-----Original Message----- From: dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com <dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com> >I think that Atlantic Coastal Kayaking had an article about calories a couple >years a go. I guestimated from the article that paddling my 190 pounds at 5mph >burned 500 calories per hour. Guestimating on a guestimate I think 4mph would >be in the 400 calories per hour range. > If your guestimate for 5mph is correct, 4 mph would be more like 250 to 300 calories per hour (remember you have traveled only 4/5ths as far during that hour though so you don't save as much energy as it might seem). My rough rule of thumb is: the drag nearly doubles for each knot increase in paddling speed. Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 19:45:45 PDT
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