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AdeleneDawner comments on Leveling IRL - Less Wrong Discussion

33 Post author: cousin_it 05 August 2011 09:35PM

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Comment author: AdeleneDawner 08 August 2011 06:43:08PM 2 points [-]

YMMV, definitely, but I think walking for a distance rather than a time preserves some of that 'wow'. I know I was fairly impressed with myself the first time I walked a mile and a half to a convenience store, walked around to shop, and walked a mile and a half home without stopping. It might be less of a 'wow' than running some distance, but for level one I think attainability outweighs that.

Comment author: lessdazed 12 August 2011 06:02:29AM *  0 points [-]

Here is an calculator enabling equalizing for fitness among distances and times. For example. the fitness level required to do two miles in 30 minutes is approximately the same as that required to do one mile in 14 minutes and a few seconds.