Re: [Paddlewise] heart and health

>      I enjoyed reading what Jim T. had to say about exercise.
> Bicycle commuting to work has been my mode of travel for
> the last 40 years. Unlike Jim, I weigh about twice as much
> now as when I was twelve, with the additional weight being
> in all kinds of places.

I have no idea what I weighed when I was 12. But I am now about 20 
pounds heavier than when I was a skinny defensive back in 
(Canadian/American) football. That's about 8 ounces a year. <grin>

> 
>       Riding a bike to work gives you a different kind of perspective.
> You see a lot of people driving large SUV's, pickups, etc. to work.
> Not only are they missing out on an opportunity for exercise,
> I believe they have no respect for the planet and have lost touch
> with their ancestral roots. They have traded their souls for a
> tankful of gas and a paycheck. The same people roar past my
> kayak in their speedboats and personal watercraft, and buzz
> me with their snowmobiles when I go cross-country skiing.
> I plan on out-living them, if I don't get hit by a bus.
> 

Interesting article in the Ottawa Citizen recently about guys 
training for marathons by running along the sides of roads. (In 
Winter, that's about their only option, with sidewalks snowed in and 
walkways and paths either snow-covered or in use by cross-country 
skiers.) Apparently, there have been a number of instances of people 
in motor vehicles getting their jollies by aiming at the runners.

I've experienced similar close calls when trying to ride my bicycle, 
even when there is a four-foot wide "bike lane" along the edge of 
roads, marked clearly with a white line from the automobile portion 
of the roadway. After enough of that sort of nonsense, I decided 
discretion was the better part of valour and I mounted by bike on a 
stand in the basement and do my exercising there. Boring scenery, but 
so much safer!

>      That's the end of my sermon.
> 
> 
> Bradford R. Crain

-- 
  Darryl
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