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  2. Preferred walking speed - Wikipedia

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    The faster the pace, the more calories burned if weight loss is a goal. Maximum heart rate for exercise (220 minus age), when compared to charts of "fat burning goals" support many of the references that give the average of 1.4 m/s (3.1 mph), as within this target range.

  3. How to Make Your Walk a Workout - AOL

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    Try intervals to help you push yourself and acclimate to a faster pace, closer to four miles per hour or a 15-minute mile pace. How you do that is up to you. You could walk more quickly for a ...

  4. Cooper test - Wikipedia

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    This is not exactly a Cooper test but a reasonable practical compromise as long as the distance is of sufficient length to put a continuous load on the cardiovascular system for 10 or more minutes. For example, the British Army uses 1.5 miles, the Australian Army uses 2.4 kilometers, the US Army uses 2 miles and the US Marine Corps 3 miles.

  5. 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.

  6. Naismith's rule - Wikipedia

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    Pace [6] in minutes per kilometre or mile vs. slope angle resulting from Naismith's rule [7] for basal speeds of 5 and 4 km / h. [n 1] The original Naismith's rule from 1892 says that one should allow one hour per three miles on the map and an additional hour per 2000 feet of ascent. [1] [4] It is included in the last sentence of his report ...

  7. 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.

  8. Two miles - Wikipedia

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    The 2 mile (3,520 yards, [1] 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run , it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom .

  9. United States Marine Corps Physical Fitness Test - Wikipedia

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    The three-mile run event is a timed event where the Marine runs exactly three miles on reasonably flat ground, not on a treadmill, either indoors or outdoors, as quickly as possible. [11] Marines satisfying any of the following requirements [3] can, instead of running, opt to row 5000 meters on a rowing ergometer: 46 years or older