School closures led to more sleep and better quality of life for adolescents

Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by watwut on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:36AM (#29850077)

Over two hours of biking in rain every day sounds like quite a lot to be honest. And I definitely would not want my kid to drive 40km a day in snow or on icy road. Even if split into two 20km segments.

I had 10km from home to university. I would definitely not want to do double that amount everyday. Even as I was in shape at the time, doing it on bike everyday would be severely unappealing. It would probably also meant that biking has to be the only sport I do.

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by brnt on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:46AM (#29850119)

Biking isn't a sport. That's the root of the normality of the above situation.

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by watwut on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:02AM (#29850182)

Biking 40km a day does amount to sport. Walking is not sport either, but hiking 8 hours a day amount to one too.

If nothing else, both take huge amount of time. If you go those 40km slowly (or environment prevents it), you are looking at very long commute. If you go them fast, then you cant claim it is not a sport.

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by brnt on Saturday January 08, 2022 @09:45AM (#29852109)

Maybe, but you'll find that the first thing that needs to go if you're serious about bike-centred commuting is the idea that it is a sport. It's not, just like how commuting by car isn't a rally.

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Re:School closures led to more sleep and better quality of l... by sokoloff on Saturday January 08, 2022 @05:30AM (#29850331)

It’s common in Europe to use the word “sport” as Americans would use the word “exercise”.

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