I run everywhere I go.
I run everywhere I go.
I live in my car, so I drive to all of my runs.
I do. It's a concrete jungle out there.
Right now, I have to drive to run every day. The place I'm living at is on a busy highway, and there isn't very much of a shoulder to run on--just a steeply graded ditch.
blah wrote:
I think it's ridiculous to drive somewhere to run unless you are a short distance runner and don't have a track within three miles of your house. Get use to the pounding, races aren't held on trails.
My running drive just isn't much anymore.
I live in FLAT Southern Macomb County Michigan. If I want hills I have to drive 20-40 minutes to do some hill work. I do this on the weekends. Otherwise, I have a few spots that I drive to on the way home from the office. Seldom do I run out of the house any more.
Hey Bubba1, where you been, buddy?
I run from my front door step for 99% of my training runs. Races, of course, all require vehicular transport (except the local 8 miler, which starts just a good warmup down the road). Exceptions include this Sunday, when I'll drive 20 minutes to go for a medium long run from a buddy's place out in the hills.
The main disadvantage (advantage?) of running mostly from home is that the last mile inbound is always all uphill, so there's never any rest for tired legs at the end...
I can't understand why a person would choose to live somewhere where he's completely dependent on a car. If you're a runner, and running is important to you, shouldn't that affect your choice of residence?
I remember once hearing this woman complain that her commute to work was forty miles each way, and that she drove twenty miles each way to the place she ran.
My first thought was, why don't you move?
My second thought was, no wonder the U.S. has to suck up to the Saudis.
Munson wrote:
I can't understand why a person would choose to live somewhere where he's completely dependent on a car. If you're a runner, and running is important to you, shouldn't that affect your choice of residence?
I'd rather live where it's only a couple of minutes worth of driving to where I run rather than a couple of minutes from where I work...most neighborhoods near military bases are crummy and not particularly conducive to running. Used to live in an area where it was not so good for running - right off a main drag where no drive was good. The neighborhood where my wife and I now live is good for running on our own; we choose to drive 6x/week to our running locations because of the 'stuff' we need to socialize afterward (dry clothes, coffee mugs). I've biked a couple of times to the track near my house for workouts; traffic kinda sucks and it's a little dark on the road since the hurricane hit, but...
Munson wrote:
I can't understand why a person would choose to live somewhere where he's completely dependent on a car. If you're a runner, and running is important to you, shouldn't that affect your choice of residence?
I move around a lot. I don't want to get locked into a lease, so I just look for the place with the cheapest rent that still allows me to pay month to month.
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blah wrote:
I think it's ridiculous to drive somewhere to run unless you are a short distance runner and don't have a track within three miles of your house. Get use to the pounding, races aren't held on trails.
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BLAH im not sure but there is a small thing you might have never heard of..o damn what is it called? OH!!! CROS COUNTRY..dumb ass
I think i live in a great area for running. Every run is from my house and i've got 3 parks and a track that i can get to in the first 10 min of my run.
I hate driving to places for a run. I would rather just run from home, but I guess if a person lived in a shit hole they might need to get out and hit a trail or two. I have been fortunate to have lived in places where I can get to trails within 30 mins of my run if I want too.