Forums >General Running>Running Miles v. Driving Miles
When I posted my 2013 goal of 1,000 miles, someone commented, "Do you mean running or driving?" As I take a train into downtown or a short drive to the airport, I generally put 3,000 miles on my car, or only about 3x my running miles. Does anyone run as much as they drive or even more than they drive?
- Morgan Edge
I drive 0 miles, so yes I run more than I drive.
I average around 30,000 miles a year driving so I don't think there's much of a chance of that happening for me.
Age: 50 Weight: 224 Height: 6'3" (Goal weight 195)
Current PR's: Mara 3:14:36* (2017); HM 1:36:13 (2017); 10K 43:59 (2014); 5K 21:12 (2016)
Throughout the year, I will probably drive 2-3 times as many miles as I run. I only drive to the store, my running club, and, occasionally, to campus...but I live 30 miles from campus.
5k - 25:15 (11/18/12)
10k - 1:01:51 (2/14/15)
10mi - 1:33:18 (3/2/14)
HM - 2:06:12 (3/24/13)
Upcoming Races:
Benched until further notice. :/
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A couple years in grad school I rode my bike to school most days as I didn't want to pay for parking and also had a couple high mileage years of ~3500. So, on my "daily driver" I had fewer miles than running miles.
However, each of those years, I took a couple 8 hour plus trips in my wife's car, so I still don't think I can claim I ran more miles than I drove.
I wish
I commute 73 miles round trip a day
I started a blog called Sloggingmiles.somedomainorother.com but I never even finished the first entry because I realized talking about my commuting and running was even more boring than talking about them separately and no one was going to read it. Now I can't even remember the address.
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And we are the dreamers of dreams,
Wandering by lone sea-breakers,
And sitting by desolate streams;
World-losers and world-forsakers,
On whom the pale moon gleams:
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not bad for mile 25
I may run more times than I drive. That ought to count for something, right?
Joggaholic
Does public transportation count? I suppose "driving" makes this question very US-centric because i know a bunch of online running friends in Asia and they likely drive 0 miles. I think running miles v. non-human-powered miles is probably closer to the intend of the question? Anyway, my running mileage (40-60mpw) is probably around half of my commute mileage (~100mpw).
If it's human-powered vs. petrochemical powered, I'm in better shape, 'cause I bike-commute to work. Trouble is, I make the occasional 1000+ mile trip, and more than a couple of those per year pretty much wipe out my chances.
If it's human-powered vs. petrochemical powered, I'm in better shape, 'cause I bike-commute to work.
I generally get about 3200 miles per year by bike commute. I put about 5000 miles on the pick up.
Combine that with the other 5000 miles or so I get on my bike plus the 2100 - 2300 running I get each year then yeah.
Menace to Sobriety
I drive about 70 miles a year(golf ball). I run way more.
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A couple years in grad school I rode my bike to school most days as I didn't want to pay for parking and also had a couple high mileage years of ~3500. So, on my "daily driver" I had fewer miles than running miles. However, each of those years, I took a couple 8 hour plus trips in my wife's car, so I still don't think I can claim I ran more miles than I drove.
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I've run one mile faster than one mile drive...driving 494 going north at 6PM during the weekday. I actually timed myself!! Is this what we're comparing?
Walk-Jogger
I drive more miles per year, at about 7,500.
But on a daily basis, I drive a total of 6 miles round trip to the Rec center where I park for work and workout, and I've run an average of 7.3 miles per day every day so far this year, so I run more miles than I drive on a normal weekday.
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Run Like a Mother
In a year, no way. But on a day to day basis, many times. I often drive the kids to school, pick them up, and drive to work and back. The clincher is that all of those trips together equal less than 2 miles. I wouldn't need to drive them at all, except the kids have to be at schools 1/2 mile apart within 5 minutes of each other. And I work at night and don't feel safe walking the 4 blocks home alone. There are lots and lots of days that I run way more miles than I drive. But then we travel on the weekends to see family and that blows it all out of the water!