The Beautiful Commute
Yesterday was the first day I was able to run to and from work. What a great way to commute. All people should have the opportunity to live close enough to their jobs to run or bike to work. It should be some sort of bylaw in all contracts that the company will help the employee find a place within an 8 mile radius. Think about how much healthier everyone would be! There would be no more obesity because everyone would be fit. The green house gases emitted every morning and evening by rushing commuters would be brought down to such a negligible number all the tree huggin hippies would have to go complain about something else. We would all have more money because health insurance rates would plummet. So would automobile insurance because the busiest times of travel would 1/3 as busy. Not to mention all the money we burn in our combustion engines in the form of gasoline. All the energy scientists the oil companies are using could put their thoughts towards efficiently getting the hydrogen out of water, which would mean free energy for every country. Every person would be happy because we all know exercise reduces stress. It is common knowledge less stress leads to more sex (it doesn't hurt that everyone is fit and trim either), which obviously makes people more happy than they were before which was pretty happy which reduces stress even more. Less stress and more sex would lead to less tension and anger we see everyday for the smallest dumbest things ever. Less tension in the world would lead to less confrontation, which would lead to less fighting. Less fighting would mean working our differences out through dialogue and negotiation. Everyone knows dialogue and open communication prevents wars. And there it is, RUNNING to and from work ENDS WAR. Can it get any more transparent than that?
I hope to do it more often as the weather gets better and my schedule settles down. It was 43:37 in and 42:12 home. I am calling both of them 6 for a total of twelve. It reminded of my days in Framingham when I could run into work. I think I put about 3,000 miles on my car that year.
This morning Christy and I did Area 51 Code 3-7-1 (here is a map of the Assabet River Wildlife Refuge which I refer to as Area 51 because that is what a teammate of mine calls it and it just stuck) in 31:58. First morning I could wear shorts in a long time. At lunch today Justin and I did the counter nobscott with the hill in 46:31. Felt pretty good. Long tempo tomorrow so we made sure not to go too fast. I am not going to do any lifting today as my back as been sore from all the lifting and pushing during the move and subsequent furniture arranging. Distance runners do not make good movers. I bet football players would make great movers.
That is all until Monday. Doesn’t look like I will have internet access until next Saturday.
Remember, running ends war, so run a lot this weekend.