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  2. Preferred walking speed - Wikipedia

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    Many people tend to walk at about 1.42 metres per second (5.1 km/h; 3.2 mph; 4.7 ft/s). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Individuals may find slower or faster speeds uncomfortable. Horses have also demonstrated normal, narrow distributions of preferred walking speed within a given gait , which suggests that the process of speed selection may follow similar ...

  3. SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    Founded in 1962 as the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the facility is located on 172 ha (426 acres) of Stanford University-owned land on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California, just west of the university's main campus. The main accelerator is 3.2 km (2 mi) long, making it the longest linear accelerator in the world, and has been ...

  4. United States Army Physical Fitness Test - Wikipedia

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    If a soldier had a permanent medical condition that kept him or her from conducting the two mile run, an alternative aerobic event consisting of either a 2.5-mile walk, an 800-yard swim, or 6.2-mile cycle ride could have been taken. There were no alternate events for the push-up or sit-up.

  5. Running - Wikipedia

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    Running is often measured in terms of pace, [54] expressed in units of minutes per mile or minutes per kilometer (the inverse of speed, in mph or km/h). Some coaches advocate training at a combination of specific paces related to one's fitness to stimulate various physiological improvements.

  6. Western States Endurance Run - Wikipedia

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    Runners, WS 2010. The finish line to the Western States 100 at Placer High School. The Western States Endurance Run, known commonly as the Western States 100 or Western States, is a 100.2-mile (161 km) ultramarathon that takes place on California's Sierra Nevada Mountains trails each year on the last full weekend of June.

  7. List of auto racing tracks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    California: 2014 Asphalt 5.100 miles (8.208 km) 26 IndyCar: Thunderhill Raceway Park: Willows: California: 1994 Asphalt 3.0 miles (4.8 km) 15 SCCA, 25 Hours of Thunderhill, Trans Am Series: Utah Motorsports Campus (formerly Miller Motorsports Park) Tooele: Utah: 2005 Asphalt 4.486 miles (7.220 km) 23

  8. Bay Area Rapid Transit rolling stock - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, after replacing 6,500 feet (1,981 m) and grinding down (smoothing) 3 miles (4.8 km) of rail in the tube, BART reported a reduction of noise there and positive feedback from riders. [28] BART also announced that the new train cars expected to enter service in December 2016 (see below) will be quieter, thanks to "'micro-plug' doors [that ...

  9. 3000 metres - Wikipedia

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    The men's world record performance for 3000 m equates to a pace of 58.34 seconds per 400 m, which is closer to the 60.43 seconds for 5000 m than the 55.46 seconds for the mile. However, the 3000 m does require some anaerobic conditioning , and an elite athlete needs to develop a high tolerance to lactic acid , as does the mile runner.