Jogging is a warm up and recreational cycling is one big long warmup, however cycling as a warm up takes a long time.

from: http://nbda.com/page.cfm?pageID=34 "Cycling is the seventh most popular recreational activity in the U.S., behind exercise walking, swimming, camping, fishing, exercising with equipment and bowling."

The meaning of recreational activities are the activities that one engages in for fun when they are not working. Some of them may include nature walks, cycling, swimming, hiking and so much more.

There are many recreational activities in Wales, UK.

In addition to recreational activites that are common to many countries and areas, these are particularly popular in Wales:

* Rugby * Choir singing * Cycling, especially mountain biking

* Attending Music concerts * Hill walking * Horse riding * Mountaineering * Pub games * Birding, including racing pigeons and birds of prey

* Fishing * Arts and crafts

Cycling is organized under Sports > Misc. Sports > Cycling.