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Breaks as a percent of moving time

Moving time is not door-to-door time. This page adds a break allowance as a percent of the moving minutes you already have. The percent is yours. It is not a coaching rule and it is not part of Naismith or Tobler, which estimate the moving piece and stop there.

Inputs

Result

Fill in the fields and press Calculate.

Disclaimer: A break allowance you chose, added to moving time. It is not a required rest.

How to use

  1. Get a moving time from a watch, or from the pace, Naismith, or Tobler page.
  2. Enter the break percent you want to allow. Fifteen means breaks equal to 15 percent of the moving time.
  3. Press Calculate. The hero is total minutes. Break minutes are beside it.
  4. A fixed lunch that is not a percent of the day should be added after, in minutes, instead of being forced into the percent.

How it's calculated

Break minutes = moving minutes × percent ÷ 100. Total = moving minutes + break minutes.

A zero percent returns the moving time unchanged. The page does not add a hidden lunch.

Worked example

Two hundred forty moving minutes with a 15 percent break allowance is 36 minutes of breaks and 276 minutes door to door, which is 4 hours 36 minutes. At 10 percent the breaks are 24 minutes and the total is 264.

Assumptions

Breaks scale with moving time. A one-hour lunch on a short hike is a poor fit for a percent. Add that hour after the result. The percent is not medical advice and it is not a required rest.

FAQ

What percent should I use?

Whatever matches how you hike. The page will not pick one.

Does Tobler include breaks?

No. Tobler is a walking speed. Add breaks here if you want them on top.

Can I enter hours?

Convert to minutes first. Two and a half hours is 150 minutes.

Is this the turnaround page?

No. Turnaround uses a pace, a sunset, and a buffer. This page only lengthens a moving time you already have.

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