The Running Thread - 2018

[rteetz]

QOTD: Does anyone else watch professional running or just participates themselves. It could be track & field or the televised marathons. How about other endurance sports like pro cycling, triathlon, even swimming?

Only time I watch running is the Olympics or maybe some Boston marathon coverage.

 

[Slogger]

ATTQOTD: I watched the Women's Olympic trials and part of the Men's Olympic marathon. Does cross country skiing count?

 

[run.minnie.miles]

ATTQOTD: I enjoy watching the big televised marathons. I really only watch track and field during the Olympics, at which time, I take a huge interest in any sport under the sun. Swimming was my main sport growing up, so I have always loved watching it- not just Olympics, I'll flip it on anytime I see it on tv, even if it's the HS State meet.

 

[opusone]

QOTD: Does anyone else watch professional running or just participates themselves. It could be track & field or the televised marathons. How about other endurance sports like pro cycling, triathlon, even swimming?

I will watch some of the premiere marathons (Boston, NYC, London, etc.) if I happen to catch them on TV. Same goes for triathlons.

My guilty pleasure, however, is watching the professional cycling events. I religiously watch the grand tours each year, and I will watch some of the spring classics as well. It's actually quite funny given that I am much more of a runner than a cyclist (in fact, I likely only log 100-200 miles on the bike in a good year), but I enjoy the strategy, teamwork, scenery, traditions, and personalities in cycling much more than you get in a televised running or triathlon event.

 

[PrincessV]

QOTD: Does anyone else watch professional running or just participates themselves. It could be track & field or the televised marathons. How about other endurance sports like pro cycling, triathlon, even swimming?

ATTQOTD: Yes. All of them. As much and as often as I can! Just finished the Tour de France this weekend. I really don't know much about cycling, but love the scenery and watching world-class athletes gut out endurance events is always amazing and inspiring to me.

If anyone has a great way of keeping track of upcoming events likely to be televised, I'm all ears. I've missed a lot of T&F lately because I never hear of it until it's too late to alter plans or it's over. I follow Runner's World and Competitor on FB and used to see posts about upcoming events, but that seems to have slacked off.

 

[Miranda]

ATTQOTD: I watch the elite coverage of the Boston Marathon every year. During the Olympics, I watch pretty much every track & field and swimming event that is televised, and will skim through other endurance events like cycling or triathlon or cross country skiing.

 

[YawningDodo]

ATTQOTD: The only time I watch any sporting events at all is during the Olympics, and then I have to make special arrangements to have access--used to be I'd just turn it on and leave it on whenever I was home during the Olympics because I just like keeping tabs on what's happening in general, but now we just don't have our home set up for television. No cable, no dish, don't even currently have any of the TVs hooked up to antennas.

 

[huskies90]

QOTD: Does anyone else watch professional running or just participates themselves. It could be track & field or the televised marathons. How about other endurance sports like pro cycling, triathlon, even swimming?

ATTQOTD: I'll occasionally turn on Boston or NYC mainly to see the course/scenery more than to watch the runners.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD: I have streamed the Boston Marathon the last two years. During the Olympics, I am obsessed with swimming and also gymnastics (doesn't really count as endurance sport but I love it).

 

[SarahDisney]

I don't know how you cord cutters do it. I've had cable since the day I was born (well, before that too, but I couldn't see the TV before I was born). You'd have to take it away from me by force. And I don't even watch huge amounts of TV.

 

[ZellyB]

We watch the Tour de France pretty faithfully and I occasionally watch bits of the big marathons or track and field during the Olympics.

 

[Dis5150]

ATTQOTD: Nope. I just never seem to know when anything is on or my family isn't interested in watching, etc.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

ATTQOTD - These races are usually held on Sundays, and I am almost always out on my long run when they take place. If I am home I will throw it on TV with the volume muted as I do other things. I don't think that I have ever watched an entire marathon.

 

[Chasing Dopey]

QOTD: Does anyone else watch professional running or just participates themselves. It could be track & field or the televised marathons. How about other endurance sports like pro cycling, triathlon, even swimming?

I do like watching the marathons, although I'm usually multitasking. I only really catch the big ones.

 

[KaitlynJ]

ATTQOTD: Basically never. As much as I love running, I have absolutely no interest in watching it. The only time I recall watching it was during the summer Olympics in 2008. I spent a lot of time at my boyfriend-at-the-time's house with him and his family. They are totally Olympics-obsessed and watched it literally any time it was on TV, no matter what sports were on. At one point the only thing on was the women's marathon, so we watched that until something else came on. It was like watching paint dry.

 

[LSUlakes]

Bit of running news on my end that I just notices. Last week was the first time since January that I ran 5 days in a week. Baby steps! Long "run" of 7 miles last week. This week 5 days again and long run of 9 while getting to a total of at least 21 miles for the week. Long ways to go, but each run counts now!

 

[Princess_Nikki]

ATTQOTD:

I do not. I don’t even really watch the olympics.

And I’m behind a few days...but regarding the new fun races popping up across the Disney resorts, I have not yet had the chance to participate in any of them. I’d love to compile a list of the available ones and start doing them!

 

[MissLiss279]

I don't know how you cord cutters do it. I've had cable since the day I was born (well, before that too, but I couldn't see the TV before I was born). You'd have to take it away from me by force. And I don't even watch huge amounts of TV.

I ‘cut the cord’ a couple years ago??? I think. So this is how I do it...
Once I had a DVR with cable there was no way I could live without one, so I first found a DVR for Over-the-Air channels.
-OTA DVR = Tablo (it connects to your router and the antenna, and then you can stream it to whatever TV you want through a ‘TV box’ (for me, FireTV) or onto your phone when you aren’t at home.
-Amazon FireTV
-Amazon Prime TV
-Netflix

I don’t have at the moment, but will reconnect when college football starts up again in a month (!!) and continue it through college basketball season. I cancel it during the summer, because I don’t watch enough on those channels to justify it when I watch most things on OTA or Netflix:
-PlayStation Vue
-other options I’m considering instead of PSV: SlingTV, DirectTV Now, Hulu Live, maybe YouTubeTV

 

[kbenson13]

ATTQOTD: I enjoy watching the big televised marathons. I really only watch track and field during the Olympics, at which time, I take a huge interest in any sport under the sun. Swimming was my main sport growing up, so I have always loved watching it- not just Olympics, I'll flip it on anytime I see it on tv, even if it's the HS State meet.

You took the words out of my mouth!

 

[jennamfeo]

I rarely watch TV to begin with. I watched the Boston Marathon this year streaming on my phone at work. I like to watch the Olympics if/when I can -- mostly swimming and ice skating. But we have my mom's DirectTV info, and Netflix, and MLB TV and that's about it. I usually only watch TV on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday nights when my husband is off work. We are currently watching 13 Reasons Why Season Two and The Office for the first time. We are also watching the Harry Potter movies with our 6 year old who missed out on our first watch through.