Current Events > Is it unhealthy to run with a mask on?

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My state government (NM) issued an order for everyone to wear a mask even outdoors while exercising. I think this is fucking overkill

im gonna be running alone so I wont be near people at all

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Athletes do it for stamina training.

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No its actually better for you. Sort of like resistance training. Just gotta be careful running in the heat.

Controlled breathing on runs helps expand lung capacity.

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LightHawKnight posted...

Athletes do it for stamina training.

you talking about those altitude masks?

those are scientifically proven false.


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No.

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Ya, that seems excessive
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gna647 posted...

you talking about those altitude masks?

those are scientifically proven false.

You can apparently use google, why even bother asking this question then?

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I do it, you'll be fine.

Just wear a mask bro come on

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It's overkill. It seems like you're very unlikely to spread the virus while running outside.

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EndOfDiscOne posted...

It's overkill. It seems like you're very unlikely to spread the virus while running outside.

Except you expel way more air running, as youre breathing harder. Running past someone and breathing heavy air past someone could easily get them sick.

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EndOfDiscOne posted...

It's overkill. It seems like you're very unlikely to spread the virus while running outside.

Not if you're running near 30-40 people who doesn't seem to be social distancing.

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From a scientific standpoint, if no one is around the mask is utterly useless. That being said, you should bring a mask with you in case someone raises a big stink about it.

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Extreme_light posted...

Not if you're running near 30-40 people who doesn't seem to be social distancing.

This. In my large city, there are dozens and dozens of people running on the trails every day, mixed with people walking dogs, biking, walking slowly, etc...

Trails are packed. Its dangerous to not wear a mask.

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MFBKBass5 posted...

EndOfDiscOne posted...

It's overkill. It seems like you're very unlikely to spread the virus while running outside.

Except you expel way more air running, as youre breathing harder. Running past someone and breathing heavy air past someone could easily get them sick.

Isn't the general idea that you'd also have to be around someone for quite a bit of time? Like minutes, not just a quick few seconds
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But ya, when I go jogging outside I bring a mask with me for the moments when I come across a large group of the trail. But honestly, I feel like I hear such conflicting information and I'm not sure when I'm just doing performance theatre in a sense,in some situations
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MFBKBass5 posted...

Except you expel way more air running, as youre breathing harder. Running past someone and breathing heavy air past someone could easily get them sick.

It's sounding like 1. Outdoor transmission is rare because the droplets disperse so quickly, and 2. the amount of time you're around someone with the virus seems to matters. So someone running by quickly is unlikely to infect people.

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MFBKBass5 posted...

This. In my large city, there are dozens and dozens of people running on the trails every day, mixed with people walking dogs, biking, walking slowly, etc...

Trails are packed. Its dangerous to not wear a mask.

Right. Every other day I drive to work past this big one side sidewalk and people just chilling, running, biking, walking, and dog-walking. Only like 20% were wearing masks.


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emblem boy posted...

Isn't the general idea that you'd also have to be around someone for quite a bit of time? Like minutes, not just a quick few seconds

No, inhaling someone elses respiratory droplets can infect you instantly. Its already been proven that COVID can be transmitted via respiratory droplets.

That being said, apparently its NOT airborne, meaning it doesnt linger in the air long before dispersing. But breathing heavily on someone as you run past them can absolutely get them sick.

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Didnt some guy in China die doing this? It restricted his breathing and he eventually just died.

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I dont

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Lukey_Bug posted...

Didnt some guy in China die doing this? It restricted his breathing and he eventually just died.

If you're talking about those two kids running in gym class, they do not know if masks was at all responsible. But that's like 2 isolated ones out of what? Hundreds of runners?


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If youre running on some obscure back road where you literally never encounter anybody else, you dont need it.

If you are somewhere where you regularly, or even semi-regularly, pass people as you run, wear the mask.

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I had to run with a gas mask on in the Army,can be done but man it sucked.And post #23 is what I agree with.

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modena posted...

I had to run with a gas mask on in the Army

Just the mask, or was it the full chem suit, and a run that was uphill? That'll get your heart pumping.

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I feel like that its gotten so bad, youre lucky to be allowed to leave your home. Just wear a mask