Blog 2- Rude Runner

My first reaction to this ad was "This person is crazy." Although she does have good reasons to think that jogging is not running, I still disagree with how she degrades joggers. I ran track in high school all four years so I would be considered a runner. The writer of this ad said that runners don't like listening to music while they run and would gladly punk on their shoes after running, but I really disagree with that. I have puked after some races and I did not do it with a smile on my face. I only wish I could have had my iPod with me while i practiced and raced because I did not like hearing my heavy breathing or the heavy breathing of the girls I raced against. What stood out in the ad was Izumi saying how the forensics TV shows start out with a runner finding dead people because I can think of at least five episodes where that has happened. I like how Izumi gave the time of when jogging came about and saying how that was a decade where many mistakes were thought of trends there, like disco. Alienating joggers to persuade people to run more was not smart to me because people could take offense to it and issues could arise. In the Reebok ad, pathos is the strongest to me because it is saying running and puking is crazy, so take it easy while running. I would choose the Reebok ad to put in a magazine because it is not putting down a certain group like the Izumi ad is doing to joggers.