2020 added urgency to Minnesota man's idea to bring strangers together to run and talk
Pandemic, social unrest brought new resonance to strangers' get together.
By Frank Bures Special to the Star Tribune
December 31, 2020 — 8:13pm
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On Feb. 28 of 2020, J.C. Lippold looked at the front page of this newspaper and smiled. At the top was a banner that read, "Running Conversation" with a picture of he and his fellow runners jumping in the air.
The story was about Lippold's brainchild, which he called "5K Everyday Conversations." The idea was simple: Strangers would meet up, run 5 kilometers together and talk. This would help connect people in our disconnected age, and combat the tidal wave of loneliness.