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The last paragraph about marathons reminded me of a PBS Nova documentary about a dozen people who just picked up running to compete in the Boston Marathon starting off from basically couch potato status.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/marathon/

I won't spoil it for you but it does not end like you expect.

I personally found that doing away with car and biking two hours a day has done me well. By combining exercise and commuting times I save a great deal of time.

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Biking to work is great. For me the hour spent commuting guarantees some sort of exercise 5 days/week and I can add to that with something else during the week or on the weekends. Its also a great way to wake up, and to get my mind in the right space before a day (or after). My only complaint - it can be hard to do in the -10c winter months up here in Canada.

I actually prefer cycling in the winter (I live in southern Ontario). When it gets colder you can always add layers; unlike summer heat waves when you're limited in how much you can strip off.

I worked with a guy that did that. We have no showers at my office (like most offices), he quite after a couple of weeks when people started to complain that they didn't like the sweaty B.O. mess coming in with them in the mornings.

Its unfortunate there wasn't a better solution for your colleague. The half hour ride in the morning isn't at a hard enough pace to make me a sweaty mess, though if it did, luckily, we have showers (along with a gym) at the office.

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