Please explain

JAswoman
JAswoman Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
I walked 2 miles today. My workout details say I walked 5.1K. What does that mean? Thanks.

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  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,185 Member
    2 miles is the Imperial measure of the distance you walked, 5.1K is the metric equivalent.
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    Are you using a fitness tracker? I would guess that it's taken the 2 miles you walked deliberately, added it to the incidental steps you got throughout your day and MFP is displaying that distance converted to kilometers.
  • __TMac__
    __TMac__ Posts: 1,669 Member
    5km or 5k steps? 5km is 3.1 miles.
  • peleroja
    peleroja Posts: 3,979 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    2 miles is the Imperial measure of the distance you walked, 5.1K is the metric equivalent.

    That's incorrect, however. 5 kilometres is approximately 3.1 miles and 2 miles is approximately 3.2 kilometres.

    I also suspect that the OP might have walked 5000 steps.
  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,488 Member
    My steps for 2 miles is just over 5000 steps (5k), so I would think, unless you are tall with a long stride, it is how many steps you took in your 2 mile walk.

    Kilometres are generally shown as km; thousands as k. ( though I have seen a few of the trackers tend not to follow this norm).

    Cheers, h.
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