RE: [Paddlewise] Paddling Pedometry

On one of Duane Strosaker's Catalina for Lunch trips (www.rollordrown.com),
I measured my cadence and multiplied by the number of minutes in route
(subtracting breaks) and discovered I did 33,000 strokes that day.  Not as
exact as your pedometer but close enough.

Dave Houser 


> [Original Message]
> From: <rebyl_kayak_at_energysustained.com>
> To: <paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net>
> Date: 6/1/2008 3:48:02 PM
> Subject: [Paddlewise] Paddling Pedometry
>
> 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
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