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A Physicist Rigged His Pet Hamster’s Wheel to Upload to Strava. It Runs Surprisingly Far Every Night

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I use Strava for the obvious stuff, like runs , HIIT classes, and the occasional commute that goes full workout when I’m desperate to get my steps in. I’m not a pet owner, but I can understand a dog walk making it on there, too. The dog may be involved, but at least you’re still the one doing the walking. But workouts uploaded from a hamster wheel? That feels like new territory. Thijs de Buck, an MRI physicist based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, recently posted on Reddit that he built a speed and distance tracker for his hamster’s wheel, with the data automatically uploaded to Mollie’s own Strava account . Mollie, his 10-month-old hamster, is now committed to logging nightly runs with distance, pace, and time. One recent activity showed 6.06 miles in 4 hours and 37 minutes. The next night, Mollie logged 5.55 miles in 3 hours and 56 minutes. At first, de Buck just wanted to know how much distance Mollie was covering after dark.…

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