a thought abroad

Running Sweden Switzerland Technology Travelling United Kingdom
19 Jun 2014

Bike to work? Run to work.

Bike to work? Run to work.

It’s 5.5 kilometers for me to my workplace in London. I took my running shoes instead of public transport. And I will do this again. The idea is not new, though – and people are already shouting on the web for making running to work tax-deductible. But it’s not tax that matters. It’s trading commuting time against exercise.

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Running

  • Swiss Peaks 170, En Route
  • Swiss Peaks 170, Gear Check 123
  • Swiss Peaks 170, The Days Before
  • Swiss Peaks 170, Upcoming
  • Structured Training, Scenic Trail
  • Back-of-the-envelope: energy expenditure in a multi-day footrace
  • Swiss Peaks 360, Race Reviewed
  • Swiss Peaks 360, Specific Period Reviewed
  • Using Strava segment efforts as benchmarks: heart rate versus running speed
  • Swiss Peaks 360, Support Period Reviewed
  • Progressor, Programming the Training Program
  • A computer scientist's attempt at tracking the effect of training without testing
  • Swiss Peaks 360, Base Period Reviewed
  • Putting more C into running: trail-maniacs
  • Swiss Peaks 360, Prepping for the Next Edition
  • Swiss Peaks 360, Lessons Learned
  • Swiss Peaks 360 is a Go
  • The Pandemic Wants Me, Too
  • Exercised at home: hacking a plyo box
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Day 3
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Day 2
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Day 1
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Darth Vader on a Treadmill
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Incorporating Objective Feedback
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Training Differently
  • Swiss Trail Tour, Beginning or Comeback?
  • A not-so-serious SARIMA forecast for running in 2020
  • Some hills, finally
  • A computer scientist's diagram of the systems that turn macronutrients into energy for the muscles
  • A computer scientist's diagram of heart and lung supplying the muscles with oxygen
  • The staircase up Mount Everest, an office workout
  • Running the North Downs Way─XNRG Pilgrim's Challenge 2019
  • Runsightseeing: Thirteen London parks in a day
  • Running the Ridgeway─Druid's Challenge 2018
  • Run to work—Notes on kilometer 124
  • Run to work, revisited
  • A Walk in The Woods: 2017 Edition of Wendover Woods 50
  • Lakes in a Day: I've dunnit, finally
  • Running the XNRG South Downs Devil's Challenge 2017
  • Garden of England: Running from Ashford to Canterbury
  • Country to Capital 2017: Resurrection
  • Wendover Woods 50: First Ultramarathon
  • Enham Alamein: Andover Trail Marathon
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Giants Head Marathon
  • To run or not to run – that is not the question
  • Quantify this: Running
  • Getting lost in a marathon: an extra mile for free
  • Run to work: Review of first year
  • Eastbourne via Beachy Head towards Seven Sisters
  • Run to work: Review of first month
  • It's a long road: Marathon through Hyde Park
  • Bike to work? Run to work.
  • A runner's self-experiment: Lidingöloppet 2013
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