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> Running outdoors had all of walking’s problems, but faster, and with sweat. The Japanese (I don't know if this is true or not but I heard it's a true fact) h
by conistonwater 6y ago
> Running outdoors had all of walking’s problems, but faster, and with sweat.
The Japanese (I don't know if this is true or not but I heard it's a true fact) have a term called forest bathing, meaning to spend time surrounded by greenery soaking up the views. If you run, you can soak in twice as much greenery per unit of time.
- jniedrauer 6y agoThis is one of the reasons I took up trail running. It's hard to disconnect for very long when working at a startup. But after a few years of training, I can cross entire mountain ranges in a day and see things I would never otherwise be able to see.
- morsch 6y agoI don't know that it's in the spirit of forest bathing to apply this kind of efficiency mentality to it...
- pezezin 6y agoI have been living in Japan for a while but I never heard of that before, so I asked my girlfriend and she confirmed that yes, the term exists and Japanese people enjoy it, but: - It doesn't feel like a particularly Japanese thing to do, walking in the forest is just basic human nature. But you know how everything is instantly 100% cooler if you give a Japanese name to it. - Japanese forests are full of bears, so be very careful.