swimming comparison to walking and running

I'm in a new class for a comprehensive lifestyle change, mainly transitioning to a vegan diet. Of course, exercise is a part of this, and I exercise quite a bit. We are to wear a pedometer to keep track of the miles we walk everyday. I swim a mile everyday and would like to know if anyone knows how to convert swimming or compare swimming to walking. I've searched the web, and get different answers. Help?:)
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  • I agree with Oz; if it takes you 40 minutes to swim a mile and the same amount of time to walk two miles then you have your conversion. Though swimming is probably somewhere between walking and running in terms of your overall effort. If you swim at leisurely pace, then it's closer to walking in terms of exertion; if you're banging out high intensity intervals it my be closer to the effort of a hard run. It's always tricky gauging relative efforts btwn these activities because swimming uses more muscles and has water resistance, to be sure, but running is a weight-bearing activity in which you have to overcome gravity (which is why it burns more calories).
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  • I agree with Oz; if it takes you 40 minutes to swim a mile and the same amount of time to walk two miles then you have your conversion. Though swimming is probably somewhere between walking and running in terms of your overall effort. If you swim at leisurely pace, then it's closer to walking in terms of exertion; if you're banging out high intensity intervals it my be closer to the effort of a hard run. It's always tricky gauging relative efforts btwn these activities because swimming uses more muscles and has water resistance, to be sure, but running is a weight-bearing activity in which you have to overcome gravity (which is why it burns more calories).
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