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1. It's raining 2. It's cold 3. Poor air quality 4. Running surfaces are all paved 5. Lack of water 6. High temperature 7. UV exposure 8. Desire to watch a movie much higher than desire to exercise. 9. Required proximity to person, for example taking care of a sick loved one. 10. Uncertainty about the amount of time available to run


Move to the Bay Area. ;-)


Kids in highschool usually don't have that choice.


A bunch of excuses but no really good reasons. Besides, my question was a rhetorical response to a metaphorical device.


One might even say, it was a statement whose goal was to win an argument, and not to uncover underlying truth? ;P


> A bunch of excuses but no really good reasons.

How do you distinguish between an 'excuse' and a 'reason'? It seems the terms are near-synonyms, only distinguishable to the extent one is an insult.




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