[ultrarunner]

The American West is generally very sprawled (the big-box stores with a sea of parking as GP puts it above), and because of that speed limits are relatively high (but never high enough to be efficient). Coupled with close to zero protected bike lanes, and often times not even a sidewalk, it's just not reasonable to try your luck against the lifestyl^H^Hwork trucks. Last time I was in Santa Fe I stepped out of my hotel to go for a run, realized that was not exactly what the city designers had in mind, and just headed back in for the treadmill. I've played that game and it's just not worth the hassle, sadly.