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 Text size Copy shortlink:
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.