 minutes. It seems
hardly worth
opening the garage door :-)


Cheers,
John B.

Are you sure?Â* 3 miles per hour, 20 minutes per 1 mile, is
very slow.Â* I easily walk at a pleasant pace to the store
3/4 mile away in at most 10 minutes.Â* Or a bit less.Â* Even
carrying heavy bags of groceries home, I still only take
about 10 minutes to walk 3/4 mile.Â* That is about 4.5 mph.

FWIW, I've confirmed many times that my wife and I walk at
an average of about 3 mph. It disappoints me, but I can't
deny it.

I used to walk faster, I'm sure. I certainly remember people
telling me I was a fast walker. But as with most bicyclists,
the older I get, the faster I was.


Apples & oranges.

We have a couple thousand years worth of richly detailed[1] military
infantry speeds which haven't changed (except in non-combat speed
records etc).

I'll freely admit, I probably can't walk as fast as a 20-something guy
who's fit enough to make it through boot camp.

The walking you engage(d) isn't with full gear for twenty
miles and as such, yes, ought to be faster.

Yep. And I ought to be able to do more double centuries, I ought to be
able to sprint at over 30 mph, I ought to be able to do fun recreational
rides at temperatures in the Fahrenheit teens. I ought to be able to
impress my friends with my time trialing.

But those days are sadly gone. And we now walk at about 3 mph. I'm
willing to accept it.


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- Frank Krygowski