The Running Thread - 2018

[jennamfeo]

@LSUlakes - Official time from my race on Saturday: 2:25:53

 

[OldSlowGoofyGuy]

ATTQOTD: I watched about 5 minutes of whatever sport happened to be on at the time.

Not a big televised sports viewer. My total for the year will be the last 30 minutes of the Boston Marathon and the Super Bowl. And this year, the College National Championship since Georgia was playing.

 

[FFigawi]

QOTD: The winter Olympics are officially over. Did you watch any of it this year? Do you prefer the summer games or winter games?

I love watching the Winter Olympics! Growing up in the cold and snow caused me to greatly prefer the Winter Games to the Summer ones. We put everything from South Korea on the DVR and are watching it as we can.

 

[CDKG]

Not a second of it! I did watch Celebrity Big Brother instead including the live feeds. That was more interesting!

I do watch some of the summer Olympic games though.

Ditto! No Olympics for me this year (which is strange, because I'm usually glued to it...) The Bachelor Winter Games was just terrible. (Although, I usually enjoy Bachelor in Paradise. It's all about the laughs and never about the "love".)

The BIG winner this February was Celebrity Big Brother! What a fantastic season of BB!!! I didn't subscribe to the live feeds, but had a great time watching BBAD to catch up between episodes.

 

[LdyStormy76]

ATTQOTD, yes, I watched part of the Olympics, but not as much as in prior years. Ice skating is turning into an extreme sport with all the emphasis on jumps and the loss of artistry makes it less interesting to me. Summer Olympics is gymnastics (regular and rhythmic), diving, and any of the medal races for swimming and track.

 

[SunDial]

QOTD: The winter Olympics are officially over. Did you watch any of it this year? Do you prefer the summer games or winter games?

I watched some this year. I am more a fan of the non prime time sports. Figure skating does not appeal to me.

I enjoy watching summer and winter games equally.

I got home a couple of hours ago from Disney. I will post a couple of pictures of me and my daughter in our half marathon costumes in a little bit.

 

[LSUlakes]

Did they locate the lost necklace that the lady lost over the weekend that contained her daughters ashes?

 

[rteetz]

Did they locate the lost necklace that the lady lost over the weekend that contained her daughters ashes?

I don't believe so but last update I saw was this morning.

 

[roxymama]

Attqotd: I love the Winter Olympics and watched a ton of it. Really enjoyed it this year mostly because my daughter had so many questions and got into it. I'm watching Bachelor Winter Games now and it's pretty terrible...which makes it great.

Back from vacation and a bit of a disboard break for life business reasons. I miss posting here!

 

[McNs]

ATTQOTD didn’t get in to it much this time, it seemed to be 24/7 curling or xgames snowboarding. Not many kiwis involved so that doesn’t help.

What is Bachelor Winter Olympics???

 

[beatlecat42]

ooh, so many awesome questions to catch up on!

weather: nothing special, just more eager to go out into the warmth. I could do without the yo-yoing, though (one week it went from sleet to 70s/80s, back to 40s. It's ridiculous)

5ks: all of this, but slower:

I will go with mile 2 as the worst in a 5k. Mile 1 is fast (sometimes too fast) but you still have energy. Mile two should mean settling into a pace but the awful realization is that you are starting to deteriorate with more than half of the race left. Mile 3 is the most physical pain but the end is near.

For mental reasons mile 2 is my least favorite.

training for distances: the original barrier of getting off the couch was the hardest hurdle. Other than that, I've always been fairly confident in racking up the miles -- I've always said that I can walk anywhere, and it's been pretty much accurate. Just need a lot of time to do it 10k to half was also relatively easy because I was able to do a 10miler and a 12miler in between, which definitely helped with the mental hurdles. I don't see myself doing any marathons, but I imagine that would be a huge jump to make.

special events at Disney: got to do the Christmas party our last trip, and when we did a big blowout trip for my sister's graduation a few years back, we were able to do a bunch:

• morning safari at Animal Kingdom (since discontinued?): this was great; you got to get into the park before it opened, go on the Safari while the animals were still relatively active (or inactive...our truck got stopped by a mama rhino who refused to move until her baby stopped inspecting the truck), and get a buffet breakfast before being released into the park. Loved it.
• nighttime safari at Animal Kingdom Lodge (since changed/discontinued?): this was a lot of fun as well. It was a very small group, you were driven around the grounds of the Lodge for at least an hour learning about the animals and their welfare, and then finished off with a special meal at Jiko.
• Wild Africa Trek: you get to go behind-the-scenes in the safari areas, learn more in-depth about how they care for the animals, feed the hippos, cross the rope bridges over the gators, and have lunch out on the savanna. Totally awesome, highly recommend if you love animals and/or exhibit design.
• dolphin encounter: I have mixed feelings about this (due to the whole keeping dolphins in captivity thing), but to the program's credit, the bulk of your time is actually spent outside of the water learning about dolphin conservation efforts and watching the keepers study the dolphins through short cognitive tests. Also, hugging a dolphin is everything I wanted it to be and I didn't want to stop.

Wish list: Diving at EPCOT (now that we're certified!), the Halloween party, Keys to the Kingdom.

Olympics: OMG yes I now need to readjust sleeping habits after 2 straight weeks of figure skating. Love it. Probably more partial to the summer games, since I was a swimmer myself, but I definitely love watching all of the athletics (preferably not on NBC, ugh). One of the top 10 coolest things I've gotten to experience was volunteering for Athens 2004. Amazing. (all the same, the criticisms of the IOC and WADA are totally valid, and I've never ever wanted the games to be held where I live, so there has been more cognitive dissonance involved in watching the last few olympiads. Still, can't wait for 2020.)

 

[Waiting2goback]

QOTD: The winter Olympics are officially over. Did you watch any of it this year? Do you prefer the summer games or winter games?

ATTQOTD: I watched a few events here and there when I had some free time. I like the summer games because of the running, swimming, and basketball events.

I generally prefer the summer olypmics but I didn't watch 1 second of winter this year. Have had a lot going on and I don't have cable anymore. Since getting rid of cable TV watching just has fallen by the wayside for me in general. One of the best moves I could have ever made.

 

[LdyStormy76]

[/GALLERY]

What is Bachelor Winter Olympics???

Another spin off from The Bachelor series. According to the website they brought in people from various countries that have the show, stuck them in a hotel in Vermont and it went, depending on your point of view, either uphill or downhill from there. Saw teasers for it on The Bachelor but since I never liked Bachelor in Paradise skipped this spin off.

 

[gjramsey]

ATTQOTD: Even though I know the IOC is about the most corrupt org in the world, I love the competition of the games (both winter and summer). Spent way too many hours watching most of the events. you can tell how hard the biathlon and cross-country skiers are based on how they all seem to collapse at the end of their events. I enjoy the timed events more than the scored events. For some of the x-game style sports, they give you no clue how the scores are tabulated or what gets marked down, just some blabber about how judges like to see "amplitude". I have been a curling fan for the last 3 or 4 Winter Olympics.

 

[LSUlakes]

ATTQOTD: Even though I know the IOC is about the most corrupt org in the world, I love the competition of the games (both winter and summer). Spent way too many hours watching most of the events. you can tell how hard the biathlon and cross-country skiers are based on how they all seem to collapse at the end of their events. I enjoy the timed events more than the scored events. For some of the x-game style sports, they give you no clue how the scores are tabulated or what gets marked down, just some blabber about how judges like to see "amplitude". I have been a curling fan for the last 3 or 4 Winter Olympics.

The NCAA is coming in strong as #2.

 

[camaker]

The NCAA is coming in strong as #2.

You're not joking! They were so mad at Carolina, they took Louisville's national title away!

Just kidding, sort of, Louisville deserved what they got. Carolina didn't get what they deserved.

 

[LSUlakes]

QOTD: I am curious about everyone's race day routines. For a typical race how many hours before the race do you start your day? For Disney races with the very early starts, do you adjust that time frame?

ATTQOTD: Most local races I do usually start around 7:30 (give or take 30 minutes). For those start times I will wake up around 5:30. 2 hours seem to be enough time for me to get ready for a race. For Disney races I believe the required time to leave your room and board a bus may change that, and there are other races where this is also the case. For these races the choice is made for me, but I do try to keep the timing the same for everything else other than the waking up part.

 

[kleph]

ATTQOTD: if it's a smaller local race, i'll get there, at most, an hour before start time. it will usually take me 30 to 45 minutes to get out the door and tack on the drive time to that.

larger races, like the one i did this weekend, i'll get up stupid early in order to beat the crowd. parking is always a mess and if you get there early enough, you can pick a spot that gives you a reasonable chance to leave without too much fuss. you also can hit the bathroom before the lines form. this early arrival often means waiting around an hour or more but that's usually OK since i'd probably be up anyway. i rationalize the early wake up since 1) i almost always wake up too early on race day to start with and 2) i almost always have a big long afternoon nap after a race.

 

[rteetz]

You're not joking! They were so mad at Carolina, they took Louisville's national title away!

Just kidding, sort of, Louisville deserved what they got. Carolina didn't get what they deserved.

The NCAA has a much wrong with it right now it’s not even funny. I love college sports but they need help. That’s for another discussion board though.

 

[rteetz]

QOTD: I am curious about everyone's race day routines. For a typical race how many hours before the race do you start your day? For Disney races with the very early starts, do you adjust that time frame?

I’ve very few local races but for those it’s get up hydrate maybe eat something light and drive out to the race. Disney is another animal you get up at 2:30-3:00AM and head out and stand around forever. It’s not an easy adjustment but I make do.