You might recall that we asked how often SMB participants get their exercise at Pilot Butte State Park (PBSP). Here are the numbers:
Seldom 19 percent
Once per week 22 percent
2 to 3 times per week 31 percent
4 to 5 times per week 14 percent
Almost every day 14 percent
I thought we got about 100 people to join us last Saturday. These numbers are suggesting that it was more like 150. Also, I didn't do a direct count, but at least a dozen of the "seldom" crowd wrote down that they were visiting from out-of-town.
As interesting as that is, consider this. We recently discovered that about 900 people get their exercise in PBSP each day. I was thinking that most of those people were "regulars" in the park. But these numbers suggest that probably less only half of them are "regulars" if you define "regular" as three times a week or more. Remember, we kind of stacked the deck with "regulars" on Saturday and still these are the numbers we got. That means that if you were to guess at how many people get their exercise at PBSP in a week's time, the number might be 3,500 or more.
I realize that not everyone walking the Butte on Saturday was an SMB participant. I also realize that Saturdays are probably different than weekdays. There could be more "regulars" on weekdays. But the 3,500 figure is pretty conservative and so I think it is possible that it is close to the real number. Does this surprise you as much as it surprises me?
