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race walking

lynnie25
lynnie25 Posts: 93
edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
ok i was just putting in my time for walking and i was just wondering for the heck of it how much you burn from race walking and in an hour it's alot..but what is it and how do you even start???

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  • stratdl
    stratdl Posts: 303 Member
    The amount of calories burned is based on your intensity. Intensity is best measured by a heart rate monitor, but, failing that, you can go by speed (i.e., how fast you were walking). If you were walking on a track, it's easy to figure an average speed and then enter it into the MFP log based on the generic info they have here (walking is broken down by speed). If you're not on a track (i.e., you're walking around your neighborhood or something), the best thing to do is to drive your route with your car and figure out how far you went. Then, you divide the miles you walked (based on your drive) by the hours you walked and there is your speed.

    I'm averaging 5.0-5.2 mph and in an hour's time, I generally burn 400-600 calories. You could burn more, because mine is based on an exercise metabolic test that I have done (in which I found out my body is VERY efficient at burning calories--that is, it burns fewer calories per minute than I'd like it to :grumble: ).

    I hope this helps you out!

    Cheers, :drinker:
    Deborah

    P.S. We have a thread that you might want to join called "Beginners Walking Challenge". We report our weekly progress every Friday and would love to have you!
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    there is also a web site mapyourrun.com.

    I walked my nightly route in about 20 minutes yesterday. I have always thought it was 2.5 miles, but knew it couldnt be with that time. So I mapped it and it is 1.36:grumble: :grumble:

    BUT I was so very happy that I have gone from walking this route in 45 minutes to doing it in 20. That is about a 15 minute mile.

    I guess I will just have to do it twice tonight!!:wink:

    Good luck and have fun:flowerforyou:
  • stratdl
    stratdl Posts: 303 Member
    there is also a web site mapyourrun.com.

    I walked my nightly route in about 20 minutes yesterday. I have always thought it was 2.5 miles, but knew it couldnt be with that time. So I mapped it and it is 1.36:grumble: :grumble:

    BUT I was so very happy that I have gone from walking this route in 45 minutes to doing it in 20. That is about a 15 minute mile.

    I guess I will just have to do it twice tonight!!:wink:

    Good luck and have fun:flowerforyou:

    Thanks for this info, arewethereyet!!!

    I just posted the website address to the Beginners Walking Challenge. It's really awesome of you to tell us all about that site!

    Cheers, :drinker:
    Deborah
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