Coach Under Fire for Egg Nog Mile
There is no outrage like that expressed as the lead story on the local news, as WKYC-TV in Chardon, Ohio, “investigates” an egg nog mile run at the local high school. The assistant cross country coach shot video of the run and is heard laughing at the inevitable puking.
In what looks like a bad episode of Glee, someone (from Finland!) sends the video to the local news station, which corners the school principal (who declares himself “appalled”), and then sends a reporter to stand in a gazebo in the middle of the night for some reason to broadcast his ”exclusive” report on the “disturbing” video, after which the coach is apparently suspended from her job.
Judging by the comments accompanying the story, the Chardon community is appropriately outraged… at the TV station for running such a breathless report.
If you’re unfamiliar with egg nog miles, then you’re not a regular Running Is Funny reader! Shame on you!
Sweet! Chardon is about 10 miles from my hometown, and my school competed against them in track and cross-country.
The gazebo is in the middle of Chardon Square. It’s where the local TV stations usually send their news crews when there’s a big snowstorm, since Chardon is the epicenter of the “Snow Belt” of NE Ohio.