“The traffic is dangerous in L.A., but that hasn’t ever deterred me before. It’s the air that I think about. Breathing in L.A. feels like I’ve just smoked three cigarettes when I have actually smoked zero cigarettes,” writes maggielange
Photo-Illustration: by Stevie Remsberg; source images Getty My friend Dana put it best when she said: “L.A. doesn’t have seasons, but we do have thick white air that covers everything in its path, so it’s worth it.” Dana, who rides her bike six miles to her office, churns through this soft chalk soup each workday.
We do breathe more often and more deeply when we’re exerting ourselves, confirms Dr. Ed Avol, the director of Environmental Health at the USC Keck School of Medicine, and our lungs are vulnerable organs.
Like Gardiner, Avol also regularly runs in Los Angeles. They both give me the same uncalming spiel about how we must keep exercising even though the air is horrible. Except during emergencies — like “during the recent spate of wildfires, so smoky that you can smell it, see it, taste it and it may cause you to cough — you should be outside exercising,” Avol said.
Who would want to deny anyone this joy? I grill the experts about tricks to avoid the worst of the air. To reduce the gunkiness of the air she breathes, Gardiner chooses to walk on quieter parallel roads with less traffic. Avol suggests places with stop signs . Avoid rush hour and the hottest part of the day.
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