Wasteful training....

Slidell4life - 2011-03-10 12:56 PM I don't want to get hit by a car on the way there.

Slidell4life - 2011-03-10 12:56 PM I don't want to get hit by a car on the way there.

synthetic - 2011-03-10 12:51 PM Why do people drive out to an area that they will bike or run....  this annoys me, there is no justifcation. If you are particular about location, bike or run there!!

synthetic - 2011-03-10 9:51 AM Why do people drive out to an area that they will bike or run....  this annoys me, there is no justifcation. If you are particular about location, bike or run there!!

DanielG - 2011-03-10 11:59 AM Perhaps I'm slow but why does it matter to you at all? They're doing something to better themselves. All else is gravy.

synthetic - 2011-03-10 10:06 AM

Reduce emissions, you are also wasting time. If you are driving an hour to bike an hour.... you have lost 2 hours of your life.

 

As for getting hit by a car, preplan your route, and obey traffic signals... Most likely the place you are going to will also have hazards

norcal_SAHD - 2011-03-10 10:06 AM

I do it because I know it annoys you.

synthetic - 2011-03-10 9:51 AM Why do people drive out to an area that they will bike or run....  this annoys me, there is no justifcation. If you are particular about location, bike or run there!!

ChrisM - 2011-03-10 11:10 AM

Snerk.  There are plenty of good reasons to drive to a ride or run start.

Why do people post pointless threads? ....  this annoys me, there is no justification.

briderdt - 2011-03-10 1:14 PM

How about we flay your life open and look for every wasteful thing you do? Oh, but I'm sure you have iron-clad justification for every bit of it...

synthetic - 2011-03-10 1:06 PM

 

Reduce emissions, you are also wasting time. If you are driving an hour to bike an hour.... you have lost 2 hours of your life.

 

As for getting hit by a car, preplan your route, and obey traffic signals... Most likely the place you are going to will also have hazards

mktoson - 2011-03-10 1:25 PM

Sounds like this guy has it all figured out.  We should all follow his lead!

sesh - 2011-03-10 12:27 PM Because I like to spend time with my wife. 

I like riding the Natchez Trace as opposed to residential streets and city streets around me.  When I take my car, I knock off what would be about two travel hours. 

So to answer your question.  Because training isn't the most important thing in my life.  I love my wife more and those two hours I would otherwise waste on a Saturday mean something to both of us.

Justified enough for you?

synthetic - 2011-03-10 10:39 AM

 

kind of hard to have sex in the car while driving.

 

We as athletes are something people look up to. I am into functional fitness.... biking to the grocery store for groceries,etc .  If an unfit person sees us biking 1 mile to the store they maybe more prone to do it, rather than racking gear off and on a car, driving out somewhere, makes it less appealing. I lived in holland and it opened up my eyes to how wasteful we are with out convenieces.

synthetic - 2011-03-10 10:39 AM

 We as athletes are something people look up to. I am into functional fitness.... biking to the grocery store for groceries,etc .  If an unfit person sees us biking 1 mile to the store they maybe more prone to do it, rather than racking gear off and on a car, driving out somewhere, makes it less appealing. I lived in holland and it opened up my eyes to how wasteful we are with out convenieces.

synthetic - 2011-03-10 1:39 PM

kind of hard to have sex in the car while driving.

synthetic - 2011-03-10 10:39 AM

 

kind of hard to have sex in the car while driving.

 

We as athletes are something people look up to. I am into functional fitness.... biking to the grocery store for groceries,etc .  If an unfit person sees us biking 1 mile to the store they maybe more prone to do it, rather than racking gear off and on a car, driving out somewhere, makes it less appealing. I lived in holland and it opened up my eyes to how wasteful we are with out convenieces.