University of Oregon Will Add “Hobby Jogger” To Its Hate Speech Code
By David Greenberg, guest correspondent for LetsRun.com
April 1, 2019
EUGENE, Ore. — The University of Oregon will add the term “hobby jogger” to its hate speech code on Monday after an incident involving the cross country team on the school’s track. Witnesses say a pair of undergraduates recently were running in lane one on the university track when approximately 25 members of the cross country team arrived to do a workout. A coach asked the undergraduates to move to the outside of the track, but they refused.
As a result, during the workout words were exchanged between the two groups. Witnesses say the team shouted “hobby joggers” every time they passed the undergraduates and in return, the undergraduates shouted back “Run Forrest, run!”