Time for my Health?Activist Soapbox post (day five of the National Health Blog Post Month)...
This is going to be a tough one for me to post, but I think?Dean Karnazes?(Ultra Runner) missed something when he planned his running route across the United States to "Inspire a Nation".
Most people who read a lot about running either love him or hate him, I happen to be a huge fan of?Dean Karnazes. ?I read his first book, "Ultramarathon Man", and I am currently reading his second book, "50/50". ?In fact, I have been reading 50/50 to my son at night when he goes to bed (what can I say, he loves running stuff as much as me).
Anyway, Dean teamed up with?Live! with Regis and Kelly?to run across the United States in a campaign against childhood obesity. ?He started February 25, 2012 and ran about two marathons a day until he reaches New York, NY.
From the CDC Childhood Obesity page:?
Childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past 30 years. The prevalence of obesity among children aged 6 to 11 years increased from 6.5% in 1980 to 19.6% in 2008. The prevalence of obesity among adolescents aged 12 to 19 years increased from 5.0% to 18.1%.1,2
I love that Dean is able to use his superhuman abilities to raise awareness for something so important, but I have to wonder who planned his running route.
When I heard about his plan I was so excited. ?I even thought I would try to go out and see him on one of his runs. ?You can imagine my disappointment when I saw that he would not be coming through South Carolina (ranked in the top four states for childhood obesity). ?As I looked at the?map?I realized that not only was he not coming through South Carolina, he was completely bypassing the South!
I pulled up the?CDC Overweight and Obesity Trends?and compared the two maps. ?You can see that Dean comes close to Kentucky and West Virginia, but never reaches any of the states that have the worst statistics of obesity.
I still think what?Dean Karnazes is doing is awesome. ?I just think he and the planners of this run missed a huge opportunity by running a route that takes him away from the main battle zone...
Source: http://www.mooreonrunning.com/2012/11/great-idea-bad-planning-childhood.html
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