Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Let's Go For a Walk

One of the things that amazes me the most about San Diego is the community's commitment to an active lifestyle. There are thousands of acres of parkland in San Diego county, most of which is crisscrossed with hiking and biking trails, many regularly maintained by county workers, to get them accessible and safe.

The entire country is extremely bicycle friendly, which is really impressive. Most major roads, both urban streets and rural county routes, have a dedicated bicycle lane going both directions. And California drivers, in a rare expression of driving competence, give them plenty of space and don't show any animosity toward the cyclists, something of a genuine concern in some North-east towns, including my hometown.

And the residents of San Diego County take full advantage of this exercise-friendly infrastructure. I rarely drive to/from work without passing at least 20 cyclists, and I see people walking the sidewalks of most streets during all hours of the day. 

I just have one question to those I see out and about all day...

Do you have a job?? Seriously, how in the world can you be out at 1pm in full cycling gear on what has to be at least a 2 hour workout? Don't you have to work? I would kill to have that kind of time during the day to exercise! And these aren't elderly, possibly retired people I'm talking about. I see loads of people that obviously aren't of retirement age, and not all of them can be early-retiring millionaires. Can they?

I think the US should adopt a change to the conventional 9-5 workday. Insert a 2.5hr break into the day, instead of an hour lunch. I'd happily work from 7-6 if it meant I could get a full workout & meal in between then. And I doubt I'm alone in that. Give me from 12-2:30pm. I doubt many people are particularly productive during that time, anyway (see 5-hour Energy, 2:30 feeling).

Anyone else think this should happen?

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