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The risk continued to drop with more steps, but then plateaued at about 7,500 steps. The optimal step count for people younger than 60, though, was about 8,000 to 10,000 a day, per a separate study.
1 March 1986 Phoenix, AZ, USA 27:40 Addis Abebe (ETH) 24 January 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia 27:37 Tendai Chimusasa (ZIM) 25 April 1993 Wurzburg, Germany 27:34 Haile Gebreselasie (ETH) 4 April 1994 Dongio, Switzerland 27:34 William Sigei (KEN) 4 April 1994 Dongio, Switzerland 27:20 Joseph Kimani (KEN) 5 May 1996 Cleveland, OH, USA 27:18
At the professional level, many races offer significant prize money to athletes who achieve a high finishing position in the race. At the highest level, annual prize money can total over US$100,000 at races such as the World's Best 10K, Peachtree Road Race, Apryle Showers Run - Florida's Fastest 10K, and World 10K Bangalore.
The Fitbit is an always-on electronic pedometer, that in addition to counting steps also displays distance traveled, altitude climbed (via a number of flights of steps count), calories burned, current intensity, and time of day. Worn in an armband at night, it also purports to measure the length and quality of a user's sleep.
The 10,000 steps per day rule isn’t based in science. Here’s what experts have to say about how much you should actually walk per day for maximum benefits.
The Cooper test which was designed by Kenneth H. Cooper in 1968 for US military use is a physical fitness test. [1] [2] [3] In its original form, the point of the test is to run as far as possible within 12 minutes. Pacing is important, as the participant will not cover a maximal distance if they begin with a pace too close to an all out sprint.
The test score is the time taken on the test, in minutes. This can also be converted to an estimated maximal oxygen uptake score using the calculator below and the following formulas, where the value "T" is the total time completed (expressed in minutes and fractions of a minute e.g. 9 minutes 15 seconds = 9.25 minutes). As with many exercise ...
The men's race at the 2010 edition, won by Rigoberto Gaetán, had six runners break the 28 minute mark. [1] Lornah Kiplagat has been the race's most successful competitor as she has won the women's race on six occasions. The race was first held in 1998, when it was known as the Puente Teodoro Moscoso 10 km. The competition changed to its ...