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Re: [at-l] Trail Running
OTOH, most hikers wear heavy boots with waffle soles and carry anywhere from 20 to
60 pounds on their back. I wonder if there's much of an average body weight
difference?
tv
Ern Grover "Time-Maker" -- Father & Son Clockworks wrote:
> My guess:
>
> A wider stride means less steps of impact overall, but each impacting step
> would be more pounds per square inch because of the momentum of the runner.
> I'll ask the next fleeing buck I see and get his opinion.
>
> ----------
> > From: Jennifer Delia Sawyer <jdsawyer@bu.edu>
> > To: at-l@saffron.hack.net
> > Subject: Re: [at-l] Trail Running
> > Date: Wednesday, March 25, 1998 12:57 AM
> >
> > Exsqueeze me if this has already been covered, but does anybody know what
> > the environmental impact is of trail running? My hunch is that it would
> > harm the trail atleast slightly more than just plain ol' hikin', but is
> does
> > it add significant impact?
> >
> > :)
> > A Curious Pooh
> >
> > ---
> > Jennifer D. Sawyer
> > Boston University School of Law
> >
> >
> > "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
> > -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
> >
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