COROS CONVOS - EP 4: Desiree Linden x Molly Seidel 

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Good catch!

with all my respect, you're talking nonsence on everything: 1. "commercialization of running worldwide, despite its inaccessibility for a lot of people" WTF, running is THE most accessible sport there is. all you need is some shoes, and often you don't even need shoes. all other sports need at least some equipment, running is equipment free sport. of course lot of people are gearheads and buy all types of stuff, but if one wants to run, he doesn't need anything but a pair of shoes and that's it. me for example: i'm not poor, but my budget is tight, so I chose running, because i don't need a gym membership or to buy special equipment, so i chose running for this simple reason. 2. black women are overrepresented in US running, just not distance running. distance running is open for people of all colours. there's no barrier, if there were fast african-american women @ the marathon, they were going to be there. simple reason is that there's not enough US black women that can COMPETE in distances over 800m, african-american ladies doesn't have the build for long distances.

All great questions - We will share this with Des and Molly! Thank you for watching!

Thank you for the respect! Really enjoy these videos.

I used to think similarly, but overtime recognized the vast disparities in safety, thereby accessibility and inclusivity in distance running in the USA. These questions are conversation starters and not statements of blame, so thank you for responding with your own opinions, I understand that you disagree. Just on a final note, I encourage and recommend reading Alison Désmir’s new book, Running While Black: she speaks upon her own experiences in distance running and archives historical reasoning for USA’s distance running being seen and felt as a “white space,” and why it’s important to continue to make it inclusive and safe !

@@emeraldgren3420 black US women don't have interest in distance running. yeah, i know the're is the racism (from both sides!, don't tell me as a white person i am fully welcomed to black neighbourhoods and vice-versa) and the dangers of being judged wrongly on the street while running and being black, but if they were TRULY interested in distance running, they would've run, despite all dangers and judgments. when you love something, you do it ANYWAY! did you see how this lady who wrote the book looks like? does she have the build of a marathoner? no. she's in shape. but she's just not light. she's a 400m runner. she wants to be a distance runner just to represent black us women there, in spite of her real talents being at the shortest distances. i don't understand her fully, but that's her agenda. and she've spoked with des linden, molly and other elite us marathon girls. i think the message has been sent.