Riding.

I was looking for some books on riding and I got distracted by bike quotes.  Apparently by riding a bicycle I'm in good company.  H.G. Wells, Mark Twain, and even Albert Einstein rode bikes.  Einstein even said that he thought up the theory of relativity on a bike.

Makes sense to me because I'm thinking about so much on my rides.  When I'm riding on streets I'm somewhat on autopilot; my eyes are looking for hazards, my ears are scanning for anything unusual, and my body is keeping me going.  All of this going on and it's nothing compared to how my brain is cranking out ideas and expanding on them.

Even when I'm riding on mudding trails and all of my senses are in overdrive to make sure some wild animal or wild truck doesn't make my day a bad one, my brain is still working overtime.  Don't know why but it seems that I get more thinking done when I'm busier on the mudding trails.

I could lose more weight by running but would my mind get as much of a workout?  I think not.