Biking (or running, or walking, or other carfree pursuits) for fitness and fun!
In a bit of bummer news today, I was told by my doctor to stop running for at least the next 4-6 weeks to let a foot injury heal. I know, 4-6 runningless weeks probably doesn’t sound like that much, but as I have been running 4 times a week …
There are many people in the world who are motivated by numbers: sales figures, perhaps, or numbers on a scale, percentages of who-knows-what, records and projections, numbers and more numbers keeping people on track, rooted in data, giving them something objective to hold onto. I am not one of those …
Biking and running are the perfect exercise soulmates. At least, this non-medical expert thinks so:) They use enough of the same muscles to complement each other, and when you’ve pounded your running body into the ground biking is a nice, low-impact way to stretch out and still get exercise. I …
Back when I was a teacher commuting every day, my standard complement of biking was about 100 miles a week–a little over 19 miles every day of work, plus extra miles now and then for errands, side trips, the long way home. Really, I usually ended up over 100, but …
