University Should Pave Running Trails

<-NARRATOR:-> Now listen to two students discussing the letter.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Hey, Ted...you're a runner.
Did you see this letter in the paper?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, I did...and I use those...
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> And?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> I think it's a terrible idea.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> How come?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Well, she really hasn't thought it through...
like, the thing about making them safer-
what she's not thinking about is the long-term consequences of running on a hard surface.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> What do you mean?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> I mean, it's not good for you...it's too hard on your bones and joints.
If you run repeatedly on a hard surface,
it can lead to injuries...or, that's what I've been taught, anyway...
it's better to run on a soft surface.
It does less damage to your body.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh...I wasn't aware of that.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, so actually it wouldn't be safer.
And her second point...
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> About changing the way they look?
<-MALE STUDENT:->Yeah, I don't think people will like it.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> So they'd use them less?
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Yeah, I mean one of the main reasons people enjoy them now is it's a way of taking a break from the rest of campus...
from buildings and streets and stuff...
it's, you know, a chance to feel like you're out in nature.
<-FEMALE STUDENT:-> Oh...so you wouldn't get that effect anymore.
<-MALE STUDENT:-> Right...it'd just be like you were on a regular street or sidewalk.
It wouldn't be as relaxing.