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pleeper@wtcp.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Paulette Leeper) writes:

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>In article <hankin.721586646@osf> hankin@sauron.osf.org (Scott Hankin) writes:
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>>    The formula I've seen is
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>>       calories burned = body weight (Kg) * kilometers run

>According to this equation, the number of calories burned would
>be the same regardless of whether or not one walked or ran over
>a particular distance.  It's pounds over miles, no matter what.


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    Indeed.  I've actually read that in several sources.  While it might
    seem counter-intuitive, it all depends on how you look at it.  Example:
    how can running 5 miles @ 8 minutes a mile burn the same calories as
    walking 5 miles @ 12 minutes a mile?  Consider a 170 lb individual
    covering those 5 miles.  According to the formula, this person will burn
    ~625 calories.  The runner burns them in 40 minutes.  The walker burns
    them in an hour.  The runner is burning ~940 calories an hour, compared
    to the walker's 625.  The speed at which you travel affects the rate at
    which you burn the calories.  If both people were to exercise for an
    hour, the runner would burn 315 more calories.  As it is, the runner
    just finishes 20 minutes sooner for the same caloric output, because of
    the higher rate of effort.

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