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Hey! I'm wondering what all of you are doing for exercise during this coronavirus thing.
We've gone for bike rides along the greenway at Lake Crabtree, Bond Park, the Tobacco Trail, and the White Oak Greenway. While the trails do seem somewhat busier than usual, it's not overwhelming and it seems like maintaining enough distance from other people is possible. Traffic on neighborhood streets is much lighter than usual so I've been able to go for walks just inside my neighborhood and it has been much more relaxing than usual.
As an aside, the White Oak Creek Greenway from MacArthur to Davis is basically complete. Construction is done, all the equipment is gone, and everything is cleaned up. However, according to TOC, there is a dispute with the contractor over some minor leaks in the tunnel that the town wants repaired before they accept it from the contractor. https://www.townofcary.org/projects-...arthur-segment . As a result they have some barriers across the trail. But the barriers are so half-hearted that it seems like they're almost intended for people to be able to walk around them. Who knows when the contractor will get around to coming back and fixing the leaks.
I have a golf tee time for today, as I expect the county to shut down golf courses as non-essential businesses after today. I don't agree with this, as the courses have been one place that folks have been able to get fresh air doing something they enjoy while still maintaining social distancing and not endangering themselves or others.
I have a golf tee time for today, as I expect the county to shut down golf courses as non-essential businesses after today. I don't agree with this, as the courses have been one place that folks have been able to get fresh air doing something they enjoy while still maintaining social distancing and not endangering themselves or others.
During the announcement yesterday, someone asked about golf courses and Wake County said they would stay open. Unless, going forward, they see that people are not social distancing. Many driving ranges and other practice facilities (putting, chipping) are closed though.
is there an outdoor park or anywhere with things like parallel bars for doing dips, pull up bars, etc.? I'll wipe everything down and spray clean it all, I promise.
ETA -- ehhh never mind, it looks like parks are closed but greenways and trails will be the only things open.
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Social distancing is hard. Public trails, no matter where they are, are still receiving steady traffic. Every person you pass increases your chances of getting infected, so why even take that risk?
Golf is great, the ultimate in social distancing. Walking around your neighborhood, excellent as well. But traveling on oft times narrow trails where you're forced to pass within close proximity of someone just doesn't seem worth the risk. I mean, when I'm walking my dogs and encounter other people, we pretty much cross the street to avoid the awkward COVID-19 exchange.
I got my exercise by swimming or trending in deep water. I’m getting now by walking the streets of my neighborhood and getting a regiment going with strengthening bands. The ones you can hang over the door or on a hook.
Social distancing is hard. Public trails, no matter where they are, are still receiving steady traffic. Every person you pass increases your chances of getting infected, so why even take that risk?
Golf is great, the ultimate in social distancing. Walking around your neighborhood, excellent as well. But traveling on oft times narrow trails where you're forced to pass within close proximity of someone just doesn't seem worth the risk. I mean, when I'm walking my dogs and encounter other people, we pretty much cross the street to avoid the awkward COVID-19 exchange.
Move, but do so safely and responsibly.
Yes, this has been my experience as well during busy times of day. We live very close to a greenway in Chapel Hill, but when I have taken my dog over there recently it's felt too close. I think the greenway is 8ish feet wide (never measured, could be 10 feet), but when you have a couple and their dog coming at you on the other side taking up 4 feet and you and your dog are taking up 2 or 3 feet that starts to feel not socially distant. Walking in the neighborhood gives us a lot more space to cross over to the other side of the street.
I have a golf tee time for today, as I expect the county to shut down golf courses as non-essential businesses after today. I don't agree with this, as the courses have been one place that folks have been able to get fresh air doing something they enjoy while still maintaining social distancing and not endangering themselves or others.
What would be *super* helpful, IMO, would be for golf courses to close for golf and to open the golf cart paths to joggers, walkers and cyclists, to take some pressure off of the greenways that are seeming more and more crowded every day. I know this is never, ever going to happen, but....
My in-laws live in a neighborhood near New Bern that was built with 2 18-hole golf courses, but during the economic downturn of the "great recession" one of them was shut down. The association took possession of it, and now the paths- MILES of them- are open for residents to use for walking, jogging, and cycling, and the fairways are now grassy space open for neighborhood use. It is an *absolutely incredible* amenity. We could sure use some of that right now.
Neighborhood walks are working for me. The beauty of subdivisions zoned R-6, R-4, or R-2 is that there is more than sufficient room for people to remain 6 feet apart. And in my case, I can walk for about two miles without hitting a major road. Subdivisions that were inside the city at the time of construction are more likely to have sidewalks than subdivisions that were in the county at the time of construction. There are exceptions, of course.
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