formerbosox9yo wrote:
From your response it seems that other activities would have been reduced if you filled all your time with running. Obviously there is some line that you would draw that running is too much. I'd be curious to know what that is, and by what measurement you base it on. I stand by my chart until futher notice. As it applies to you, it seems like you would have replaced running miles with climbing and biking.
Those are just some different ways of enjoying the outdoors for me. I have always made time for 2-3 hours a day of outdoors. There is a seasonality to it. In the winter, I might cross country ski all winter instead of run. Or maybe I'll alternate skiing and running. I don't miss running when I'm skiing, and I don't miss skiing when I'm running, so your "other activities would have to be reduced" doesn't matter to me.
If it ever gets to the point that I feel like I'm not getting on my bike enough because of all my running, I just get on the bike. It doesn't require any more thought than that. Just because I'm doing 70 mpw running now doesn't mean that I have to run every day. Plus, I could run some and bike some on the same day. With a dog(s), I'm outside many times a day anyway.