Why NOT the Other Things

Why not Running?
Are you crazy? Running? Yes, I love the lake BUT I love my knees more and I really love that breathing thing. NO RUNNING FOR ME.

Why not Cycling? You have a really nice bike!
The streets are too busy. There are too many lights. It's all stop and go. It takes too long to get to the good places to ride. Long curvy roads with gentle hills. I have to wear my special bike shoes, so we better not stop anywhere where I would have to walk while we're on a ride. No bikes on single track trail? What are those guys doing in all of those pads? They call that mountain biking? That's just hurling yourself down a large hill. Cycling is not my sport. Cycling is just transportation to places close by where I don't have to carry much stuff.

Why not Kayaking? Isn't it worth giving up your closet space?
Come on. You already know how hard it is for me to regulate my body temperature in a heated room with adequate clothes on. Now you want me to wear a rigid and tight wet suit (plus paddle jacket and PFD and helmet and cap and gloves and rubber shoes) and you want me to sit out in the sun (which is in the 70's) on the water (which is in the 50's) with the waves that make me seasick? All that after I've already been driven crazy by all of the gear we had to pack and carry out to the car and unload and walk to the shore and then we had to assemble the yaks and talk to the people who stop and look at us putting together the yaks and then pack the yaks. NO WAY. Maybe in like 20 years I'll have the energy to do all that... plus we'll have an old enough age to actually fit in with our kayaking club. But I just can't bring myself to sell the boats.

Why not join a gym? There's one down the street and you friend teaches pilates there!
Ah yeah. You don't remember trying that 3-month special teacher summer membership thing that you did this summer? How often did you go. Yeah, I thought so. Big waste of money. Too many people caring about how they look when they're sweaty.

Ok, Ok, so why do you have those skis in the closet?
For long weekends away to Lake Tahoe or Yosemite! But you won't find enough snow in the bay to make skiing you're primary exercise.