G'day, There's an event on at the moment called the Global Corporate Challenge in which employees from companies around the world form teams and count their footsteps or their cycling distances. I recently asked the orgainsers whether it was OK to include kayak paddling strokes and they were keen to see me try this. I strapped a pedometer to my upper arm inside a wetsuit, to count paddle cycles, A right paddle stroke followed by a left paddle stroke counted one on the pedometer but is counted as two in my records. So a paddle cycle, i.e. a left paddle stroke followed by a right stroke, counts as a left footstep followed by a right step. I tend to a fairly high stroke which may have helped the pedometer to operate properly. Started recording yesterday with a coastal paddle in 15knot wind. We covered a third of the distance into the wind and two thirds with it quartering. One meter seas. One of the kayakers became progressively sick during the trip. The pedometer showed 3052 strokes, i.e 6104 paddle stroke equivalents to a footstep, for a distance of 8 nautical miles in three hours. If everyone had been fit we would have probably covered the distance in two hours. This all seemed reasonable and felt comparable with a good solid bushwalk in terms of energy expended. But I want to replicate the measurements to better represent kayaking comparisons with walking and cycling. I refrained from rolling and the pedometer remained dry throughout. Next time I'll wrap it in plastic film as well so I can roll. Has anyone else carried out similar measurements? If so I'd be keen to hear about the technique they used, the conditions they paddled and the results they measured. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jun 01 2008 - 15:41:43 PDT
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