For a long time I've wondered why it's considered so dorky to run somewhere if you're not running for exercise. I would much prefer to run than walk.
1) Walking is boring and slow. Running is exciting and fast!
2) Walking is for losers. Running is for winners!
See? Running trumps walking in every category.
There were occasions too numerous to count when I was in school that I could have easily made class on time had I just run from where I was to where I was going. But think about how nerdy somebody looks running across campus in their normal clothes, awkwardly extending their backpack shoulder straps out from their chest to reduce the amount of stride altering bounce that occurs when running with a backpack. WHY IS IT SO WEIRD!? I want to be able to run everywhere, but I can't because I know it will look funky! But it shouldn't! It's just a speedier version of walking!
Think about how much more you could get done in a day if you didn't waste time walking all over the place. Are you enjoying your dinner date with your lady friend? Wishing it wouldn't end so soon? Don't worry about, just run to and from the bathroom. That saves you a good 15 seconds right there. Do you have some grocery shopping to do, but you're not sure if you can get it all done before you have to pick the kids up from the pool? Just sprint up and down the aisles when possible and you could save loads of time! Just watch out for towering displays of baked beans on sale for only $.69!!
Kenyans have the right idea. They realize the importance of running places. From their shanty to their mud pit. From their mud pit to their 3 chickens over on the other side of the village in the group chicken storage facility. From their chickens to that flat, dusty piece of ground where they kick an old soccer ball. And from the dusty ground back to their shanty. SEE HOW EFFICIENT THAT WAS!? SUPER EFFICIENT!
Plus, they always do really awesome in the long distance running events at the Olympics.
I want to be able to run all over the place. But I won't be able to until other people start doing it first so that I can do it too with out looking like a weirdo.
1) Walking is boring and slow. Running is exciting and fast!
2) Walking is for losers. Running is for winners!
See? Running trumps walking in every category.
There were occasions too numerous to count when I was in school that I could have easily made class on time had I just run from where I was to where I was going. But think about how nerdy somebody looks running across campus in their normal clothes, awkwardly extending their backpack shoulder straps out from their chest to reduce the amount of stride altering bounce that occurs when running with a backpack. WHY IS IT SO WEIRD!? I want to be able to run everywhere, but I can't because I know it will look funky! But it shouldn't! It's just a speedier version of walking!
Think about how much more you could get done in a day if you didn't waste time walking all over the place. Are you enjoying your dinner date with your lady friend? Wishing it wouldn't end so soon? Don't worry about, just run to and from the bathroom. That saves you a good 15 seconds right there. Do you have some grocery shopping to do, but you're not sure if you can get it all done before you have to pick the kids up from the pool? Just sprint up and down the aisles when possible and you could save loads of time! Just watch out for towering displays of baked beans on sale for only $.69!!
Kenyans have the right idea. They realize the importance of running places. From their shanty to their mud pit. From their mud pit to their 3 chickens over on the other side of the village in the group chicken storage facility. From their chickens to that flat, dusty piece of ground where they kick an old soccer ball. And from the dusty ground back to their shanty. SEE HOW EFFICIENT THAT WAS!? SUPER EFFICIENT!
Plus, they always do really awesome in the long distance running events at the Olympics.
I want to be able to run all over the place. But I won't be able to until other people start doing it first so that I can do it too with out looking like a weirdo.
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