Running is my sport
Well, that’s obvious. We all know running is the sport I prefer to participate in the most, but what I mean is running is my sport to follow. To watch. To be enthusiastic about. To be inspired by.
This is a relatively new hobby to me! I didn’t grow up in a family with a tradition of following sports, and I was never as in to it before, as I am now. Instagram and podcasts have made me a much more engaged follower. I’m not able to watch events live (no cable!), but I read and hear about the athletes getting ready for them (on their own accounts and in interviews), and read and listen about it (and sometimes watch it!) later.
I realized I was super in to it when my parents were visiting and I spent the end of a run telling my Dad about this year’s Boston Marathon and what went down on the elite side and the theories about why (thanks for listening, Dad!). Afterward, I thought “why am I able to retain that random information? Well duh, cause I am passionate AF about it. And it inspires me.
So yeah, I’ll just be over here, listening to a zillion different podcasts and following all the runners on instagram! And geeking out about what I am reading/listening to with my friends.
No related photo, but here’s when I met Meb the first time!
Themocracy
I also grew up in a household that didn’t follow sports. It’s fun to care about a sport now, though I don’t like the idea of being really upset about the outcome of a professional sporting match since you can’t do literally anything about it. (Weird, I know, since I care about just about everything else!)
Would you say you have a favorite runner?
I don’t like that either. I know a few people who get really upset about things like that, and it kind of ruins watching the event. (Of course, I can understand if it’s a BIG event, but the day to day stuff?!).
Shalane Flanagan, fo sho!!!!! Do you have a fave? I really like Shelby Houlihan too and I bet you could get behind her #frenchbreadfriday campaign 😉