r/RandomThoughts • u/onefellswoop70 • 6h ago
Skipping is an underrated mode of transportation
I'm a full grown adult male and I love skipping. But since I don't want people to think I'm a psychopath, I pretty much only get to do it while I'm on a hiking trail or someplace where I won't draw too much attention to myself.
And that's unfortunate, because skipping is a remarkably efficient way of getting around. You can cover a lot of distance quickly, and it's less taxing than running or jogging. I can skip a several hundred yards, faster than most people jog, and not even be out of breath. If I ran that same distance, I'd be a little winded. Plus it's so much more fun than jogging. So it's kinda weird that most people stop skipping after childhood.
I just wish more adults did it. If it became normalized, I wouldn't feel so self-conscious about skipping in public. That's all I wanted to say.