The following sports editorial appeared in our college's newspaper this week. Not only does the moron completely inaccurately discribe our training, he mocks the sport of XC/running in general. Read for yourselves:
The following sports editorial appeared in our college's newspaper this week. Not only does the moron completely inaccurately discribe our training, he mocks the sport of XC/running in general. Read for yourselves:
pretty typical...I wouldn't want that person running with me anyway...by the way what is at Buttermilk Falls that you sprint 800 meters tao get too... ;)
Haha yeah "sprinting" actually Buttermilk Falls is a pretty nice state park that is several miles from our campus where we'll run to, do repeat 800s, then run back to school, good workout.
The good news is that pretty much our whole XC team is emailing the kid and the newspaper to complain about the article. I hate ignorant people.
I thought the article was pretty good. He was light-heartedly making fun of cross country running. It does look silly to watch if you don't know what's going on. I don't think that he realizes, though, that runners eat a lot more than people think.
What an ass! He makes runners sound like a bunch mis-guided anorexics. He doesn't get it.
Here's a copy of a letter I sent to his editor. The whole issue isn't that important {what others think about our contests} but I had fun writing the reply.
Editor,
re: Just Because They Run Doesn't Mean I Have To by: Mario 'pus gut' Fontana
I always find it amusing when an 'athlete' involved in a contrived activity called a 'sport' can't
understand the purest of all sports. I'm referring to Mario Fontana's impression of cross-country
running.
What could be more understandable than the contest to see who can run fastest?
What could be more incomprehensible than a contest that is completely contrived {such as baseball
or any other 'thought up contest'}? It goes something like this: Let's put these four bases equidistant
from one another at 90', substituting one of them for what we'll call a plate. You go stand over there
on that mound of dirt and throw a small to medium sized ball at your opponent. Don't hit him and
we'll give him a stick which he will swing at the ball. If you are accurate enough and he can't hit it
you get a credit called a 'strike'....... and the restrictions and contrived nature of the athletic contest
go on and on. Mario and his porno appreciating compatriots appreciate this group of athletes
performing very unnatural acts excellently. This is one type of sportsman.
Another type of sportsman is one who conditions himself to run faster than another guy trying to do
the same thing. That's pretty understandable.
I appreciate baseball and am also an avid long distance runner. I like them both and appreciate them in
their uniqueness. When a writer such as Mario 'I'm gasping for air on 2nd base' Fontana can't
recognize running as the most basic of athletic contests its more a poor reflection on him than it is on
the sport of running.