Every now and then I talk a walk around the neighborhood to get some exercise. The fresh air helps a bit as well. I was curious as to how long the walk is in distance. It occured to me that I could probably use a GPS device to track a trek. I have a Garmon eTrex that I used to use for Geocaching a few years back. I discovered it’s whereabouts the other day when going through a few boxes in the back room.
The trip worked out to be 1.16 miles in length. It took me 24 minutes with a moving average of 2.9 miles per hour. Even my wife was a bit surprised at the distance. The two of us thought it was much shorter. It worked out that the back half of the trip turned out to be a greater distance then the first part.
The accuracy of the signals turned out to be between 18 and 32 feet due to the clouds covering the area. I wonder how much of an effect this has on the reported distance. The maximum speed reported was 10.6. On foot, I doubt I was moving this fast. I was casually walking the whole time. The big hill in the back half slowed me down even more.
Maybe I’ll start up my hunt again soon. I see a few new caches near my home. My geocache profile could use a little bit of updating. I still have a few bugs that I need to release into the wild. It would be something I could log into my Wii Fit as well.
