Sweetie, the marathon running hamster

How many places can Sweetie visit while she's running on her wheel at night ? Your participation will decide and can help to raise money for FIFE HEADWAY. Click on the "About" link in Column 4 to find out more.

Sweetie’s marathon – Day 27 – How fast does a hamster run ?

Hello again !

Yes, it’s busy little me back again. :smile:

People often ask “How fast does a hamster run on its wheel ?”.

Well I let Mummy take some video of me on my wheel last night and some of the shots she took included the meter ticking up the revolutions.

When Daddy got the video he did some calculations based on the length of the clips and the number of times my wheel went round and, roughly speaking, I was running at about 3.35 Miles per hour, or 5.39 Kilometers an hour for you metric types.

That is about equivalent to the average walking pace of a human, but my legs are much shorter than yours. :lol:

I know there are a lot of hamsters that can run even faster than that…( be careful of the volume ! )…

… but that looks dangerous :shock: and anyway, I’m going for endurance as opposed to speed. :wink:

I wish Daddy would hurry up and get all these video clips edited and put up on YouTube for you all to see…

[ Okay, Okay... !    Can't you tell I'm busy ? :roll: ]

I’m off for a little nap now before clocking up a few more miles…

Whatever you’re going to be doing today, do it safely ! :smile:

Sweetie :cool:

3 Comments»

  Amanda wrote @

Yes, thank you Barbara, Sweetie’s leg is completely recovered now, and she is happy to be running for you to help Fife Headway
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  honorarynewfie wrote @

Hello Barbara,
Yes, thank you for the donation, it helped to keep my spirits up. :smile:
Mummy and Daddy are feeling a lot better now, thank you.
And for anybody else who is wondering… Barbara doesn’t really look like the picture… so much for randomly generated avatars !

  Barbara Linton wrote @

Hello Sweetie thank you for working so hard to help raise funds and you got my donation.
Are Mum & Dad keeping better ?
More Running Power to your legs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


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