“Go to NPR for hard-hitting journalism”, they said.
So I did [1].
And this is the hard hitting bit of reporting I got back
[1] OK, so I didn’t. A friend of the blog sent this to me. Call it “theater of the mind”.
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One of the tiles on my car screen is still programmed to MPR.
Why?
Call it nostalgia, maybe, but upon occasion I will tap it, just to see and yeah, they rarely fail. It’s all race, ethnicity, gender, feminism and left-wing activism. A kind of social Tourettes.
Even in this vacuous piece on running, they couldn’t help themselves.
Hard to believe it’s not a parody with the paper fat chick and the outfits. First advice: lose 50 pounds by eating less and reduce your chances of injury.
Back in the late 80’s, (geez, that was a long time ago), I was training for Grandma’s marathon by running 10 miles a day, every day, no matter the weather.
One January day at -5F, I was running by the U of M when a car pulled alongside me and the driver lowered the window about an inch. He identified himself as a reporter for the Strib who was doing a story on crazy people who ran in below zero weather.
We spoke a few minutes and that was that.
A few days later, the article came out and there was my name, along with the name of a few others – and I knew everyone of them.
I guess people who run in the cold are a very small community.
BTW, my willingness to talk to anyone from the Strib ended with the 80’s.
A day that will live in infamy
It’s all race, ethnicity, gender, feminism and left-wing activism. A kind of social Tourettes.
…and…
Hard to believe it’s not a parody…
I mean, every time I think this piece from a while back may have been too hamfisted, I tune in and realize no, I was a bit too delicate.
I listen to MPR for classical music, but as I get going with Spotify……
Regarding running in the cold, I’ve been a runner since I was 12, and the advice MPR gives here pretty much looks like an advertisement for fashionable workout wear. What ever happened to “throw on a long sleeve t shirt, sweats, hat and gloves and head outside”?
My “favorite” is the claim that somehow wearing cotton is going to kill you, as if one cannot unzip one’s sweat jacket or take off one’s hat when one gets too warm. I’ve always worn cotton and have yet to freeze to death because I was too stupid to unzip a jacket or take off my hat, and I’ve noticed that the synthetic wearing kids seem to be buying a ton of stuff where a couple of pairs of sweats and a few pairs of shorts served me just fine. Same basic thing when it’s less energetic things like skating and I put on wool and the kids make fun of me….until I’m the one still out there and they’ve long since hit the warming shed or the car.
First advice: lose 50 pounds by eating less and reduce your chances of injury.
Call me a pollyanna, but I’d like to think that’s why she’s running…
Greg;
It’s not only are runners in all weather a small group, but the crazy mfers that surf on Superior. Until about six years ago, you could visit the Ely Surf Shop in downtown Ely, for all of your surfing needs. It was owned by a California couple that visited the Boundary Waters and decided to move there. They were also a soup and sandwich shop, with really good food.
Running While Black: Finding Freedom in a Sport That Wasn’t Built for Us.
Never mind that for many years (maybe continuing to today), a lot of marathon winners came from Nigeria and other African nations. Something about not having motorized transportation to take you everywhere.
I wish someday, someone would be willing to bring up (in a different space than a conservative blog) that a lot of the perceived limitations that the black community complains about, are self-imposed.
Boss, surfing on Lake Superior is insane, and I mean that in a good way. Just curious about the physics though. As we all know, it is easier to float, and I suppose surf in salt water. Wonder if fresh water makes a difference.
Perhaps someone at MPR could look into it…..not.
Greg, my stepbrother and nephew used to surf on Lake Michigan–in the winter being about the same 32.0001F that Lake Superior water will be–and yes, the density of the water makes a difference. That noted, the best waves come during the winter, so they were always wearing drysuits. So floating was not an issue. I’m guessing the same applies year round for Lake Superior surfers. My nephew also surfed off Hokkaido when he spent a semester in Japan.
One fun thing; having grown up in NW Indiana, I know very well about the “undertow” of Lake Michigan beaches, and asked my stepbrother whether that was dangerous. He explained that since the dry suit kept you on top of the water, the undertow was actually a feature and not a bug, because it could pull you out for the next wave.
Another feature of the Great Lakes is that the waves are closer together, so timing yourself for the big wave can be somewhat different.