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He’s pointing out the same thing the similar annually reddit thread brings up: why aren’t people running or jogging in the street instead of walking? Conformism mostly. But who cares honestly, you don’t get that much by jogging, you can already do it but it’s not a replacement for faster ways of locomotion

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> Conformism mostly.

Much as people on the internet deem it so, I'm pretty sure people don't want to expend extra effort than necessary walking down the street, nor do they want to arrive sweaty at whatever place they're heading to either.

People already jog to nowhere. Why not jog to the store and come back with a loaf of bread and actually get something done at the same time?

People already do that. But if you think a sizable proportion of the population will do that, you are mistaken.

Because I bake my own bread.

I did that once. I wanted to go for a run, and I also wanted to buy some soup spoons from Ikea. So I ran to Ikea (about 4km away), and had to walk through the store all smelly and sweaty. It felt inconsiderate to the people around me. Then I ran home holding the spoons. Running while holding things is awkward. So there's two reasons. I haven't done that sort of thing since.

I do this sometimes, but usually for a few groceries. What I do is put a carrier bag in my pocket and do a gentle run to the shop so that I'm not too sweaty. Then walk home with the groceries in the carrier bag.

There’s definitely a faster walk that will involve no sweat, but it looks silly

Now I've heard there was a secret speed

That David walked and it pleased the knees

'Cause you don't really care for jogging, do ya?

It goes like this, the foot, the hips

The minor fall, the pedal lift

The Briskly Walking king spoke "Hallelujah"

OTOH if you run everywhere you need to go, maybe you don't need to set aside time to run to nowhere in particular for fitness.

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