Do you HATE running? Really??

Ruminations on polemic marketing, why more people aren't watching a 20hr race, my love of running stores, my favorite running book of 2023, and a haiku.

Thoughts on love/hate relationships

Nike’s marketing this summer has caused some upset. Powerful sloganeering, of course, isn’t anything new to everyone familiar with the brand. (Literally everyone.)

I say the following from the point of view of a professional journalist and copywriter who thinks about words most of the time that I’m awake (and often whil…