So my brother and I got interviewed by one of the local newspaper reporters about minimalist and barefoot running, he runs BF and I run in VFFs, and the guy asked a few questions about how we started and tips on how to run BF and in VFFs. We told him the normal stuff like take it real easy at the beginning, walk or run small distances to start with and if it starts hurting stop right away, the 10% rule. I told him about my injuries of having two calf strains by doing too much too soon. So after the interview was done I find out the next day the reporter decided he is going to run the local 5k this weekend barefoot! WTH! Did he not listen to a word I said? Now he'll probably write a negative article about barefoot running due to his inability to listen.
Why won't the newspaper reporter listen?
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Well, when he does write that negative article, you be sure and post a comment to it online, so everyone can see that you told him so. Of course, don't expect your comments to get posted, as he probably moderates his own articles.
Happened to me when I tried to correct a bunch of boo-boos written in an article about me. Other's posts were added, but for some strange reason (yea, right), mine was not.
Happened to me when I tried to correct a bunch of boo-boos written in an article about me. Other's posts were added, but for some strange reason (yea, right), mine was not.
He's a reporter. They don't listen, they merely gather selective information to support their preconceived conclusions. Hasn't that become the definition of journalism now?
Either, or both. The trend seems to be that they align with the organizations that support their beliefs, then join the organizations in advancing those beliefs through "journalism" of whatever stripe they (and their chosen/admired organization/corporation) believe. Fox News draws the few conservatives, and the rest go everywhere else. I do have to say, though, that CNN has gone from being the Clinton News Network back in the 90s to being one of the better balanced of the liberal-slanting mass media. I just want the news, not somebody's spin on it. I can think at least reasonably well enough for myself to draw my own conclusions. Unfortunately those days of journalism in the truest sense of reporting the facts seem to be relegated to history as "news" has become primarily entertainment-oriented.
I actually had a good article written about me a few years ago.
Here's pg. 1 starts bottom of page
Here's pg. 2 rest of article and "ask the athlete"
Here's pg. 1 starts bottom of page
Here's pg. 2 rest of article and "ask the athlete"
Fixed your post!
By the way, who winks like that emoticon? And, no TJ and Matt, I don't think it needs to be fixed... Maybe the unorthodox wink should be our form of the secret handshake. That way we can follow the advice of Great Britain's Olympic physician. Thanks to Luis on the Huarache group for pointing this out to me.
The newspaper reporter did come back for my groups Wednesday runs and this time in running clothes. We again told him the correct way to transition into barefooting was to take it slowly and to stop once any inklings of pain started. He told me that he ran a mile yesterday and despite some heel pain from landing with his heels he was fine and had no calf pain and he wanted to run 2 miles tonight. We gave him some more tips on how he should be landing and told him again to stop if he had any pain and then we went on our run. He ended up running in socks for some protection and his landing wasn't too bad to start off with as we were pacing another runner, at about a 10 min/mi pace. Found out during the run that he was a runner himself and had run a few half marathons and runs 20 -25 miles a week. However at the end of the 2nd mile I was hearing this sharp knocking noise and I looked down at his landing and it was a horrible, made me cringe, heel strike which was so loud you could hear the heel to concrete contact with each step. I mentioned it to him about his heelstriking but he said he was fine and we ended up finishing the run which was a total of 3.5 miles. We told him that his article should have a disclaimer about the way he is going about it should not be done and we hope people follow the correct way to transition. He'll probably finish the race this Saturday but if he continues to run like he'll be injured in no time.
UPDATE: So here's part of the article that was written by the reporter. He said the he will write another article after he does his 5k this weekend. http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/n...ning-has-become-trendy-is-it-safe-3393253.php
