Re: 10,000 steps for librarians

[Anita Drain <adrain@PANESU.ORG>]

Ddoes anyone have a suggestion for a good, bur relativelly inexpensive pedometer to 
purchase for this "project"?

Aanita Drain, Media Director
Hay Springs School
Hay Springs, NE
adrain@panesu.org

Donna Steel Cook wrote:

> Good idea, Mary.  I wear a pedometer every day.  The idea I started with about 18 
>months ago was to walk 10,000 or more steps a day.  I had read in USA Today that 
>10,000 steps a day would keep me reasonably fit.  I've found that I ALWAYS hit 
>more than 8,000 on a work day.  Today I've got 10,113, and that isn't unusual.  I 
>understand that 10,000 steps is approximately 6 miles.  I look forward to being 
>included in your research.10,00
> ---
> Donna Cook, Nacogdoches, Texas :
> Teacher Librarian Central High;
> District Coordinator, Central ISD;
> Library Consultant, Douglass ISD;
> "Minister of Information" First Baptist Church.
> donnacook@mailcity.com
> 936-853-9345 (work)
> 936-569-2426 (home)
>
> On Wed, 1 Nov 2000 14:04:14
>  Ludwick Mary wrote:
> >I have been mulling this idea around for awhile.  Too often others think
> >that our job is s-o-o-o-o  sedentary and I would like to prove them
> >wrong.  So, I am proposing the following idea.  I would like for all who
> >are willing to purchase a pedometer and use it for 30  working days,
> >then submit the information and I will compile it/analyze it.  We will
> >either find out that we are quite active, or everyone else is correct!
> >So, if you are willing to do so, obtain a pedometer, and we will collect
> >our data for the first 30  working days in the year 2001.  Here are the
> >exact rules I have devised.
> >1. Participants purchase a pedometer.
> >2. Pedometer will be used for 30 working days, beginning in January
> >2001.
> >3. Pedometer will be activated each morning when you enter the building
> >in which you work.
> >    Pedometer will be turned off each PM when you leave the building.
> >Distance will be recorded each day.
> >4. I will send out a form to fill in at the end of the time to gather
> >our statistics.
> >5. If a holiday falls within the time, that day will not be used for
> >data collection purposes (duh!), we will use 30 *working* days.
> >6. Our study will be international in scope.  (When I analyze the data,
> >I will ask for country and then we can compare US to others as well as
> >total group.)
> >
> >I hope I am not the only one curious about what the information will
> >show.
> >--
> >
> >Mary Croix Ludwick, MLS    B.B. Owen Elementary K-5
> >Lewisville ISD,  The Colony, Texas (near Dallas)
> >ludwickm@lisd.net (school)   ludwick@swbell.net (home)
> >
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