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APPENDIX
MEASURING STRIDE LENGTH
HO
W
T
O
MEASURE
Y
OUR STRIDE LENGTH
Y
our stride length is aut
omatically det
ermined based upon y
our height
input during the setup sequenc
e
.
Y
ou ma
y choose t
o
adjust this stride
length b
y
obtaining y
our personaliz
ed measur
ements as detailed belo
w
.
1.
Y
our stride is the distanc
e bet
w
een y
our back f
oot
’s
t
oe and y
our fr
ont
foot
’s
t
oe (fi
g
. 1).
To
fi
nd out what y
our stride is
, walk or run 10 st
eps
and then measur
e the distanc
e with a tape measur
e fr
om the fi
rst
st
ep
’s
t
oe t
o
the 10th st
ep
’s
t
oe (fi
g
. 2). Divide y
our t
otal distanc
e b
y
10
to
get y
our a
v
erage stride length.
2.
F
or a quick estimat
e
, walk 3 st
eps
, measur
e the distanc
e
, and divide b
y
3.
T
he mor
e st
eps y
ou take
, the mor
e ac
curat
e and r
ealistic y
our stride
will be
. An a
v
erage walk
ing stride f
or a f
emale is 2 f
eet (24in), a male is
2.5 f
eet (30in).
FIGURE 1
FIGURE 2
ST
A
RT
W
ALKING/RUNNING
DIVIDE
TO
TA
L
DIST
ANCE BY 10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
STRIDE
If y
our pac
e is .3mph slo
w
er or fast
er than
the displa
y will change t
o
r
ed and the p
a
if y
ou should speed up or sl
o
note: pac
e arr
o
w
pointing do
wn
reminds y
ou to
slo
w do
wn.
note: pac
e arr
o
w
pointing up
reminds y
ou to
speed up
.
R
B
1
4
0
0
IS
0
1
S
P
O
.in
d
d
2
6
6
/2
8
/1
1
9
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3
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