I saw a cartoon where a doctor asks a guy, “What fits your schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day?”
In Ireland, we walk and cycle 1.5 billion kilometres. While that sounds like serious mileage, it’s only 3% of the total passenger kilometres travelled. Driving on the other hand… 85%. And since the car is incredibly carbon intensive, swapping short journeys to zero carbon walking (or cycling) is a great way to use your feet to reduce your footprint & increase your fitness.
🚶 So take a trip down memory lane with 2kmfromhome.com. Map a 2km circle around your house and challenge yourself to “don the runners and ditch the car”. Thankfully it’s no more than 2km to a coffee shop no matter where you live in Greystones 😉
🚴 Alternatively, take to two wheels and challenge yourself to cycle everywhere within 5km. It’ll reduce your stress, has no noise or exhaust pollution, and runs on fat, not on fuel!
“If we were meant to be stationary, we’d have roots instead of feet”, so let’s fuel those feet!