Question: About how many strides are taken around our local Multiplex track in a year?
Assumptions: *I decided I was an average runner - I pass some, some pass me - most keep pace.
*I compared my running gait with others and decided I have an average stride length - I don't shuffle but I don't leap.
My stride count was about 1250 strides/km.
*Survey of staff at gym gave me an average of 50 runners/day at the track. They took into account lower usage on
Saturdays and Sundays which they felt was offset by higher use mid-week. Same thing for summer versus winter usage.
*Survey of runners indicated that most run between 1 to 10 km per run so I rounded up to 5 km as an average.
So if 50 runners run 5 km/day at 1250 strides/km.
= 312 500 strides/day
= 2 187 500 strides/week
= 9 375 000 strides/month
= 1.125 x 10⁸strides/year
Out of curiosity I compared this to the circumference of the earth at the equator, which is about 40 000 km. GP Multiplex users run about 1.125 x 10⁸strides/year, which is about 91 000 km per year or just over twice around the earth.
Assumptions: *I decided I was an average runner - I pass some, some pass me - most keep pace.
*I compared my running gait with others and decided I have an average stride length - I don't shuffle but I don't leap.
My stride count was about 1250 strides/km.
*Survey of staff at gym gave me an average of 50 runners/day at the track. They took into account lower usage on
Saturdays and Sundays which they felt was offset by higher use mid-week. Same thing for summer versus winter usage.
*Survey of runners indicated that most run between 1 to 10 km per run so I rounded up to 5 km as an average.
So if 50 runners run 5 km/day at 1250 strides/km.
= 312 500 strides/day
= 2 187 500 strides/week
= 9 375 000 strides/month
= 1.125 x 10⁸strides/year
Out of curiosity I compared this to the circumference of the earth at the equator, which is about 40 000 km. GP Multiplex users run about 1.125 x 10⁸strides/year, which is about 91 000 km per year or just over twice around the earth.