I’ve lived in urban areas my entire life and never had an issue. One doesn’t need to live in the suburbs to log 40 mpw
I don't know what urban area you live in but try running through the streets around high schools in east New York or the South Bronx. In NYC which is not a hotbed of distance running the schools that do well are located in more suburban areas of the city or areas with large parks nearby.
I live in Lincoln Park in Chicago. I’ve never felt that safe is an issue.
I guess that all of you guys talking about black people running in urban areas is due to your belief that all black people live in urban settings.
The vast majority of youth track and field competitors in my experience are African American. There are huge meets all over the country with just a few white kids. Cross country is heavily white, but there are many teams especially from urban areas with a lot of black and Latino kids. The fact is that urban populations tend to be diverse, whereas suburban and rural populations at least in the past were mostly white, but there aren't a lot of good places to run distance in the cities. However, this can be changed quite easily at an early age by combining elementary and middle school development programs with morning mile programs, where the kids run laps around school fields after a free breakfast at school, with parent volunteers handing out popsicle sticks for the kids to have their laps counted and to win some prizes.
As opposed to basketball or american football, which isn't??? Everything is equally hard, as a person can only give 100%.
Well said. To reach your personal ceiling in any discipline, it's necessary to give max effort. To suggest distance running is harder work than other disciplines is wrong - it's just a different kind of hard work.
Apparently you have never participated in distance running or basketball or football.
It's probably one of the most exciting sports there is.
Accessibility is the problem.
I've never understood this thought process. How is tennis inaccessible? You can go and buy a new tennis racket and a few balls for $50. Every high school has like 10 tennis courts and they are hardly ever used.
You need new tennis balls frequently. Many people seem to get a new can every game. But the real costs have to do with the training. You need knowledgeable coaches from an early age to be a good tennis player. There's only one Richard Williams, but the way to become a tennis pro is to spend enormous amounts of money on coaches, club fees, tournament fees, and travel costs. The total costs are stunning, according to these two articles, which surveyed junior tennis players.
This cost analysis is for competitive junior tennis. I have decided to break the costs into two articles. This article will focus on the Court & Equipment Costs: court time, racquets, string, clothes, and shoes. The next arti...
Let's continue analyzing the cost of junior tennis. In this article, I will focus on coaching and tournament along with fitness training, injuries, and school options. Coaching and tournaments costs are the two biggest budget...
Rural areas are 78% white, while urban areas are 57% white.
Urban areas are 13% black. Rural areas are 7.8% black.
Urban areas are 19.8% hispanic. Rural areas are 8.6% hispanic.
In general, 22% of the rural population is non-white, while 43% of the urban population is.
However, things are changing with regard to the suburbs. As of 2016, 52% of African Americans in the top 100 metro areas lived in the suburbs.
Many major US cities are majority black. Baltimore, Birmingham, Detroit, Cleveland, New Orleans, Newark...
The trick is to elect a black mayor, a black, DA, an all black city council, a black police chief, a majority minority police force, and then blame everything wrong with your city on "systemic racism".
I don't know what urban area you live in but try running through the streets around high schools in east New York or the South Bronx. In NYC which is not a hotbed of distance running the schools that do well are located in more suburban areas of the city or areas with large parks nearby.
I live in Lincoln Park in Chicago. I’ve never felt that safe is an issue.
I guess that all of you guys talking about black people running in urban areas is due to your belief that all black people live in urban settings.
A black person in suburbia? Oh, the horror of it!
I don't know Chicago but I hear that some parts are very rough. I taught in a rough area in the Bronx. Fortunately we were able to train in the armory twice a week and race on the weekends. The other days were easier runs or pure speed both done in the hallways. This is common in NYC which is why indoor track is very popular. I can assure you parents dont want their kids running in rough neighborhoods. The distance oriented schools that train in the armory run through the parks or nicer neighborhoods on their none track days.
I can't speak for distance running in the suburbs just running in urban areas.
Well said. To reach your personal ceiling in any discipline, it's necessary to give max effort. To suggest distance running is harder work than other disciplines is wrong - it's just a different kind of hard work.
Apparently you have never participated in distance running or basketball or football.
When you put distance running on a pedestal above other athletic endeavors, you reveal that you know very little about the pursuit of excellence, and probably that your ego is inflated.
Maybe you just think distance running is harder because it hurts too bad for you. Get stronger mentally or find another discipline.
The vast majority of African American (and not from recent immigration) come from West Africa, and these guys are fast twitch. Which is why they're in every sport where sprinting is more important than endurance.
weight lifting is an explosive-power, "fast twitch" sport too. Where are the best weight lifters from?
here's a more plausible theory: the best developmental sport for sprinting is American football, the best football is in the southeast, and a large proportion of the population there is black. Football also has some fairly racist traditions that funnel blacks and whites into different roles, like the tall white tight end.
Because football is a fall sport, the RB's, WR's, corners and safeties can go work on their speed skills on the track in the spring. That's the USA's sprint corps recruitment base.
The vast majority of African American (and not from recent immigration) come from West Africa, and these guys are fast twitch. Which is why they're in every sport where sprinting is more important than endurance.
weight lifting is an explosive-power, "fast twitch" sport too. Where are the best weight lifters from?
here's a more plausible theory: the best developmental sport for sprinting is American football, the best football is in the southeast, and a large proportion of the population there is black. Football also has some fairly racist traditions that funnel blacks and whites into different roles, like the tall white tight end.
Because football is a fall sport, the RB's, WR's, corners and safeties can go work on their speed skills on the track in the spring. That's the USA's sprint corps recruitment base.
Regarding weight lifting: power lifting and olympic lifting require 2 totally different body types and the people that excel in each discipline are from different areas. Young American kids are not exposed nor do they aspire to be Olympic weigh lifters. The rest of your theory is very plausible.
It’s pretty easy to understand why. Most black youth grow up in poor neighborhoods. For a lot of these kids the only way out of the ghetto is sports. They won’t make any money running cross country. They gotta do the big money sports.
And there’s a cultural issue as well. Doing macho sports is a big thing to the black community. If you’re not doing a macho sport, you are viewed as weak and gay.
It's probably one of the most exciting sports there is.
Accessibility is the problem.
I've never understood this thought process. How is tennis inaccessible? You can go and buy a new tennis racket and a few balls for $50. Every high school has like 10 tennis courts and they are hardly ever used.
Tennis is one of the cheapest sports around. Can of balls is $2.99. free courts everywhere.
It’s pretty easy to understand why. Most black youth grow up in poor neighborhoods. For a lot of these kids the only way out of the ghetto is sports. They won’t make any money running cross country. They gotta do the big money sports.
And there’s a cultural issue as well. Doing macho sports is a big thing to the black community. If you’re not doing a macho sport, you are viewed as weak and gay.
Getting good grades is also frowned upon. BLM also says having parents is white supremacy...
I've never understood this thought process. How is tennis inaccessible? You can go and buy a new tennis racket and a few balls for $50. Every high school has like 10 tennis courts and they are hardly ever used.
Tennis is one of the cheapest sports around. Can of balls is $2.99. free courts everywhere.
But none of them have nets... and you need a racket...
Whites dominate in all sports really. Even in american football and basketball they are the best players even though they dont go for those sports as much as blacks. If there are any sports whites dont dominate in its because they no interest. Look at Warholm. Whites didnt have too much interest in this for a long time and the black lovers were hyping Moses and Young as the ultimate and that record could never be broken since it requires phenomenal athleticism, but one white guy goes for it seriously and BOOM. Annihilates the record. Making Young look like a schoolgirl. Black lovers can continue to live and their fantasy and believe what they want but the truth is in their faces. Everyone around the world knows you cant hang with whites.
We have to go back to 1964 and Darthmouths Gerry Ashworth to find a white sprinter on a USA Olympic 4x1 team. No white American has ever broke 10.00 for 100m.
Not one white cornerback in the NFL, only one white starting running back and he's hurt all the time. Yep....Cooper Kupp can play, so ya got.....one.
The top 50 NFL rusher have 47 black guys then John Riggins, Jim Taylor, Larry Csonka.
What white guy belongs in this 100m?
lane
1.Mo Greene
2.Carl Lewis
3.Tyson Gay
4.Justin Gatlin
5.Trayvon Bromell
6.Bob Hayes
7.Leroy Burrell
8.Jim Hines
Well?
Beat this basketball team
Magic
Jabbar
Curry
Jordan
LeBron
In basketball, you could easily put together a white team to compete with anyone:
Bird and Sabonis were top 10 all time players. Doncic and Jokic both have an argument for best player in the NBA today, and you could build a team with Nash, Bodiroga, Nowitzki, Schmidt.
Apparently you have never participated in distance running or basketball or football.
When you put distance running on a pedestal above other athletic endeavors, you reveal that you know very little about the pursuit of excellence, and probably that your ego is inflated.
Maybe you just think distance running is harder because it hurts too bad for you. Get stronger mentally or find another discipline.
You are “pursuing excellence” as an internet troll.
Tennis is one of the cheapest sports around. Can of balls is $2.99. free courts everywhere.
But none of them have nets... and you need a racket...
they all have nets and you can pick up a decent racquet for very cheap. New for maybe $50 and an unlimited amount of used racquets (that are just as good as new) at goodwill or garage sales or Craig’s list for $5
look, I don’t give a s#it if people play tennis or not. it’s a recreational activity and it’s a personal preference. People can do whatever they like for whatever reason they want. I love tennis but if you are saying it’s too expensive to play then you are wrong.
It’s pretty easy to understand why. Most black youth grow up in poor neighborhoods. For a lot of these kids the only way out of the ghetto is sports. They won’t make any money running cross country. They gotta do the big money sports.
And there’s a cultural issue as well. Doing macho sports is a big thing to the black community. If you’re not doing a macho sport, you are viewed as weak and gay.
Getting good grades is also frowned upon. BLM also says having parents is white supremacy...
You were very proud of yourself after posting this, eh?
But none of them have nets... and you need a racket...
they all have nets and you can pick up a decent racquet for very cheap. New for maybe $50 and an unlimited amount of used racquets (that are just as good as new) at goodwill or garage sales or Craig’s list for $5
look, I don’t give a s#it if people play tennis or not. it’s a recreational activity and it’s a personal preference. People can do whatever they like for whatever reason they want. I love tennis but if you are saying it’s too expensive to play then you are wrong.
You've visited every tennis court in every inner city in America eh? You don't seem to understand how poverty works. When you can't afford food the tennis racket doesn't make the list. "Expensive" is relative. I love golfing. Half of America can't afford to golf.
