I was asked for more data on my morning commute.
Walking to work earlier, not reading:
36 minutes
3896 steps
15 floors (e.g., 150 feet of vertical climb)
Walking home yesterday while reading:
36 minutes
3846 steps
7 floors
Walking to work today while reading:
38 minutes
4200 steps
17 floors
The weather was pleasant all three times: neither hot nor wet. I followed roughly the same route each time.
Very preliminary conclusions:
- Reading doesn’t affect my pace markedly. (Motivation does, but I have no data to support that yet.)
- I do not in fact walk uphill to work both ways, no matter what it feels like.
- Today was the first day that I remembered to hit the record button at the door, rather than across the street. That might account for the 300 steps.
I will need to keep recording my commute. Now I’m curious how much of the variability is due to the FitBit, and how much is due to me. Also, science requires that I remember to push the record button in the same place; I will have to work on that.