Two weeks ago we asked you which sport you tend to give up first when time gets tight, seeing as time tends to run away from even the most obsessed and/or meticulous planners amongst us at this time of year.
The first vote registered on the blog was Transition. Now the perpetual 12 year-old in the TA giggled a bit as for some, the TZ experience includes lying on the ground with their legs in the air whilst a couple of volunteers pull their wetsuit off. This led us to speculate on the type of holiday this individual (or with our penchant for unwarranted extrapolation, 12 TNS members) were expecting. However, this is also the side of the TA which giggles at that bit in the recent Pink Panther remake where Inspector Clouseau stands in the soundproof booth (you know the bit)! The more adult side of the TA (it may surprise you to find there is such a side) realises you are talking about bricks and the like!
However, apart from asides into the TA's gutter mind, an interesting statistic stood out. Some 60% of you tend to stop swimming first and the rest of you (the TZ person asides) stop biking first. Nobody stops running.
This makes sense. Swimming is a time commitment that is usually tied to both a time and a place: we are constrained by pool availability and often the availability of the coach. Biking, well even hard-core cyclists like the TA don't have to look very hard to find a reason not to head down to the basement with a large fan and a DVD box-set.
Running appears to be the one thing we can't do without. Moreover it is easily done where-ever and when-ever we are. For example, when-ever any of us travel (for business or pleasure) we always take our running stuff, as we can always run; even if it's only 20 minutes around a dodgy downtown city block. And so it is here; even if time gets tight, we always seem to squeeze in a run.
The data from the first poll seemed to indicate that we were runners at heart (even if we didn't think we were) and rather gratifyingly the second poll was consistent with that. We asked if the gift you got at Christmas was for the swim, bike or run, or if you were so hard-core even your chocolates had little bikes on them?
However, apart from asides into the TA's gutter mind, an interesting statistic stood out. Some 60% of you tend to stop swimming first and the rest of you (the TZ person asides) stop biking first. Nobody stops running.
This makes sense. Swimming is a time commitment that is usually tied to both a time and a place: we are constrained by pool availability and often the availability of the coach. Biking, well even hard-core cyclists like the TA don't have to look very hard to find a reason not to head down to the basement with a large fan and a DVD box-set.
Running appears to be the one thing we can't do without. Moreover it is easily done where-ever and when-ever we are. For example, when-ever any of us travel (for business or pleasure) we always take our running stuff, as we can always run; even if it's only 20 minutes around a dodgy downtown city block. And so it is here; even if time gets tight, we always seem to squeeze in a run.
The data from the first poll seemed to indicate that we were runners at heart (even if we didn't think we were) and rather gratifyingly the second poll was consistent with that. We asked if the gift you got at Christmas was for the swim, bike or run, or if you were so hard-core even your chocolates had little bikes on them?
It seems that there wasn't as much as a pull-buoy or a pair of deck-slippers to be found in anyone's stocking, whilst 33% of you found a bike-related gift. The TA did and we'll be wielding our lock-ring spanner and chain-whip in TZ with pride this summer (I don't care what you think, that cassette's coming off whether you want it or not!). We wonder if any of you actually scored an actual bike? Let us know!One person was so hard-core even their chocolates had bicycles on them. We like their style.
However, 55% of you reported running gifts for Christmas. So even if we don't think we're runners, those around us think we are! Either that or scarves, hats, gloves, socks and undershirts make really easy gifts.
So seeing as we are all hardcore runners, people who never stop running and furthermore people who were showered with running-related Christmas gifts a week last Friday, this week the TA asks; "how far did you run between December 25th and Jan 2nd"? We've pegged it at less than 20 km, 20-40 km, 40-60km, 60-80 km or Mark Campbell. Be honest now, and don't worry - voting is anonymous.
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