The Bizarre ‘Churn Butter While You Run’ Trend Is Actually Sort of Profound

Running gives you a lot of things: Stress relief, personal records, chafing—the list goes on. In fact, you can add “butter” to that list right now.

Running content creator Libby Cope has gone viral not for her pace or mileage, but for what she makes along the way. Her video showing how she churns butter on a train run has racked over one million likes across Instagram and TikTok. Let’s dig into the science of how this works, and why this is my favorite kind of running influencer content right now. 

How to churn butter while you run

In her viral videos, Cope pours heavy cream and salt into double-bagged Ziplocs, tucks the squishy dairy parcels into her running vest alongside her boyfriend, and heads out onto the trails. By the time they’re done, so is the butter. They spread it on sandwich bread and eat it right there. So, how crazy is

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