A few years ago I started purposely parking as far away as possible at work, partly because I was tired of the whole dumb process of circling around looking for a good parking space and partly I was wanting to walk more. It’s been kind of liberating. Instead of trying to sift through a sea of cars to find that empty diamond space in the rough, I’m awash in empty spaces as far as the eye can see everywhere I go. At some places, it’s almost like I’ve gotten my own dedicated parking space.
A co-worker was like this a few years ago. He was arguing that the gym had AC and was always at the same temperature; that outside was too hot/cold/rainy/snowy, never perfect.
He is also the type of person that wants to look and act like Rambo and couldn't see the irony in wanting a perfect pampered environment.
But the pandemic came and the gyms closed for months so he started running outside, and never went back to running in a gym.
It's just that sadly people are used to drive everywhere for everything. And this is unfortunately more political than one might think.
And this is unfortunately more political than one might think.
Yeah, I'm seeing that now. I posted it from the perspective of an apparent ironic laziness, but it can easily be expanded to a systemic issue. My b! Down vote the post so it goes away!!
Bah, no worries. I was doom scrolling and didn't know this community existed before I replied. Pretty much anything can be political if we dig deep enough. I also didn't need to point it out.
Yeah, I live in the southeast US, outside is not exactly comfortable for walking and there are not many good options closer than the gym. I go to the gym where I can spend more time on the treadmill than I would be willing to spend outside.
Not too many, I’m pretty rural so there is no sidewalk, high speed limits, and assholes. The times I have walked on the road people have nearly hit me, thrown things, and just made it not safe.
Yeah, it’s currently 101° outside, with zero cloud cover and 50% humidity. Walking a mile to the gym would require approximately six gallons of Gatorade, just to replace the water and electrolytes I’d lose along the way.
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