Utah’s collegiate runners face a tough challenge: Bad air quality

Track and cross-country athletes talk about moving their training indoors on smoggy days, to avoid “track hack.”

(Kasia Nowakowska) Kasia Nowakowska, a runner for the University of Utah, leads runners from Iowa State on the homestretch at the 2024 Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. Nowakowska says she has noticed air-quality issues in the Salt Lake Valley more often than in her hometown in Poland.

Utah’s collegiate runners face a tough challenge: Bad air quality

Track and cross-country athletes talk about moving their training indoors on smoggy days, to avoid “track hack.”

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