I was a mile from home on my dog walk today ( I know it's a mile since I've measured it for my running route) I thought it would be interesting to see how many steps that would be since I had my phone with me and it was recording my steps. Exactly 1760 as it happens.
John
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Coincidence?
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Re: Coincidence?
Or the app on your phone measured the distance using GPS, and divided a mile by a yard to get the answer. It probably thought that calculation was likely to be more accurate than any step counting procedure.
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Re: Coincidence?
The modern mile is 1000 (mille) double paces of a Roman legionary. So it should be 2000 steps. A one yard pace is huge John. Are you 7' tall?
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Re: Coincidence?
gryffron wrote:The modern mile is 1000 (mille) double paces of a Roman legionary. So it should be 2000 steps. A one yard pace is huge John. Are you 7' tall?
6FT 3"
Much taller than the average Italian!
I must have been doing my best John Cleese!
John
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