Sorry, but why does the Chicago Women’s Half Marathon’s free “Training Kick-Off Kit” include a pink smelly candle? What does that have to do with running? I can’t burn a candle while I’m out running*, and when I get home, do they actually think that I have time (or want) to draw a bubble bath and light some candles and contemplate my navel?

I hate this women’s-sport shit. Like we won’t do it unless we have stuff in shade of pink. Running skirts? Wear ’em, don’t wear ’em, I don’t care, but don’t try to tell me they are about empowering women. They’re about selling products to women using the same tactics that the rest of our society employs — you have to accomplish AND be pretty! — only using the guise of empowering women which is somehow even more insulting.

* as lau wisely said, “I run FROM pink smelly candles.”