Walking Speed 

 The preferred walking speed is the speed at which humans or other animals choose to walk. In the absence of significant external factors, many humans tend to walk at about 1.4 m/s (5.0 km/h; 3.1 mph). Although many humans are capable of walking at speeds upwards of 2.5 m/s (9.0 km/h; 5.6 mph), especially for short distances, humans typically choose not to.Individuals find slow or, especially, fast speeds uncomfortable. Horses have also demonstrated normal, narrow distributions of preferred walking speed within a given gait, which suggests that the process of speed selection may follow similar patterns across species. 

      Preferred walking speed has important clinical applications as an indicator of mobility and independence. For example, elderly people or those suffering from osteoarthritis can only walk more slowly. Improving (increasing) preferred walking speed has therefore been a significant clinical goal in these populations.

 Measuring your walking speed is not that hard. At our second learning activity in Physics, we measure our average walking speed in 10 meters.Our teacher told us to use a measuring device to measure the time and speed.

   Same as the previous learning activity, we also had 5 trials. In measuring the walking speed, we must have the 5 trials first and write it in the table of data. Then, we'll just simply add the 5 trials and divide it by 5.

   But sad to say, I don't remember my exact average of my walking speed.