Are you guys running with masks?

No. Why do people care about what random strangers that you'll never see again think? If it's that many people harassing you choose a different route. I also don't live in NYC so it's easy for me to avoid people. This sounds like a big city problem. Sucks to suck.

I’ve been running in Prospect Park just about every day without a mask and maybe get a quizzical look once every few weeks. Seems to be a tacit acknowledgment that there will be a lot of people without masks in the park not just running but walking, biking and hanging out on the grass.

Meanwhile,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13jDqvZGRKE

I run in Central Park as well. I do not use a mask. I run 6 days a week even in height of Covid.

The issue is viral load. It's somewhere between 50ul to 120ul to get infected. It's like a visible amount in the micro pippetes. The number varies because of immunity, gender, age, sex, etc

It means.. if you are moving in outdoor, windy conditions.. it basically impossible to get Covid from another. China had a test with 300 people in a park. There was never a 1x1x1 transmission. Only 1x1, and those two stopped to talk to one another.

Where does the 6ft 30min rule come from? In a room, docs interviewed covids & did not get any infection aerosols from conversation. They were burning so much unnecessary PPE, they didn't even have to wear masks.

I imagine covid as like a radiation. The aerosol needs to be 'saturating' the air for a time. I then need to inhale excess amounts for the viral load threshold to reach my mucus. Then, I get covid.

That does not and can not happen running at letsrun speeds.

+1 super important post

Paranoid outdoor mask-wearers think covid hangs around the air like a cloud of gnats. That couldn't be further from the truth. But people who bring this up are "anti-science."

Wearing a mask while outside, let alone while exercising is ridiculous. You guys are all gullible and need to do some research on this.

I'd love to get some well-substantiated studies. I'm getting my administration pushing the idea that my team must wear masks during all practice. Not sure how that's going to work. Would like some good data to argue otherwise.

NO because I don't like to run in masks. It isn't ok and I cannot breath normal.

I love to practice sport, especially running because it is the best moment when I can be with my thoughts and to think how I can make things better. Before when I was running with mask, I didn't like it, I felt discomfort on my face and I couldn't run long distances. Now I don't feel this problem and moreover, I grew my resistance with this. Hey, someone of you have sport store, because I have one and I want to know who are your suppliers because I have only one, it is https://www.yorkn.com/ and I am very glad to work with him.

Williboss wrote:

I love to practice sport, especially running because it is the best moment when I can be with my thoughts and to think how I can make things better. Before when I was running with mask, I didn't like it, I felt discomfort on my face and I couldn't run long distances. Now I don't feel this problem and moreover, I grew my resistance with this. Hey, someone of you have sport store, because I have one and I want to know who are your suppliers because I have only one, it is

https://www.yorkn.com/

and I am very glad to work with him.

You are the first who likes to run in a mask. I don't have this resistance.

Mask with cher wrote:

I keep getting yelled at by hobby joggers in Central Park for not wearing a mask when I run. Am I in the wrong here? I know NYC is a densely populated area and we had a high rate of COVID, but it's 85 degrees out and I take my training very seriously. I don't remember ever seeing these people in the park before March and now they think they get to enforce a bunch of made up rules. Am I in the wrong here? Should I be running with a mask?

I live in a dense city. I wear a mask. But I pull it down & up depending on mood & number of people and situation.

I wear a Buff around my neck and pull it up over my nose if I’m getting within 30 feet or so of another trail user, which is very rare running and dawn and dusk (most days I see no one else). I’m in the suburbs of a conservative Rocky Mountain city, so the buff is nice for warmth now that it’s winter here.

Sometimes I think all this weird anger about masks is why no one can agree on anything with regards to covid. Every city and state is placing so much emphasis on universal masks and wearing masks outdoors at all times and people get annoyed because it's clearly stupid.

I wonder if we made fewer stupid regulations - like outdoor universal masking - if we'd have more compliance with reasonable ones, like wearing masks indoors and not gathering in crowds indoors.

Let's get to the bottom of this wrote:

According to W.H.O. we shouldn't be wearing masks at all when excercising:

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters

"People should NOT wear masks when exercising, as masks may reduce the ability to breathe comfortably."

"Sweat can make the mask become wet more quickly which makes it difficult to breathe and promotes the growth of microorganisms. The important preventive measure during exercise is to maintain physical distance of at least one meter from others."

The fact that science has shown there is near-zero risk of transmission outdoors (and the left touts how they “believe in science”), coupled with the adverse health effects of wearing one (just to appease people brainwashed by the left), is why I refuse to wear one outside.

I've been running with a mask since mid-March and it's not too annoying unless it's hot out, so I get why you don't want it if it's 85 degrees. And unless you're running really close to people then I'd say you probably don't need to run with a mask on. However if you're running outside, I would really strongly suggest that you at least bring a mask with you (you can put it in your pocket or on your wrist like a watch or something) so that if there's a situation where you can't stay far away from someone, you can put your mask on long enough for you to pass them.

Wear a mask you f()cking d!ck.....

GabriellePeake wrote:

NO because I don't like to run in masks. It isn't ok and I cannot breath normal.

You can breath normal. If CPR works then you can run with a mask on.

No, I don't wear a mask when I'm running or riding my bike. I might wear a mask this February when I go and ride and it's cold out. It will have nothing to do with the coronavirus and everything to do with keeping my nose warm.