Minnesota governor Tim Walz’s daughter, Hope Walz, said the sport of running is “privileged.”

I used to run to get out of my abusive household. I loved staying after school to train with the team and my parents didn't care either at least they didn't have to pay for anything or worry about me drinking or smoking. One day I ran 30km ine direction to a friend's house and never looked back. It's the most underprivileged sport there is. You can self train yourself and do great things. It's the most accessible sport ever made.

It's a fact that zip codes with higher income are better in cross country at the American high school level.

Imagine how sad your life must be to comment something like this lol

Haha

Cell phone, endless television choices, countless food choices… That’s privilege! Thus why her and most of America is so fat! Being fat is the ultimate privilege.

My friend is a neurosurgery resident at a top top school and is running 4-5x a week for 5-10 miles a day while also going to the gym for weights a few days a week. Everyone has an hour to do exercise, they just spend it on their phone or TV instead.

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I dont take anyone related to, associated with or a supporter of Tampon Tim very seriously. However, food eating contests is a lucrative pursuit for some people. Fame and fortune to be had by those that can deep throat dozens of sausages in just a few minutes. Take Rich in CA or Harambe for example.

she is as deceitful dishonest and demented as her father tampon Tim

This one video shows you how close we came to having a psycho Marxist living in the VP mansion at the Naval Observatory, whispering in the ear of the Commander in Chief. This girl is living off the tax payer’s dime. Her silver spoon was paid for by MN tax payers, and she’s on here talking about privilege. This should give her intense shame as an adult. Don’t do this, kids.

Running may be privileged but so is posting trite drivel on TikTok or whatever platform she posted this to. And being a Governors daughter. And. And. Good lord.

Those sausages are attached to a pelvis.

I do think distance running is mainly an upper socio economic sport in the US like most sports as there is some cost involved, but so what.

As for Kenya / Ethiopia, there are very few jobs. So the opportunity cost of leisure activity is basically zero. Here theoretically, you could be working/going to school, etc. I remember talking to a 4:08 miler in Kenya. He was training full time with his father's blessing as he wasn't really giving up anything by training as he had no job and the potential upside was bigger.

The children of the political class are the privileged ones and are often as clueless or moreso about things as their parents.

Running, especially distance training (and not just a quick jog on the treadmill), is primarily a higher socioeconomic activity simply because it is a macro version of the marshmallow test. I really hate to say this because I am a bleeding heart empath, but people who are willing to endure prolonged discomfort for the sake of fitness and/or competition at a later date tend to be more motivated than those who decide to forgo the discomfort for the sake of immediate pleasure found in a case of beer, some video games, or whatever else is easy and unproductive. This kind of personality trait tends to bleed into other parts of life.

This is not to say that all runners are highly successful and productive - Lord knows I have had some running buddies who are total "morans" - but there is a strong correlation. I have had periods of my life when the only way to get in my run was to roll out of bed at 4:30 in the morning. It sucked, but it made class and the following worknight (2nd shift) seem a lot easier in comparison.

entirely wrong. People from completely dysfunctional homes and communities usually don't train distance running, at least in the West. Would be interesting to hear of how things are e.g. in Ethiopia or Kenya. Are the best runners from these countries middle class? upper class? working class? With reference to their compatriots.

People are missing these very good points. All sport/recreation involves some degree of privilege to participate in because there are people who do not have the physical ability or life circumstances that allow them to do the same. It's a bit of a weird take because running involves a lot less privilege than most other sports, but it's still true. And it's okay to have privilege/participate in privileged activities. Acknowledging it just means you have enough perspective to realize that not everyone has access to what you have. The Right (and some on the Left) have misconstrued privilege as equating to some sort of moral inferiority, but the problem isn't having privilege, it's having it and acting like you don't.

I will say that I don't understand why she said running is political.

Moran.

I think the East St. Louis schools have done ok at the IL state track meets. I would love to know about her extensive research.

I think you - and most of us - know why she posted this video. Because she was taught to be a narcissist and wanted the world to know that she is righteous. I don't blame her, because this is being taught to the kids: they must pass the struggle session to be deemed worthy. It is sad. She did not post this as some statement about being thankful that your body is able to function. She posted this to get clicks and feel morally superior, and I think you know that. Her post was 100% political. But again, she is probably a good person and was brought up this way, so let's give her some grace.

If there is one thing the far Left does very well, it is creating boogeymen. Runners are now monstrous ghouls who need to pay the price. We are apparently the next sacrifice. Buckle up!

I am just offended by stupidity, especially when it spouts from people who have had every advantage in life - goes for people on both sides of the political spectrum!