I want to pull some hybrid Walden/Once a Runner move and run run on dirt roads, ATV trails and bike paths. I'm sure you can find a place out in rural central PA without a soul in sight. My job lets me work remote so I'd just need access to the internet.
Does anyone want to move into a cabin in the middle of the woods and run?
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If you've had the ability to do this, why haven't you already done this? Even without the virus this sounds like the life.
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Many people do this already. Don't have to be super rural, can just be little towns with convenience of life (grocery, school, commuting trains, good internet) but not far from forest and river trails (even the asphalt farm roads are empty most of the time).
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Once a runner? wrote:
. I'm sure you can find a place out in rural central PA without a soul in sight.
You don't even need to go that far. Anywhere along the GAP from Dead Man's Hollow to the state line would suit you well. -
My company has people that are full-time remote but I haven't been there long enough to be able to do that, so it's gonna be awhile before I establish that credibility. Besides, I like being able to have amenities nearby, but of course most of them are closed now.
The problem in the US is that we don't have an extensive rail network. There's plenty of more rural communities within commuting distance of where I work though! -
I'd be worried about being near the coke plant in Clariton though. Guess I'll have to move farther out though.
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I have two cabins in the middle of the woods. BLM land with trails adjacent. One is for rent.
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Eventually. The older I get the more I hate having neighbors. Living out in the middle of no where sounds really nice as long as I have decent internet and a grocery store within a 45 minute drive.
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TAA wrote:
Eventually. The older I get the more I hate having neighbors. Living out in the middle of no where sounds really nice as long as I have decent internet and a grocery store within a 45 minute drive.
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The woods part (nature) sounds really nice, but i am simply not cut out for living in a cabin. Tried it once for a day or two and it sucked. LOL.
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Yes, I've been wanting to do this for a while and kept putting it off. Now it's too late as far as this virus is concerned.
If you can work remotely from home, then choosing to live out in the sticks is a good move long term.
This virus likely wont be the last. Even if this particular virus wasn't man made, it's only a matter of time before any average terrorist with a brain cell will be able to create viruses in their kitchen sink more lethal and infectious than this one. And given the chaos and disruption this has caused, it's going to be on every terror group's wish list. -
My choice is to live in the XC skiing mecca of Jackson, New Hampshire. 60th birthday coming in 2 months and I am looking toward the time when I must run less. Hiking and XC skiing in the White Mountains until I depart this existence. Unfortunately, my wife will not agree to this.
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You sound like the kind of runner who would rather train than compete. Type A before race day, type B on race day. Until you learn to enjoy racing, even an infinite amount of time in an infinite number of cabins in am infinitely large woods won't help you become a better runner.
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Why's that?
I just want to be able to run on dirt roads like this:
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wow this looks so nice, good team of runners
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I think I'm living the dream of some of you on here haha. I've just moved before the pandemic began in one of those portable cabins from here https://www.spacemakermodularandportablebuildings.co.uk/portable-cabins/ (good timing, I know) from my RV that I've lived in for almost three years. I love the idea of tiny living and that's why I didn't want to just buy a house. Plus, it's a portable cabin, let's be real, it's awesome, with a bit of effort I can move it when I'm bored of the place I'm in. This year I've lived behind the forest in my home town, and it's been one of the most relaxing things I've done in a long time.
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Yes. This would be great. The simple life.
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Once a runner? wrote:
I want to pull some hybrid Walden/Once a Runner move and run run on dirt roads, ATV trails and bike paths. I'm sure you can find a place out in rural central PA without a soul in sight. My job lets me work remote so I'd just need access to the internet.
Is this an archetypal fantasy that young, isolated Western men subscribe to? When I was younger, I harbored similar fantasies about a retreat into nature, using isolation and the perceived slights against what was an insecure and introspective young man to fuel a period of dedicated training and subsequent transformation. Once I returned to society I would "reemerge" with some grand entrance via a race or social gathering. Everyone would be amazed, the girls I obsessed over would finally realize my worth, and the rest of my life, my halcyon days would begin in earnest.
I think only later, once you've looked at your life in the context of the world and your relationship to your local community, do you realize no one cares. Not out of cruelty or indifference, but simply because we're all the heroes of our own stories. No one really cares about you or your results besides yourself, not on any meaningful level anyway. It's only after we have this realization where we truly stand a chance at living a second more contented life that becomes filled with intrinsic meaning, even if it isn't outwardly glamorous or impressive. -
HickfromtheSticks wrote:
I have two cabins in the middle of the woods. BLM land with trails adjacent. One is for rent.
Black Lives Matter land? ;) -
Once a runner? wrote:
Why's that?
I just want to be able to run on dirt roads like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoJJ8rOwfqQ
Not one of the male runners had body hair ?
Do all young guys today shave their body like ladies ?
It's a legit question.
