The Running Thread - 2018

[roxymama]

I'm pulling for Iceland because they're the smallest country to ever make the WC, and it's their first trip. Plus, that country just fascinates me in general.
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But Iceland is the USA's biggest rival!!! (I'm basing this only on my viewing of Mighty Ducks 3)

ATTQOTD: Likely we will watch some since my kiddo enjoys soccer. Until she or we get bored and want to go outside.

 

[KSellers88]

ATTQOTD (Yesterday): I never expected to look up to so many people from so many different backgrounds. It doesn't matter if they are fast enough to qualify for the Olympics or if they are using the run-walk method. I find it so inspiring to see people with multiple kids, jobs, and some of the most hectic lives be able to get it done. I love hearing people's background stories and their reasons for running. It just reminds me that even though someone's life/training may look perfect, you never truly know how they got there and what they went through. I thought running was just one foot in front of the other, but there is so much more to it.

ATTQOTD (today): I won't specifically follow it, but I won't avoid it either. They will have the games on in the break rooms and cafe at work, but since the US is not in the mix I won't follow it as closely. I am just (im)patiently waiting for college football to return.

Marathon food: I could do some major damage to a Papa John's Pizza around mile 18, but I would need garlic sauce and ranch to dip it in and that could get complicated. LOL.

 

[KevM]

Fun Friday: i’ll be watching as many games as I can. I love soccer (although FIFA is trash). I grew up playing it and still love watching it. As for rooting, I’m behind Germany. I’ll also be rooting for a number of the underdogs.

 

[huskies90]

Fun Friday QOTD: Yesterday was the start of what some would say is the biggest sporting event in the world! Do you plan on watching any of the World Cup and what team are you pulling for?

ATTFFQOTD: When I saw the first sentence, I thought we were talking about the US Open which also started yesterday and I have already been watching and will follow throughout the weekend. The fact that I had no idea that the World Cup was starting, I think answers the question. I just cannot get into soccer. Not enough scoring for me.

 

[Nole95]

I watch as many of the World Cup games as I can. I will work on one computer and stream the games on another computer.

With the USA not making it, I will admit that it isn't as exciting to watch. Germany is the team I have always rooted for after the USA.

 

[Capang]

ATTQOTD: Nope. The last time I watched was about 10 years ago in Vegas. It was fun, watching with people from all over the world cheering for their countries, but I have 0 interest. I'd rather watch curling.

 

[jennamfeo]

ATTQOTD: Hard pass. Even if the US was playing. It's baseball season. That's all I care about right now.

This morning I was telling my husband about how me and @rteetz were discussing getting McDonald's during the Marathon and his reply was, "It's just funny to me that you are talking about this stuff already when you have 7 months until the race....." LOL OKAY HUSBAND.

 

[SarahDisney]

But Iceland is the USA's biggest rival!!! (I'm basing this only on my viewing of Mighty Ducks 3)

Um... D2.
D3 is Charlie's teenage angst (aka the private school)

It's baseball season. That's all I care about right now.

Same.

 

[rteetz]

ATTQOTD: Hard pass. Even if the US was playing. It's baseball season. That's all I care about right now.

This morning I was telling my husband about how me and @rteetz were discussing getting McDonald's during the Marathon and his reply was, "It's just funny to me that you are talking about this stuff already when you have 7 months until the race....." LOL OKAY HUSBAND.

Planning ahead is key!

 

[kbenson13]

ATTFFQOTD: No World Cup for me, unless it happens to be on at a bar I'm at or something like that. If the USA was in it and competitive, I might be more interested. I won't say its boring, but soccer is generally way to much buildup for way to little payoff for me.

 

[TCB in FLA]

FFQOTD: Watching the World Cup as I type. My teen boys are both huge soccer players and English Premier League fans. They also collect jerseys — my oldest was in Paris last month on this awesome school trip and his lone souvenir purchase was an away France jersey. They have been talking about this tournament for months and are already thinking about going 8 years from now when it’s “local.”

 

[LSUlakes]

I'll watch a little bit, mainly because it's such a dry period for sports in general. Other than the U.S. Open and the NBA Draft, there's really nothing to hold my interest until college football starts back up in late August.

College World Series Starts this weekend! i'd like to see Mississippi State win it all, but I doubt it happens.

This morning I was telling my husband about how me and @rteetz were discussing getting McDonald's during the Marathon and his reply was, "It's just funny to me that you are talking about this stuff already when you have 7 months until the race....." LOL OKAY HUSBAND.

Is he aware that its basically we all we discuss all year long in some shape or form in this forum? A trip to Disney, Running, and food/booze = A good time!

 

[run.minnie.miles]

College World Series Starts this weekend! i'd like to see Mississippi State win it all, but I doubt it happens.

If anyone is a baseball fan, the College World Series is so fun to attend! Come to The Good Life

 

[Nessy]

ATTQOTD: Being in the UK it's everywhere! I will probably watch whatever the other half puts on when he is home, otherwise I will just keep pining for when the NFL season starts (go Ram's cough cough)

 

[*DisneyDreamer]

Fun Friday: I’ll put games on when I’m around, but I won’t be watching it religiously. Since the United States isn’t in, there are commercials encouraging people to “root for their roots.” So I was all set to root for Italy but I see now that they’re not in either. So I’ll probably just root for the underdogs, and teams like England and Australia. Just no Germany or Brazil please (sorry if you like those teams).

 

[cavepig]

I'll watch bits of games here & there in the World Cup, I'm rooting for Costa Rica - because my brother's family is visiting there now, good enough reason, right! I read up them so at least I did that.

But the College World series is starting here in Omaha which I'm more into and rooting for Mississippi State because my Dad went there!

 

[FFigawi]

Fun Friday QOTD: Yesterday was the start of what some would say is the biggest sporting event in the world! Do you plan on watching any of the World Cup and what team are you pulling for?

It is the largest and most popular sporting event in the world, and I'll watch as many matches as I can. The matches are shown on the TVs at work, and for the important ones later on, they'll turn the visualization lab where the geoscientists normally use the monster screens for 3D VR modeling into a TV and open it up for anyone to come and watch. No vuvuzelas allowed, though, thank god. As far as teams go:

Who will win - Germany. Too much overall depth
Who should win - Brazil. Best attacking side but not as great in defense
Who I want to win - Argentina. I'd love to see Messi get the 8000-lb. monkey off his back

And for the haters, here's a little joke for you. Why do so many American kids play soccer? So they don't have to watch it.

 

[avondale]

ATTQOTD: Nope. The last time I watched was about 10 years ago in Vegas. It was fun, watching with people from all over the world cheering for their countries, but I have 0 interest. I'd rather watch curling.

My DH does watch curling on TV whenever possible. He TiVos it and watches it later. And, yes, it's about as exciting as watching paint dry, in my opinion. I don't know that he'll be watching much soccer. I don't watch any sports on TV, really - don't care to spend my limited time that way.

 

[jennamfeo]

With all this food talk going on, I became really sad that I didn't at least save a screen shot of my finish line photo from the 2017 Superheros half at Disneyland, which included a donuthole in my mouth and a donuthole in my hand. So I was trying to search the entire internet for them, hoping somehow they would miraculously appear, but they didn't. However, MarathonFoto still has all their photos up and I was able to look at pictures from my first runDisney 10k and Half. It was so awesome because I don't even remember these pictures. That was my first half and I looked like death, which is also how I felt. But to see that and see how far I have come from that was awesome.

 

[TheHamm]

FFQOTD: As I refuse to pay comcASSt money, there will be little opportunity to watch the games at home, but I would place a bet that DH is using some bar's wi-fi to watch during work hours and still pretend he is being productive so I will therefore hear about it all tonight. The first time I went to his apartment (long before we were a couple) was his having a party to celebrate buying a HDTV specifically to watch 2006 world cup. I did not need to see Zidane in HD, and it was jarring and scared me off of watching soccer ever again.

Side note: This morning I found myself pretty angry about a poor run and a close encounter with what I thought was a dead skunk (hard U-Turn! followed by selecting a new route and getting lost- so lost, anxious, slow, & cut the run short to make it to work on time.), but realized that I have exceeded the miles I ran in all of 2017 in the first 45% of 2018. So, I will continue to remind myself that a 'bad run' is better than no run. I need to figure out how to have my alarm clock tell me this when it goes off so very early.