【有文稿】就是不爱跑步

LW: Running is becoming more and more popular around the world, especially here in China. In particular, you might even say China’s experiencing a bit of a marathon craze. At the same time, the average person probably doesn’t like running too much. So how is this happening? And what’s all the fuss about? Brian, what’s going on here? BK: Well, so, obviously, there’s a lot of people here in China and now we’re finally seeing a lot of them going to get – get running, and running marathons in particular. So we look at the Chinese Athletic Association, a couple years ago, it took five months for the Beijing Marathon to get fully signed up, whereas last year they got thirty thousand people in a day. So clearly this is a big trend here. We see, for example, last year about forty urban marathons were held across the country with 750,000 participants whereas this year we’re going to be seeing fifty-five marathons. So obviously, it’s a bug that’s spreading. LW: Yeah, people are running a lot. I’m going to come straight off the bat with it and say: don’t like it. Hate running – it’s awful, it’s awful. Hurts your knees, you get all tired, and it’s not as much fun – I don’t like it at all. Wu You how about you? WY: I’m a fan of running, [LW: OK, alright] and I have to say that the maximum length I have finished is ten kilometers [LW: Ten kilometers, alright]. It is not as long as what Brian has participated… LW: Yeah, Brian, you’re a bit of a runner – you like pounding the pavement. BK: I was. I haven’t really been a runner for some time, but I was in school, and, yeah, well, it seems to me that for a lot of people, again, you know, a lot of people don’t like it, and it’s not really fun once, once – when you get started there, it takes a while to kind of build up to a point where it’s not, like, unpleasant all the time and you can actually, you know, relax a little bit and start to enjoy it. LW: Alright Brian, sell me on running. Sell me on it - some of the other more skeptical or lazy listeners out there, sell us on why you like running. BK: That is too difficult of a task, because again, most people just aren’t going to like running. I will say though, if you can push yourself through it, there are rewards. It is great for your health, it is good for your overall health, good for your muscles, good for your heart and lungs, which are super-key to living longer and living, you know, well, overall, and if you do it with friends it’s a way to get all that at the same time, as, you know, it’s killing two birds with one stone – you get your health stuff, you get to hang out with friends, all at the same time. LW: But now, but before you’re saying it’s quite healthy but there’s also been reports that a lot of people are saying it’s actually quite unhealthy as well, in terms of, you know, the injuries [BK: It depends], living shorter lifespans in certain studies. BK: That, that’s not running, that tends to be more marathoning, or rather ultramarathoning… LW: OK, so what’s the difference between that would you say? BK: Right, so, running, you know, can be any sort of length or whatever. A marathon is 26.2 miles, or 42.2 kilometers, whereas an ultra-marathon is technically anything beyond a marathon but normally it’s either fifty or hundred miles or kilometers. [LW: No, no] So it’s way longer than most people could ever have any good reason to ever think about running. LW: No – if something is a hundred kilometers away I won’t even drive there. That’s so far…[Laughter] hundred kilometers away, and someone’s running there. How long does that take? WY: Just try whatever you can, just within your capability, just have fun. Not to push yourself too much, and also last but not least, like in the famous film “Forrest Gump”: so, run, Forrest, run. LW: Yeah, well Brian and I will go running later and we’ll see how enjoyable it is.