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On 2017-05-17 13:52, Clifford Heath wrote:
> On 18/05/17 05:13, Joerg wrote:
>> On 2017-05-17 11:54, mrdarrett@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Just 5 min/day of running, huh.
>>> https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/running-just-5-minutes-a-day-has-long-lasting-benefits/
>>>
>>> And...
>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/12/well/move/an-hour-of-running-may-add-seven-hours-to-your-life.html
>>>
>> So let's see, I assume bicycling hard counts just as well. 4000mi each
>> year, assuming an average speed of 11mph with the hills and all, I
>> should be adding a whopping 2545 hours or 0.3 years of additional life
>> per year. So I'll be like Methusaleh some day :-)
>
> Cycling compared to running uses energy in roughly a 1:4 ratio over
> distance. 4000mi of cycling is huge! but probably correlates to only
> 1000mi of running.
>

About half of those are hard miles. Trails with ruts and embedded 
boulders, steep ups and downs, standing in the pedals, then braking 
hard, standing in the pedals again. After 10-15 miles my T-shirt is 
totally drenched which is why I carry an empty yoghurt pot. When I come 
by a creek I splash water over myself until the sweat in the T-shirt is 
replaced by water. This also avoids arriving at the brewpub smelling 
like a gym bag.


> I don't see the study compensating for the fact that people with the
> gumption to run are probably willing to make many other life-extending
> sacrifices too. That doesn't mean that any couch potato who starts
> running will do the same.


There is a lot that somewhat sporty people can do. Even at work one can 
place things in a way that it doesn't cost extra time but actions 
require muscle use. For example, two books I need often are the bible 
and then AoE if I want to explain stuff to others. Their assigned shelf 
spot is, on purpose, slightly beyond reach so I have to get out of the 
chair every time. Same for important binders and such. Canon must have 
had our health in mind as well when they messed up the scanning firmware 
for the MF4890. I have to get up, press some buttons and then within 
very few seconds hit some other buttons on the PC. Else things time out.

-- 
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

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OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 11:54 -0700
  Re: OT: slightly longer life Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-17 12:06 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 12:39 -0700
      Re: OT: slightly longer life Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> - 2017-05-17 13:23 -0700
        Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 13:50 -0700
      Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-17 19:47 -0400
      Re: OT: slightly longer life rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-17 19:52 -0400
        Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-17 20:16 -0400
  Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 12:13 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 12:41 -0700
      Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 13:49 -0700
        Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 13:54 -0700
          Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 14:29 -0700
            Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 15:10 -0700
              Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 15:42 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 16:05 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-17 16:21 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 16:50 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 07:14 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 08:28 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 10:33 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 08:38 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 10:36 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-19 08:32 -0700
                Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-19 11:17 -0700
        Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 14:03 -0700
          Re: OT: slightly longer life rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 10:27 -0400
        Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 14:57 -0700
          Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-17 15:11 -0700
            Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 15:24 -0700
              Re: OT: slightly longer life rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2017-05-18 10:28 -0400
                Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-18 12:45 -0400
          Re: slightly longer life "Kevin Aylward" <kevinRemovAT@kevinaylward.co.uk> - 2017-05-20 08:17 +0100
        Re: OT: slightly longer life krw@notreal.com - 2017-05-17 19:50 -0400
          Re: OT: slightly longer life mrdarrett@gmail.com - 2017-05-18 08:20 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life Clifford Heath <no.spam@please.net> - 2017-05-18 06:52 +1000
      Re: OT: slightly longer life Joerg <news@analogconsultants.com> - 2017-05-18 07:32 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 14:55 -0700
  Re: OT: slightly longer life John Larkin <jjlarkin@highland_snip_technology.com> - 2017-05-17 14:54 -0700
    Re: OT: slightly longer life bill.sloman@ieee.org - 2017-05-18 19:06 -0700
    Re: slightly longer life "Kevin Aylward" <kevinRemovAT@kevinaylward.co.uk> - 2017-05-20 08:25 +0100

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