Everyone has a monthly calandar, lets face it, real-estate agents give them away faster than some drivers flip birds, well here is a new application for that calandar that will help with training.
- Every time you mount the saddle and cover distance, no matter if it is recreational, or to go grocery shopping, or get to work, on an $8,000 carbon fiber beauty or a $80 used Crappy Tire Special write the total number of kilometers covered in blue pen for that day on the calendar.
- Every time you drive, or are driven, no matter if it is an electronic bicycle, motor cycle, automobile, SUV, 54 foot tractor trailer, etc, record the total distance in black.
- Every time you walk somewhere, besides around the office or to the Tim Horton’s across the street, but actually cover significant distance you are free to record that with a green pen (This one is optional, but some days we have to buy groceries and this will reward people who do not drive even when it’s raining).
Sum up the green and the blue numbers and divide by the sum of the black.
The goal, have the largest number possible, in other words, do the most cycling and walking and the least consumption of non-muscular energy sources.
Now I know some of you are thinking, well Gee Wiz, I drive a Prius – as Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear would point out, the environmental impact of making the batteries and complex systems in a Prius make a Prius about as bad as a Hummer over the lifetime of the vehicle. What about EVs or E-Bikes? Well the electricity has to come from somewhere doesn’t it?
Anyway the point of this challenge is two-fold; one burn less of the gunk that is spewing into the Gulf of Mexico at something like 35 to 60 thousand barrels a day. And two, exercise more.
Good luck and feel free to give your score, for the week or month, in the comment section below.
