Friday, March 12, 2010
Morning workout
The other day, we outfitted one of our staff members with a pedometer to measure the distance travelled when walk mowing greens. Mario tried this out the first day and came back with 16,427 steps. We measured the distance of 25 paces and divided out to get 7.9 miles. There is a lot of walking involved, but this number seemed to be very exaggerated. I hooked on the pedometer and drove two laps around the maintenance yard and totaled 32 steps without standing up. The vibration and bumping of the cart was enough to make a marathon runner out of anyone.
The next day we set Teddy up with the same device, however, he was instructed to reset the pedometer before each green and record the steps each time. He mowed six greens and totalled 4211 steps. Once we measured his walking style, kind of a thuggish-limp-along type of stroll, we came up with a much more realistic 1.9 miles.
In conclusion, walk mowing our relatively small greens every morning requires over 6 miles of distance in under 3 hours of time. Today, I reminded the crew how lucky they are to have an employer initiated health and fitness program that pays you while you exercise. They, in turn reminded me how lucky I am to have a crew that will put up with my lousy jokes.
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2 comments:
Nice post Jim, I always wondered how far we walk. I will pass your findings on to my staff!
David, I took a look at your blog and I would guess that your greens are a little larger than ours, 97,000 sq ft. total. Teddy mowed a third of those in that 1.9 miles. Thanks for the comment.
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