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Comments September 29, 2023: What factors do you consider before entering a race? 1 Race distance 191 (17%) 2 Course terrain 141 (13%) 3 Prize money 115 (10%) 4 Charity involved 109 (10%) 5 Location 176 (16%) 6 Weather 186 (17%) 7 Entry fee 178 (16%) Total Votes: 1096 September 22, 2023: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 306 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 302 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 264 (12%) 4 Aid stations 241 (11%) 5 T-shirts 246 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 231 (10%) 7 Prize money 221 (10%) 8 Medical services 233 (10%) 9 Large field 218 (10%) Total Votes: 2262 September 15, 2023: What is/are your favourite sport(s) of the summer Olympics? 1 Athletics - track 162 (9%) 2 Athletics - marathon 282 (15%) 3 Cycling - road 123 (7%) 4 Cycling - track 90 (5%) 5 Swimming 296 (16%) 6 Triathlon 736 (40%) 7 Other 133 (7%) Total Votes: 1822 September 8, 2023: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? 1 Athletics 107 (10%) 2 Baseball 93 (9%) 3 Basketball 91 (9%) 4 Cycling 166 (16%) 5 Football 150 (14%) 6 Hockey 111 (11%) 7 Soccer 79 (7%) 8 Swimming 109 (10%) 9 Tennis 82 (8%) 10 Other 69 (7%) Total Votes: 1057 September 1, 2023: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 347 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 255 (10%) 3 Clothing 359 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 288 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 386 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 293 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 251 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 249 (9%) 9 Other 224 (8%) Total Votes: 2652 August 25, 2023: Which of these athletic events are you looking forward to at the Budapest World Athletics Championships? 1 Sprints/hurdles 280 (13%) 2 Middle distance 366 (16%) 3 Long distance 432 (19%) 4 Steeplechase 249 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 222 (10%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 210 (9%) 7 Pole vault 217 (10%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 262 (12%) Total Votes: 2238 August 18, 2023: "On which of the continents have you run?" 1 Africa 132 (9%) 2 Antarctica 57 (4%) 3 Asia 110 (7%) 4 Australia 181 (12%) 5 urope 255 (17%) 6 North America 679 (45%) 7 South America 110 (7%) Total Votes: 1524 August 11, 2023: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 197 (26%) 2 Television 110 (15%) 3 Radio 104 (14%) 4 Newspapers 106 (14%) 5 Magazines 129 (17%) 6 Other 98 (13%) Total Votes: 744 August 4, 2023: Which category of athlete are you? 1 Elite 394 (15%) 2 Fitness 765 (28%) 3 Recreational 938 (35%) 4 Recreational - competitive 501 (19%) 5 Other? 92 (3%) Total Votes: 2690 July 28, 2023: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 234 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 250 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 259 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 272 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 217 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 198 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 245 (10%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 263 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 210 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 201 (9%) Total Votes: 2349 July 21, 2023: What events are you planning on entering in 2023? 1 5,000m 976 (8%) 2 10,000m 1345 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1681 (14%) 4 Marathon 1948 (16%) 5 Ultra 402 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1335 (11%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 1837 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1313 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 849 (7%) 10 None of the above 416 (3%) Total Votes: 12102 July 14, 2023: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 161 (17%) 2 Water 178 (19%) 3 Chocolate milk 167 (17%) 4 Soft drink 145 (15%) 5 Beer 151 (16%) 6 Other 157 (16%) Total Votes: 959 July 7, 2023: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 551 (20%) 2 Running Times 421 (15%) 3 Track and Field News 290 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 228 (8%) 5 Triathlete 249 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 265 (9%) 7 iRun 240 (9%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 180 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 214 (8%) 10 Other 183 (6%) Total Votes: 2821 June 30, 2023: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.33 set on July 12th, 2019 by Sifan Hassan. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 184 (22%) 2 50 years 209 (24%) 3 25 years 152 (18%) 4 10 years 128 (15%) 5 years 87 (10%) 6 1-4 years 95 (11%) Total Votes: 855 June 23, 2023: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 128 (12%) 2 Fartlek 140 (14%) 3 Hills 147 (14%) 4 Intervals 165 (16%) 5 Long Run 175 (17%) 6 Tempo 146 (14%) 7 Time Trial 130 (13%) Total Votes: 1031 June 16, 2023: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 590 (18%) 2 11-20% 791 (24%) 3 21-30% 682 (20%) 4 31-40% 414 (12%) 5 41-50% 354 (11%) 6 51-70% 299 (9%) 7 71-90% 179 (5%) 8 91-100%! 51 (2%) Total Votes: 3360 June 9, 2023: What is/are the toughest feat(s) to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 73 (7%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 107 (10%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 131 (13%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 161 (16%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 81 (8%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 64 (6%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 171 (17%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 100 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 76 (7%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 66 (6%) Total Votes: 1030 June 2, 2023: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week in the last year? 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 83 (12%) 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 94 (14%) 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 142 (21%) 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 168 (24%) 5 < 20 (<32) 205 (30%) Total Votes: 692 May 26, 2023: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 204 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 241 (12%) 3 10K 206 (10%) 4 8K 191 (9%) 5 5K 223 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 186 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 202 (10%) 8 800M 200 (10%) 9 Sprints 186 (9%) 10 Ultras 192 (9%) Total Votes: 2031 May 19, 2023: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 102 (6%) 2 Basketball player 182 (10%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 280 (16%) 4 Football Player 156 (9%) 5 Hockey player 113 (6%) 6 Marathoner 212 (12%) 7 Triathlete 195 (11%) 8 Soccer player 170 (10%) 9 XC Skier 206 (12%) 10.XC/Track runner 125 (7%) Total Votes: 1741 May 12, 2023: Should Olympic team athletes be selected on the basis of one "trials" competition or on overall performance over the year leading up to the Games? 1 One trials competition 767 (40%) 2 Overall performance 931 (49%) 3 Other (email webmaster@runnersweb.com) 76 (4%) 4 No opinion, don't care 131 (7%) Total Votes: 1905 May 5, 2023: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 192 (8%) 2 Energy Bars 323 (14%) 3 Energy Gels 381 (16%) 4 Sports drinks 535 (23%) 5 Water 282 (12%) 6 Other 274 (12%) 7 Non-alcoholic Beer 366 (16%) Total Votes: 2353 April 28, 2023: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 371 (11%) 2 adidas 356 (11%) 3 Brooks 359 (11%) 4 Fila 247 (7%) 5 Mizuno 328 (10%) 6 New Balance 372 (11%) 7 Nike 379 (11%) 8 Puma 278 (8%) 9 Reebok 310 (9%) 10 Saucony 362 (11%) Total Votes: 3362 April 21, 2023: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 257 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 233 (14%) 3 Hill Training 212 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 219 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 222 (13%) 6 Running Drills 199 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 187 (11%) 8 Other 173 (10%) Total Votes: 1702 April 14, 2023: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 215 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 157 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 153 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 191 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 146 (9%) 6 Grete Waitz 194 (11%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 193 (11%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 175 (10%) 9 Deena Kastor 126 (7%) 10 Uta Pippig 144 (9%) Total Votes: 1694 April 7, 2023: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 467 (26%) 2 Helped it 699 (39%) 3 Hurt it 345 (19%) 4 No effect 192 (11%) 5 Other 79 (4%) Total Votes: 1782 March 31, 2023: Do you agree with the World Athletics rulling to allow males to compete in the women's category? 1 Yes, we should not upset the men's feelings! 511 (18%) 2 No, this will destroy women's sports! 1960 (69%) 3 No opinion, don't care 357 (13%) Total Votes: 2828 March 24, 2023: Which of these athletic events are you looking forward to at the Paris Olympics? 1 Sprints/hurdles 269 (13%) 2 Middle distance 353 (16%) 3 Long distance 421 (20%) 4 Steeplechase 237 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 212 (10%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 201 (9%) 7 Pole vault 207 (10%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 252 (12%) Total Votes: 2152 March 17, 2023: Which is your favourite running season(s)? 1 Summer 992 (27%) 2 Winter 409 (11%) 3 Spring 906 (24%) 4 Fall 1266 (34%) 5 No opinion 168 (4%) Total Votes: 3741 March 10, 2023: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 258 (15%) 2 Pool run 212 (12%) 3 Swim 217 (13%) 4 Row 211 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 205 (12%) 6 XC ski 202 (12%) 7 Other 204 (12%) 8 Watch TV 191 (11%) Total Votes: 1700 March 3, 2023: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 98 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 33 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 133 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 249 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 352 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 570 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 672 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 705 (18%) 10 4:00 Plus 1100 (28%) Total Votes: 3968 < February 24, 2023: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 239 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 257 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 286 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 263 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 240 (9%) 6 London 263 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 269 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 248 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 245 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 239 (9%) Total Votes: 2549 February 17, 2023: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 225 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 242 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 251 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 263 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 209 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 190 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 237 (10%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 254 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 202 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 193 (9%) Total Votes: 2266 February 10, 2023: What is/are your favourite sport(s) of the summer Olympics? 1 Athletics - track 151 (9%) 2 Athletics - marathon 273 (16%) 3 Cycling - road 114 (6%) 4 Cycling - track 81 (5%) 5 Swimming 286 (16%) 6 Triathlon 727 (41%) 7 Other 124 (7%) Total Votes: 1756 February 3, 2023: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 341 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 250 (10%) 3 Clothing 353 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 283 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 380 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 288 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 246 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 244 (9%) 9 Other 219 (8%) Total Votes: 2604 January 27, 2023: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 541 (20%) 2 Running Times 413 (15%) 3 Track and Field News 283 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 221 (8%) 5 Triathlete 242 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 257 (9%) 7 iRun 233 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 173 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 207 (8%) 10 Other 176 (6%) Total Votes: 2746 January 20, 2023: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 295 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 295 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 256 (12%) 4 Aid stations 234 (11%) 5 T-shirts 239 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 224 (10%) 7 Prize money 214 (10%) 8 Medical services 225 (10%) 9 Large field 211 (10%) Total Votes: 2193 January 13, 2023: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? 1 Athletics 101 (10%) 2 Baseball 87 (9%) 3 Basketball 86 (9%) 4 Cycling 161 (16%) 5 Football 144 (14%) 6 Hockey 106 (11%) 7 Soccer 74 (7%) 8 Swimming 104 (10%) 9 Tennis 77 (8%) 10 Other 64 (6%) Total Votes: 1004 January 6, 2023: What events are you planning on entering in 2023? 1 5,000m 968 (8%) 2 10,000m 1337 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1673 (14%) 4 Marathon 1940 (16%) 5 Ultra 394 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1327 (11%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 1829 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1305 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 841 (7%) 10. None of the above 408 (3%) Total Votes: 12022 December 30, 2022: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? 1 1500M/Mile 99 (13%) 2 3000M Steeplechase 144 (19%) 3 5000M/10000M 117 (16%) 4 Marathon 226 (31%) 5 Cross-Country 154 (21%) Total Votes: 740 December 23, 2022: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.33 set on July 12th, 2019 by Sifan Hassan. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 182 (22%) 2 50 years 208 (25%) 3 25 years 151 (18%) 4 10 years 125 (15%) 5 5 years 87 (10%) 6 1-4 years 93 (11%) Total Votes: 846 December 16, 2022: 1 Never run one 96 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 33 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 133 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 243 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 351 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 568 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 672 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 705 (18%) 10. 4:00 Plus 1099 (28%) Total Votes: 3956 December 9, 2022: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 356 (11%) 2 adidas 342 (11%) 3 Brooks 345 (11%) 4 Fila 234 (7%) 5 Mizuno 314 (10%) 6 New Balance 358 (11%) 7 Nike 364 (11%) 8 Puma 264 (8%) 9 Reebok 296 (9%) 10 Saucony 348 (11%) Total Votes: 3221 December 2, 2022: What is your "coach status? 1 In person coach 373 (21%) 2 Internet coach 91 (5%) 3 Internet program 276 (16%) 4 Peer group 209 (12%) 5 Self coached 136 (8%) 6 Combination of above 695 (39%) Total Votes: 1780 November 25, 2022: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? 1 Berlin 195 (4%) 2 Boston 790 (17%) 3 Chicago 397 (9%) 4 Honolulu 228 (5%) 5 London 833 (18%) 6 Los Angeles 262 (6%) 7 Marine Corps 117 (3%) 8 New York 841 (18%) 9 Ottawa 305 (7%) 10. Rotterdam 648 (14%) Total Votes: 4616 November 18, 2022: How long have you been running? 1 30+ years 174 (37%) 2 20 -29 years 59 (13%) 3 15 - 19 years 43 (9%) 4 10 - 14 years 68 (15%) 5 5 - 9 years 48 (10%) 6 1 -4 years 39 (8%) 7 < 1 year 34 (7%) Total Votes: 465 November 11, 2022: What is/are the toughest feat(s) to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 65 (7%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 99 (10%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 123 (13%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 153 (16%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 73 (8%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 56 (6%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 162 (17%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 92 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 68 (7%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 58 (6%) Total Votes: 949 November 4, 2022: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 207 (27%) 2 Indoor track 238 (31%) 3 Treadmill 318 (42%) Total Votes: 763 October 28, 2022: "On which of the continents have you run?" 1 Africa 124 (8%) 2 Antarctica 49 (3%) 3 Asia 102 (7%) 4 Australia 172 (12%) 5 Europe 247 (17%) 6 North America 668 (46%) 7 South America 101 (7%) Total Votes: 1463 October 21, 2022: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? 1 Chariots of Fire 144 (14%) 2 Golden Girl 94 (9%) 3 Marathon Man 107 (10%) 4 Prefontaine 118 (12%) 5 Personal Best 96 (9%) 6 Running Brave 102 (10%) 7 Without Limits 107 (10%) 8 St. Ralph 109 (11%) 9 The Jericho Mile 93 (9%) 10 None of the above 56 (5%) Total Votes: 1026 October 14, 2022: Should an Olympic athlete be banned for life after their first doping offense? 1 Yes 994 (84%) 2 No 124 (11%) 3 No opinion, don't care 61 (5%) Total Votes: 1179 October 7, 2022: Winter is coming! Where do you run or do you cross-train during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 177 (31%) 2 Indoor track 133 (23%) 3 Treadmill 148 (26%) 4 Cross-train by XC skiing 108 (19%) Total Votes: 566 September 30, 2022: What events have you run or are you planning on entering in 2022? 1 5,000m 960 (8%) 2 10,000m 1330 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1666 (14%) 4 Marathon 1934 (16%) 5 Ultra 388 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1321 (11%) 7Olympic distance triathlon 1823 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1299 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 835 (7%) 10 None of the above 402 (3%) Total Votes: 11958 September 23, 2022: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 90 (6%) 2 Basketball player 170 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 268 (17%) 4 Football Player 144 (9%) 5 Hockey player 100 (6%) 6 Marathoner 200 (12%) 7 Triathlete 183 (11%) 8 Soccer player 158 (10%) 9 XC Skier 194 (12%) 10 XC/Track runner 112 (7%) Total Votes: 1619 September 16, 2022: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 346 (11%) 2 adidas 332 (11%) 3 Brooks 336 (11%) 4 Fila 226 (7%) 5 Mizuno 305 (10%) 6 New Balance 349 (11%) 7 Nike 354 (11%) 8 Puma 256 (8%) 9 Reebok 286 (9%) 10 Saucony 338 (11%) Total Votes: 3128 September 9, 2022: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" 1 Time stamped on-line entry 615 (26%) 2 Geographical quotas 263 (11%) 3 Performance standards 1065 (46%) 4 Lottery 245 (11%) 5 Other 134 (6%) Total Votes: 2322 September 2, 2022: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 330 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 239 (10%) 3 Clothing 341 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 272 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 368 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 277 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 235 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 233 (9%) 9 Other 208 (8%) Total Votes: 2503 August 26, 2022: How did you follow/are you following the European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany? 1 In person 542 (14%) 2 Television 1092 (29%) 3 Internet 1349 (35%) 4 Newspapers 694 (18%) 5 Not interested 153 (4%) Total Votes: 3830 August 19, 2022: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 196 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 233 (12%) 3 10K 199 (10%) 4 8K 184 (9%) 5 5K 215 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 179 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 194 (10%) 8 800M 192 (10%) 9 Sprints 179 (9%) 10 Ultras 185 (9%) Total Votes: 1956 August 12, 2022: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 244 (15%) 2 Pool run 199 (13%) 3 Swim 203 (13%) 4 Row 198 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 192 (12%) 6 XC ski 188 (12%) 7 Other 190 (12%) 8 Watch TV 178 (11%) Total Votes: 1592 August 5, 2022: Which of these athletic events did you enjoy the most at the World Athletcis Championships in Eugene? 1 Sprints/hurdles 257 (13%) 2 Middle distance 339 (17%) 3 Long distance 409 (20%) 4 Steeplechase 224 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 200 (10%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 189 (9%) 7 Pole vault 195 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 240 (12%) Total Votes: 2053 July 29, 2022: How did you follow/are you following the World Outdoor Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon 1 In person 536 (14%) 2 Television 1086 (29%) 3 Internet 1341 (35%) 4 Newspapers 688 (18%) 5 Not interested 147 (4%) Total Votes: 3798 July 22, 2022: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 215 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 233 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 242 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 253 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 200 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 181 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 228 (10%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 244 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 193 (9%) 10.Mononucleosis 184 (8%) Total Votes: 2173 July 15, 2022: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 121 (12%) 2 Fartlek 132 (13%) 3 Hills 139 (14%) 4 Intervals 156 (16%) 5 Long Run 168 (17%) 6 Tempo 139 (14%) 7 Time Trial 123 (13%) Total Votes: 978 July 8, 2022: How are you following the World Outdoor Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon 1 In person 157 (12%) 2 Television 322 (24%) 3 Internet 468 (35%) 4 Newspapers 337 (25%) 5 Not interested 39 (3%) Total Votes: 1323 July 1, 2022: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 71 (8%) 2 11-20% 140 (15%) 3 21-30% 238 (26%) 4 31-40% 112 (12%) 5 41-50% 95 (10%) 6 51-70% 155 (17%) 7 71-90% 83 (9%) 8 91-100%! 27 (3%) Total Votes: 921 June 24, 2022: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 532 (20%) 2 Running Times 405 (15%) 3 Track and Field News 276 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 214 (8%) 5 Triathlete 235 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 249 (9%) 7 iRun 226 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 166 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 200 (7%) 10 Other 169 (6%) Total Votes: 2672 June 17, 2022: Should Transgender Athletes Be Eligible for the Olympics? 1 Yes 511 (18%) 2 No 1945 (69%) 3 No opinion, don't care 357 (13%) Total Votes: 2813 June 10, 2022: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 286 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 287 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 249 (12%) 4 Aid stations 227 (11%) 5 T-shirts 231 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 217 (10%) 7 Prize money 207 (10%) 8 Medical services 218 (10%) 9 Large field 204 (10%) Total Votes: 2126 June 3, 2022: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 242 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 218 (14%) 3 Hill Training 197 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 205 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 208 (13%) 6 Running Drills 185 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 173 (11%) 8 Other 158 (10%) Total Votes: 1586 May 27, 2022: Which category of athlete are you? 1 Elite 384 (15%) 2 Fitness 755 (29%) 3 Recreational 928 (35%) 4 Recreational - competitive 491 (19%) 5 Other? 82 (3%) Total Votes: 2640 May 20, 2022: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.33 set on July 12th, 2019 by Sifan Hassan. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 181 (22%) 2 50 years 207 (25%) 3 25 years 151 (18%) 4 10 years 124 (15%) 5 5 years 84 (10%) 6 1-4 years 93 (11%) Total Votes: 840 May 13, 2022: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? 1 Athletics 88 (10%) 2 Baseball 76 (9%) 3 Basketball 75 (8%) 4 Cycling 148 (17%) 5 Football 132 (15%) 6 Hockey 95 (11%) 7 Soccer 63 (7%) 8 Swimming 93 (10%) 9 Tennis 66 (7%) 10 Other 53 (6%) Total Votes: 889 May 6, 2022: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 258 (13%) 2 Motion Control 235 (12%) 3 Neutral 292 (15%) 4 Performance 223 (11%) 5 Racing 225 (11%) 6 Stability 287 (15%) 7 Trail 234 (12%) 8 Other 216 (11%) Total Votes: 1970 April 29, 2022: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 155 (17%) 2 Water 170 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 161 (18%) 4 Soft drink 139 (15%) 5 Beer 145 (16%) 6 Other 150 (16%) Total Votes: 920 April 22, 2022: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? 1 No warm-up 24 (4%) 2 Depends on the race distance 140 (25%) 3 5 minutes 50 (9%) 4 10 minutes 62 (11%) 5 15 minutes 77 (14%) 6 20 minutes 90 (16%) 7 30 minutes 49 (9%) 8 > 30 minutes 64 (12%) Total Votes: 556 April 15, 2022: Which is your favourite running season? 1 Summer 980 (27%) 2 Winter 396 (11%) 3 Spring 892 (24%) 4 Fall 1254 (34%) 5 No opinion 156 (4%) Total Votes: 3678 April 8, 2022: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 202 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 146 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 142 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 179 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 135 (9%) 6 Grete Waitz 183 (12%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 182 (12%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 164 (10%) 9 Deena Kastor 115 (7%) 10 Uta Pippig 133 (8%) Total Votes: 1581 April 1, 2022: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 265 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 266 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 230 (12%) 4 Aid stations 208 (11%) 5 T-shirts 212 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 198 (10%) 7 Prize money 188 (10%) 8 Medical services 199 (10%) 9 Large field 185 (9%) Total Votes: 1951 March 25, 2022: What is/are your favourite sport(s) of the summer Olympics? 1 Athletics - track 136 (8%) 2 Athletics - marathon 261 (16%) 3 Cycling - road 103 (6%) 4 Cycling - track 70 (4%) 5 Swimming 273 (16%) 6 Triathlon 716 (43%) 7 Other 113 (7%) Total Votes: 1672 March 18, 2022: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 95 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 33 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 133 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 240 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 351 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 568 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 672 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 705 (18%) 10 4:00 Plus 1099 (28%) Total Votes: 3952 March 11, 2022: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 230 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 248 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 277 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 254 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 231 (9%) 6 London 254 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 260 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 239 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 236 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 230 (9%) Total Votes: 2459 March 4, 2022: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? 1 1500M/Mile 89 (13%) 2 3000M Steeplechase 134 (19%) 3 5000M/10000M 107 (16%) 4 Marathon 215 (31%) 5 Cross-Country 143 (21%) Total Votes: 688 February 25, 2022: What is your "coach status? 1 In person coach 373 (21%) 2 Internet coach 91 (5%) 3 Internet program 276 (16%) 4 Peer group 209 (12%) 5 Self coached 133 (8%) 6 Combination of above 690 (39%) Total Votes: 1772 February 18, 2022: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? 1 Berlin 188 (4%) 2 Boston 783 (17%) 3 Chicago 391 (9%) 4 Honolulu 221 (5%) 5 London 826 (18%) 6 Los Angeles 256 (6%) 7 Marine Corps 111 (2%) 8 New York 835 (18%) 9 Ottawa 299 (7%) 10 Rotterdam 642 (14%) Total Votes: 4552 February 11, 2022: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 335 (11%) 2 adidas 322 (11%) 3 Brooks 325 (11%) 4 Fila 218 (7%) 5 Mizuno 296 (10%) 6 New Balance 339 (11%) 7 Nike 343 (11%) 8 Puma 247 (8%) 9 Reebok 276 (9%) 10 Saucony 328 (11%) Total Votes: 3029 February 4, 2022: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 176 (8%) 2 Energy Bars 307 (14%) 3 Energy Gels 365 (16%) 4 Sports drinks 519 (23%) 5 Water 264 (12%) 6 Other 258 (12%) 7 Non-alcoholic Beer 350 (16%) Total Votes: 2239 January 28, 2022: In regards to the IAAF ruling on limiting testosterone levels for DSD/Intersex athletes? 1 I agree with the IAAF ruling regarding events from 400M to the Mile 321 (11%) 2 The ruling should apply to all events 2197 (73%) 3 The ruling is wrong and there should be no limits 352 (12%) 4 No Opinion 141 (5%) Total Votes: 3011 January 21, 2022: Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the BostonMarathon? 1 Yes 779 (78%) 2 No 125 (12%) 3 No opinion, don't care 98 (10%) Total Votes: 1002 January 14, 2022: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week in the last year? 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 82 (12%) 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 94 (14%) 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 142 (21%) 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 167 (24%) 5 < 20 (<32) 202 (29%) Total Votes: 687 January 7, 2022: What events are you planning on entering in 2022 - COVID permitting? 1 5,000m 953 (8%) 2 10,000m 1324 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1660 (14%) 4 Marathon 1928 (16%) 5 Ultra 382 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1315 (11%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 1817 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1293 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 829 (7%) 10 None of the above 396 (3%) Total Votes: 11897 December 31, 2021: Will you.did you train on Christmas Day? 1 Regular workout 908 (51%) 2 Abbreviated workout 721 (40%) 3 No 98 (6%) 4 No, I do not train! 54 (3%) Total Votes: 1781 December 24, 2021: What factors do you consider before entering a race? 1 Race distance 184 (18%) 2 Course terrain 134 (13%) 3 Prize money 109 (10%) 4 Charity involved 103 (10%) 5 Location 169 (16%) 6 Weather 180 (17%) 7 Entry fee 171 (16%) Total Votes: 1050 December 17, 2021: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 203 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 222 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 231 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 241 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 190 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 173 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 216 (10%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 232 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 185 (9%) 10. Mononucleosis 176 (9%) Total Votes: 2069 December 10, 2021: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 318 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 229 (10%) 3 Clothing 329 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 262 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 356 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 266 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 225 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 222 (9%) 9 Other 198 (8%) Total Votes: 2405 December 3, 2021: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 186 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 223 (12%) 3 10K 189 (10%) 4 8K 174 (9%) 5 5K 204 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 169 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 183 (10%) 8 800M 182 (10%) 9 Sprints 169 (9%) 10 Ultras 175 (9%) Total Votes: 1854 Novermber 26, 2021: Should Transgender Athletes Be Eligible for the Olympics? 1 Yes 511 (18%) 2 No 1932 (69%) 3 No opinion, don't care 357 (13%) Total Votes: 2800 Novermber 19, 2021: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 467 (26%) 2 Helped it 697 (39%) 3 Hurt it 333 (19%) 4 No effect 191 (11%) 5 Other 79 (4%) Total Votes: 1767 Novermber 12, 2021: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 259 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 261 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 225 (12%) 4 Aid stations 204 (11%) 5 T-shirts 208 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 194 (10%) 7 Prize money 184 (10%) 8 Medical services 195 (10%) 9 Large field 181 (9%) Total Votes: 1911 November 5, 2021: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 235 (15%) 2 Pool run 191 (13%) 3 Swim 194 (13%) 4 Row 190 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 184 (12%) 6 XC ski 180 (12%) 7 Other 181 (12%) 8 Watch TV 170 (11%) Total Votes: 1525 October 29, 2021: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 523 (20%) 2 Running Times 397 (15%) 3 Track and Field News 269 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 207 (8%) 5 Triathlete 228 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 241 (9%) 7 iRun 219 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 159 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 193 (7%) 10 Other 161 (6%) Total Votes: 2597 October 22, 2021: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 165 (39%) 2 Indoor track 123 (29%) 3 Treadmill 138 (32%) Total Votes: 426 October 15, 2021: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? 1 Athletics 79 (10%) 2 Baseball 68 (8%) 3 Basketball 67 (8%) 4 Cycling 139 (17%) 5 Football 124 (15%) 6 Hockey 87 (11%) 7 Soccer 55 (7%) 8 Swimming 84 (10%) 9 Tennis 58 (7%) 10 Other 45 (6%) Total Votes: 806 October 8, 2021: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 111 (12%) 2 Fartlek 120 (13%) 3 Hills 129 (14%) 4 Intervals 144 (16%) 5 Long Run 158 (17%) 6 Tempo 128 (14%) 7 Time Trial 113 (13%) Total Votes: 903 October 1, 2021: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 310 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 223 (10%) 3 Clothing 322 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 256 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 349 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 259 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 219 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 215 (9%) 9 Other 192 (8%) Total Votes: 2345 September 24, 2021: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 225 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 243 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 272 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 249 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 226 (9%) 6 London 249 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 255 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 234 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 231 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 225 (9%) Total Votes: 2409 September 17, 2021: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.33 set on July 12th, 2019 by Sifan Hassan. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 180 (22%) 2 50 years 207 (25%) 3 25 years 150 (18%) 4 10 years 121 (15%) 5 5 years 84 (10%) 6 1-4 years 92 (11%) Total Votes: 834 September 10, 2021: Which is your favourite running season? 1 Summer 973 (27%) 2 Winter 390 (11%) 3 Spring 884 (24%) 4 Fall 1246 (34%) 5 No opinion 150 (4%) Total Votes: 3643 September 3, 2021: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 327 (11%) 2 adidas 315 (11%) 3 Brooks 318 (11%) 4 Fila 212 (7%) 5 Mizuno 289 (10%) 6 New Balance 332 (11%) 7 Nike 335 (11%) 8 Puma 241 (8%) 9 Reebok 269 (9%) 10 Saucony 320 (11%) Total Votes: 2958 August 27, 2021: What is/are the toughest feat(s) to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 60 (7%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 93 (10%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 118 (13%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 148 (16%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 68 (8%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 51 (6%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 156 (17%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 87 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 63 (7%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 53 (6%) Total Votes: 897 August 20, 2021: Which of these athletic events did you enjoy the most at the Tokyo Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 246 (13%) 2 Middle distance 325 (17%) 3 Long distance 398 (20%) 4 Steeplechase 213 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 189 (10%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 178 (9%) 7 Pole vault 185 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 230 (12%) Total Votes: 1964 August 13, 2021: In regards to the IAAF ruling on limiting testosterone levels for female athletes: 1 I agree with the IAAF ruling regarding events from 400M to the Mile 147 (6%) 2 The ruling should apply to all events 1701 (73%) 3 The ruling is wrong and there should be no limits 352 (15%) 4 No Opinion 141 (6%) Total Votes: 2341 August 6, 2021: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 94 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 33 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 133 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 237 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 351 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 567 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 672 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 705 (18%) 10 4:00 Plus 1099 (28%) Total Votes: 3947 July 30, 2021: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 170 (8%) 2 Energy Bars 301 (14%) 3 Energy Gels 359 (16%) 4 Sports drinks 512 (23%) 5 Water 254 (12%) 6 Other 251 (11%) 7 Non-alcoholic Beer 344 (16%) Total Votes: 2191 July 23, 2021: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 195 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 142 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 138 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 173 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 131 (9%) 6 Grete Waitz 176 (11%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 177 (12%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 160 (10%) 9 Deena Kastor 111 (7%) 10 Uta Pippig 128 (8%) Total Votes: 1531 July 16, 2021: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 240 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 216 (14%) 3 Hill Training 195 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 203 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 206 (13%) 6 Running Drills 183 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 171 (11%) 8 Other 156 (10%) Total Votes: 1570 July 9, 2021: What events are you planning on entering this year - COVID permitting? 1 5,000m 947 (8%) 2 10,000m 1319 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1655 (14%) 4 Marathon 1923 (16%) 5 Ultra 377 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1310 (11%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 1812 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1288 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 824 (7%) 10. None of the above 391 (3%) Total Votes: 11846 July 2, 2021: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 238 (13%) 2 Middle distance 317 (17%) 3 Long distance 389 (20%) 4 Steeplechase 206 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 182 (10%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 171 (9%) 7 Pole vault 178 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 223 (12%) Total Votes: 1904 June 25, 2021: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 71 (8%) 2 11-20% 140 (15%) 3 21-30% 238 (26%) 4 31-40% 111 (12%) 5 41-50% 92 (10%) 6 51-70% 151 (17%) 7 71-90% 83 (9%) 8 91-100%! 26 (3%) Total Votes: 912 June 18, 2021: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 197 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 216 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 225 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 234 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 185 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 167 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 210 (10%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 225 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 179 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 171 (9%) Total Votes: 2009 June 11, 2021: Which category of athlete are you? 1 Elite 376 (14%) 2 Fitness 746 (29%) 3 Recreational 920 (35%) 4 Recreational - competitive 483 (19%) 5 Other? 73 (3%) Total Votes: 2598 June 4, 2021: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 84 (5%) 2 Basketball player 164 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 262 (17%) 4 Football Player 138 (9%) 5 Hockey player 94 (6%) 6 Marathoner 192 (12%) 7 Triathlete 176 (11%) 8 Soccer player 151 (10%) 9 XC Skier 187 (12%) 10 XC/Track runner 105 (7%) Total Votes: 1553 May 28, 2021: Should the Tokyo Olympics proceed as scheduled? 1 Yes 1035 (50%) 2 No, should be cancelled 719 (34%) 3 No, should be postponed 237 (11%) 4 No opinion 99 (5%) Total Votes: 2090 May 21, 2021: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 250 (13%) 2 Motion Control 226 (12%) 3 Neutral 284 (15%) 4 Performance 215 (11%) 5 Racing 217 (11%) 6 Stability 279 (15%) 7 Trail 226 (12%) 8 Other 209 (11%) Total Votes: 1906 May 14, 2021: Should Transgender Athletes Be Eligible for the Olympics? 1 Yes 510 (18%) 2 No 1919 (69%) 3 No opinion, don't care 357 (13%) Total Votes: 2786 May 7, 2021: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? 1 Berlin 180 (4%) 2 Boston 775 (17%) 3 Chicago 384 (9%) 4 Honolulu 214 (5%) 5 London 818 (18%) 6 Los Angeles 249 (6%) 7 Marine Corps 104 (2%) 8 New York 828 (18%) 9 Ottawa 292 (7%) 10 Rotterdam 635 (14%) Total Votes: 4479 April 30, 2021: In regards to the IAAF ruling on limiting testosterone levels for female athletes: 1 I gree with the IAAF ruling regarding events from 800M to the Mile 147 (6%) 2 The ruling should apply to all events 1694 (73%) 3 The ruling is wrong and there should be no limits 351 (15%) 4 No Opinion 141 (6%) Total Votes: 2333 April 23, 2021: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 303 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 219 (10%) 3 Clothing 315 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 251 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 343 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 253 (11%) Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 215 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 211 (9%) 9 Other 187 (8%) Total Votes: 2297 April 16, 2021: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 516 (20%) 2 Running Times 391 (15%) 3 Track and Field News 264 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 203 (8%) 5 Triathlete 224 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 237 (9%) 7 iRun 214 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 155 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 189 (7%) 10. Other 157 (6%) Total Votes: 2550 April 9, 2021: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 317 (11%) 2 adidas 306 (11%) 3 Brooks 309 (11%) 4 Fila 205 (7%) 5 Mizuno 280 (10%) 6 New Balance 322 (11%) 7 Nike 325 (11%) 8 Puma 234 (8%) 9 Reebok 261 (9%) 10 Saucony 312 (11%) Total Votes: 2871 April 2, 2021: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? 1 1500M/Mile 82 (13%) 2 3000M Steeplechase 126 (19%) 3 5000M/10000M 101 (15%) 4 Marathon 208 (32%) 5 Cross-Country 137 (21%) Total Votes: 654 March 26, 2021: What workouts are you doing during the current COVID-19 crisis? 1 Running 743 (47%) 2 Cycling 394 (25%) 3 Walking 147 (9%) 4 Weight training 129 (8%) 5 Yoga, Pilates, etc. 110 (7%) 6 None of the above 59 (4%) Total Votes: 1582 March 19, 2021: What events have you cancelled in 2020 or 2021 because of COVID-19? 1 5,000m 943 (8%) 2 10,000m 1316 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1652 (14%) 4 Marathon 1920 (16%) 5 Ultra 374 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1307 (11%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 1809 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1285 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 821 (7%) 10 None of the above 387 (3%) Total Votes: 11814 March 12, 2021: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 108 (12%) 2 Fartlek 117 (13%) 3 Hills 125 (14%) 4 Intervals 140 (16%) 5 Long Run 155 (18%) 6 Tempo 123 (14%) 7 Time Trial 110 (13%) Total Votes: 878 March 5, 2021: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 221 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 239 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 268 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 245 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 222 (9%) 6 London 245 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 251 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 230 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 227 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 221 (9%) Total Votes: 2369 February 26, 2021: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 467 (27%) 2 Helped it 695 (39%) 3 Hurt it 330 (19%) 4 No effect 191 (11%) 5 Other 79 (4%) Total Votes: 1762 February 19, 2021: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 92 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 33 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 133 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 233 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 350 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 565 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 672 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 705 (18%) 10 4:00 Plus 1098 (28%) Total Votes: 3937 February 12, 2021: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 180 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 217 (12%) 3 10K 183 (10%) 4 8K 168 (9%) 5 5K 196 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 163 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 175 (10%) 8 800M 175 (10%) 9 Sprints 163 (9%) 10 Ultras 169 (9%) Total Votes: 1789 February 5, 2021: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 231 (13%) 2 Middle distance 307 (17%) 3 Long distance 381 (21%) 4 Steeplechase 197 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 175 (10%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 164 (9%) 7 Pole vault 170 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 216 (12%) Total Votes: 1841 January 29, 2021: "On which of the continents have you run?" 1 Africa 111 (8%) 2 Antarctica 37 (3%) 3 Asia 89 (6%) 4 Australia 159 (12%) 5 Europe 233 (17%) 6 North America 653 (48%) 7 South America 89 (6%) Total Votes: 1371 January 22, 2021: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 161 (8%) 2 Energy Bars 291 (14%) 3 Energy Gels 350 (16%) 4 Sports drinks 502 (24%) 5 Water 241 (11%) 6 Other 242 (11%) 7 Non-alcoholic Beer 335 (16%) Total Votes: 2122 January 15, 2021: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.33 set on July 12th by Sifan Hassan. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 176 (21%) 2 50 years 207 (25%) 3 25 years 149 (18%) 4 10 years 121 (15%) 5 5 years 84 (10%) 6 1-4 years 92 (11%) Total Votes: 829 January 8, 2021: What events have you cancelled in 2020 because of COVID-19? 1 5,000m 928 (8%) 2 10,000m 1303 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 1638 (14%) 4 Marathon 1907 (16%) 5 Ultra 362 (3%) 6 Sprint triathlon 1295 (11%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 1797 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 1273 (11%) 9 Ironman triathlon 809 (7%) 10 None of the above 375 (3%) Total Votes: 11687 January 1, 2021: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" 1 Time stamped on-line entry 607 (27%) 2 Geographical quotas 255 (11%) 3 Performance standards 1053 (46%) 4 Lottery 237 (10%) 5 Other 126 (6%) Total Votes: 2278 December 25, 2020: Will you train on Christmas Day? 1 Regular workout 205 (54%) 2 Abbreviated workout 98 (26%) 3 No 47 (12%) 4 No, I do not train! 30 (8%) Total Votes: 380 December 18, 2020: In regards to the IAAF ruling on limiting testosterone levels for female athletes: 1 I agree with the IAAF ruling regarding events from 400M to the Mile 146 (6%) 2 The ruling should apply to all events 1689 (73%) 3 The ruling is wrong and there should be no limits 350 (15%) 4 No Opinion 141 (6%) Total Votes: 2326 December 11, 2020: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 508 (20%) 2 Running Times 385 (15%) 3 Track and Field News 259 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 198 (8%) 5 Triathlete 218 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 231 (9%) 7 iRun 209 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 150 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 184 (7%) 10 Other 152 (6%) Total Votes: 2494 December 4, 2020: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 192 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 210 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 219 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 225 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 181 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 162 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 205 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 217 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 174 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 167 (9%) Total Votes: 1952 November 27, 2020: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? 1 Berlin 178 (4%) 2 Boston 772 (17%) 3 Chicago 381 (9%) 4 Honolulu 211 (5%) 5 London 815 (18%) 6 Los Angeles 246 (6%) 7 Marine Corps 102 (2%) 8 New York 825 (19%) 9 Ottawa 290 (7%) 10 Rotterdam 633 (14%) Total Votes: 4453 November 20, 2020: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 249 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 253 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 219 (12%) 4 Aid stations 199 (11%) 5 T-shirts 201 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 189 (10%) 7 Prize money 179 (10%) 8 Medical services 187 (10%) 9 Large field 176 (10%) Total Votes: 1852 November 13, 2020: Which of the following have you purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 297 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 217 (10%) 3 Clothing 309 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 248 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 339 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 249 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 213 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 209 (9%) 9 Other 185 (8%) Total Votes: 2266 November 6, 2020: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 71 (8%) 2 11-20% 139 (15%) 3 21-30% 238 (26%) 4 31-40% 111 (12%) 5 41-50% 91 (10%) 6 51-70% 151 (17%) 7 71-90% 83 (9%) 8 91-100%! 23 (3%) Total Votes: 907 October 30, 2020: Which category of athlete are you? 1 Elite 368 (14%) 2 Fitness 738 (29%) 3 Recreational 913 (36%) 4 Recreational - competitive 473 (18%) 5 Other? 66 (3%) Total Votes: 2558 October 23, 2020: Which is your favourite running season? 1 Summer 968 (27%) 2 Winter 385 (11%) 3 Spring 878 (24%) 4 Fall 1240 (34%) 5 No opinion 145 (4%) Total Votes: 3616 October 16, 2020: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? 1 Chariots of Fire 130 (14%) 2 Golden Girl 82 (9%) 3 Marathon Man 94 (10%) 4 Prefontaine 105 (12%) 5 Personal Best 82 (9%) 6 Running Brave 90 (10%) 7 Without Limits 94 (10%) 8 St. Ralph 97 (11%) 9 The Jericho Mile 81 (9%) 10 None of the above 44 (5%) Total Votes: 899 October 9, 2020: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 157 (39%) 2 Indoor track 118 (29%) 3 Treadmill 132 (32%) Total Votes: 407 October 2, 2020: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 192 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 138 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 136 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 168 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 129 (9%) 6 Grete Waitz 172 (11%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 175 (12%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 158 (11%) 9 Deena Kastor 109 (7%) 10. Uta Pippig 126 (8%) Total Votes: 1503 September 25, 2020: What workouts are you doing during the current COVID-19 crisis? 1 Running 727 (48%) 2 Cycling 378 (25%) 3 Walking 133 (9%) 4 Weight training 115 (8%) 5 Yoga, Pilates, etc. 97 (6%) 6 None of the above 49 (3%) Total Votes: 1499 September 18, 2020: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 230 (16%) 2 Pool run 186 (13%) 3 Swim 188 (13%) 4 Row 184 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 177 (12%) 6 XC ski 175 (12%) 7 Other 176 (12%) 8 Watch TV 165 (11%) Total Votes: 1481 September 11, 2020: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 139 (16%) 2 Helped it 220 (25%) 3 Hurt it 407 (47%) 4 No effect 72 (8%) 5 Other 29 (3%) Total Votes: 867 September 4, 2020: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 305 (11%) 2 adidas 294 (11%) 3 Brooks 297 (11%) 4 Fila 197 (7%) 5 Mizuno 269 (10%) 6 New Balance 311 (11%) 7 Nike 313 (11%) 8 Puma 225 (8%) 9 Reebok 250 (9%) 10 Saucony 300 (11%) Total Votes: 2761 August 28, 2020: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 80 (5%) 2 Basketball player 160 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 256 (17%) 4 Football Player 134 (9%) 5 Hockey player 90 (6%) 6 Marathoner 188 (12%) 7 Triathlete 172 (11%) 8 Soccer player 147 (10%) 9 XC Skier 181 (12%) 10 XC/Track runner 98 (7%) Total Votes: 1506 August 21, 2020: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 237 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 213 (14%) 3 Hill Training 192 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 200 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 202 (13%) 6 Running Drills 180 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 168 (11%) 8 Other 153 (10%) Total Votes: 1545 August 14, 2020: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 212 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 230 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 259 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 236 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 213 (9%) 6 London 235 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 242 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 220 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 218 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 211 (9%) Total Votes: 2276 August 7, 2020: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 148 (17%) 2 Water 162 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 154 (18%) 4 Soft drink 132 (15%) 5 Beer 138 (16%) 6 Other 142 (16%) Total Votes: 876 July 31, 2020: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 103 (12%) 2 Fartlek 112 (13%) 3 Hills 119 (14%) 4 Intervals 132 (16%) 5 Long Run 149 (18%) 6 Tempo 118 (14%) 7 Time Trial 105 (13%) Total Votes: 838 July 24, 2020: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 170 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 205 (12%) 3 10K 171 (10%) 4 8K 158 (9%) 5 5K 186 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 153 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 165 (10%) 8 800M 164 (10%) 9 Sprints 152 (9%) 10 Ultras 159 (9%) Total Votes: 1683 July 17, 2020: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 207 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 225 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 254 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 231 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 208 (9%) 6 London 230 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 237 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 215 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 213 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 206 (9%) Total Votes: 2226 July 10, 2020: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? 1 Berlin 175 (4%) 2 Boston 769 (17%) 3 Chicago 377 (9%) 4 Honolulu 207 (5%) 5 London 810 (18%) 6 Los Angeles 243 (6%) 7 Marine Corps 99 (2%) 8 New York 821 (19%) 9 Ottawa 287 (6%) 10 Rotterdam 629 (14%) Total Votes: 4417 July 3, 2020: In regards to the IAAF ruling on limiting testosterone levels for female athletes: 1 I agree with the IAAF ruling regarding events from 800M to the Mile 145 (6%) 2 The ruling should apply to all events 1681 (73%) 3 The ruling is wrong and there should be no limits 350 (15%) 4 No Opinion 141 (6%) Total Votes: 2317 June 26, 2020: What is your "coach status? 1 In person coach 371 (21%) 2 Internet coach 91 (5%) 3 Internet program 276 (16%) 4 Peer group 209 (12%) 5 Self coached 129 (7%) 6 Combination of above 690 (39%) Total Votes: 1766 June 19, 2020: Should an Olympic athlete be banned for life after their first doping offense? 1 Yes 979 (84%) 2 No 124 (11%) 3 No opinion, don't care 61 (5%) Total Votes: 1164 June 12, 2020: What is/are the toughest feat(s) to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 56 (7%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 89 (10%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 114 (13%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 143 (17%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 63 (7%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 47 (6%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 152 (18%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 82 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 59 (7%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 49 (6%) Total Votes: 854 June 5, 2020: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 91 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 32 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 133 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 227 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 349 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 563 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 671 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 704 (18%) 10 4:00 Plus 1098 (28%) Total Votes: 3924 May 29, 2020: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 281 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 206 (10%) 3 Clothing 294 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 237 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 325 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 236 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 201 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 198 (9%) 9 Other 174 (8%) Total Votes: 2152 May 22, 2020: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 184 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 203 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 210 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 214 (11%) 5 Stress Fractures 174 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 155 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 197 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 209 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 166 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 160 (9%) Total Votes: 1872 May 15, 2020: What events have you cancelled this year because of COVID-19? 1 5,000m 329 (8%) 2 10,000m 464 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 563 (14%) 4 Marathon 451 (11%) 5 Ultra 207 (5%) 6 Sprint triathlon 719 (17%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 549 (13%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 343 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 277 (7%) 10 None of the above 213 (5%) Total Votes: 4115 May 8, 2020: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 219 (13%) 2 Middle distance 293 (17%) 3 Long distance 366 (21%) 4 Steeplechase 184 (11%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 164 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 153 (9%) 7 Pole vault 157 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 204 (12%) Total Votes: 1740 May 1, 2020: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 245 (13%) 2 Motion Control 220 (12%) 3 Neutral 278 (15%) 4 Performance 209 (11%) 5 Racing 211 (11%) 6 Stability 274 (15%) 7 Trail 221 (12%) 8 Other 204 (11%) Total Votes: 1862 April 24, 2020: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 186 (27%) 2 Television 102 (15%) 3 Radio 96 (14%) 4 Newspapers 98 (14%) 5 Magazines 121 (17%) 6 Other 90 (13%) Total Votes: 693 April 17, 2020: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 297 (11%) 2 adidas 286 (11%) 3 Brooks 289 (11%) 4 Fila 191 (7%) 5 Mizuno 261 (10%) 6 New Balance 303 (11%) 7 Nike 305 (11%) 8 Puma 219 (8%) 9 Reebok 242 (9%) 10 Saucony 292 (11%) Total Votes: 2685 April 10, 2020: What workouts are you doing during the current COVID-19 crisis? 1 Running 716 (50%) 2 Cycling 369 (26%) 3 Walking 122 (8%) 4 Weight training 105 (7%) 5 Yoga, pilates, etc. 89 (6%) 6 None of the above 41 (3%) Total Votes: 1442 April 3, 2020: Was postponing the Tokyo Olympics the right call? 1 Yes 1335 (65%) 2 No 498 (24%) 3 No opinion, do not care 231 (11%) Total Votes: 2064 March 27, 2020: "On which of the continents have you run?" 1 Africa 46 (13%) 2 Antarctica 23 (7%) 3 Asia 56 (16%) 4 Australia 49 (14%) 5 Europe 67 (19%) 6 North America 78 (22%) 7 South America 29 (8%) Total Votes: 348 March 20, 2020: Should Transgender Athletes Be Eligible for the Olympics? 1 Yes 510 (18%) 2 No 1912 (69%) 3 No opinion, don't care 357 (13%) Total Votes: 2779 March 13, 2020: Do you think that the new Nike shoes should be considered "technological doping" and not allowed in competition? 1 Yes 797 (61%) 2 No 321 (25%) 3 No opinion 187 (14%) Total Votes: 1305 March 6, 2020: What is your "coach status? 1 In person coach 371 (21%) 2 Internet coach 91 (5%) 3 Internet program 276 (16%) 4 Peer group 209 (12%) 5 Self coached 126 (7%) 6 Combination of above 682 (39%) Total Votes: 1755 February 28, 2020: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 236 (10%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 191 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 159 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 198 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 143 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 211 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 185 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 239 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 277 (12%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 426 (19%) Total Votes: 2265 February 21, 2020: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 153 (7%) 2 Energy Bars 283 (14%) 3 Energy Gels 342 (17%) 4 Sports drinks 494 (24%) 5 Water 231 (11%) 6 Other 233 (11%) 7 Non-alcoholic Beer 327 (16%) Total Votes: 2063 February 14, 2020: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 241 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 246 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 213 (12%) 4 Aid stations 192 (11%) 5 T-shirts 194 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 184 (10%) 7 Prize money 174 (10%) 8 Medical services 181 (10%) 9 Large field 171 (10%) Total Votes: 1796 February 7, 2020: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 186 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 133 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 131 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 163 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 124 (9%) 6 Grete Waitz 167 (12%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 170 (12%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 153 (11%) 9 Deena Kastor 104 (7%) 10 Uta Pippig 121 (8%) Total Votes: 1452 January 31, 2020: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 75 (5%) 2 Basketball player 155 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 250 (17%) 4 Football Player 129 (9%) 5 Hockey player 85 (6%) 6 Marathoner 183 (13%) 7 Triathlete 167 (11%) 8 Soccer player 142 (10%) 9 XC Skier 176 (12%) 10 XC/Track runner 92 (6%) Total Votes: 1454 January 24, 2020: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 229 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 205 (14%) 3 Hill Training 185 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 194 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 194 (13%) 6 Running Drills 173 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 162 (11%) 8 Other 147 (10%) Total Votes: 1489 January 17, 2020: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 494 (21%) 2 Running Times 372 (16%) 3 Track and Field News 250 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 187 (8%) 5 Triathlete 208 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 221 (9%) 7 iRun 200 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 142 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 174 (7%) 10 Other 144 (6%) Total Votes: 2392 January 10, 2020: What events do you plan to do this year? 1 5,000m 324 (8%) 2 10,000m 459 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 560 (14%) 4 Marathon 448 (11%) 5 Ultra 204 (5%) 6 Sprint triathlon 716 (18%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 546 (13%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 340 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 274 (7%) 10 None of the above 210 (5%) Total Votes: 4081 January 3, 2020: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 226 (16%) 2 Pool run 182 (13%) 3 Swim 184 (13%) 4 Row 180 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 173 (12%) 6 XC ski 171 (12%) 7 Other 172 (12%) 8 Watch TV 161 (11%) Total Votes: 1449 December 27, 2019: Will/did you train on Christmas Day? 1 Regular workout 195 (53%) 2 Abbreviated workout 98 (27%) 3 No 46 (12%) 4 No, I do not train! 30 (8%) Total Votes: 369 December 20, 2019: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" 1 Time stamped on-line entry 601 (27%) 2 Geographical quotas 249 (11%) 3 Performance standards 1043 (47%) 4 Lottery 231 (10%) 5 Other 119 (5%) Total Votes: 2243 December 13, 2019: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 273 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 198 (10%) 3 Clothing 285 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 229 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 317 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 228 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 193 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 190 (9%) 9 Other 166 (8%) Total Votes: 2079 December 6, 2019: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 178 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 196 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 204 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 207 (11%) 5 Stress Fractures 169 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 151 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 191 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 201 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 162 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 156 (9%) Total Votes: 1815 November 29, 2019: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 283 (11%) 2 adidas 273 (11%) 3 Brooks 276 (11%) 4 Fila 180 (7%) 5 Mizuno 248 (10%) 6 New Balance 291 (11%) 7 Nike 291 (11%) 8 Puma 208 (8%) 9 Reebok 229 (9%) 10 Saucony 278 (11%) Total Votes: 2557 November 22, 2019: These marathons were rated as best in category by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Best Views: Big Sur 200 (9%) 2 Best Urban: Los Angeles 218 (10%) 3 Most Underrated: Baystate 247 (11%) 4 For Running History Nerds: Eugene 224 (10%) 5 Best Vibe: Kauai 201 (9%) 6 London 222 (10%) 7 The Major We Want to Run Right Now: Berlin 229 (11%) 8 Greenest: Banff 208 (10%) 9 Best for PR-Seekers: California International Marathon 206 (10%) 10 Best Party: Médoc 199 (9%) Total Votes: 2154 November 15, 2019: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 166 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 201 (12%) 3 10K 167 (10%) 4 8K 154 (9%) 5 5K 181 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 149 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 160 (10%) 8 800M 158 (10%) 9 Sprints 148 (9%) 10 Ultras 155 (9%) Total Votes: 1639 November 8, 2019: Should an Olympic athlete be banned for life after their first doping offense? 1 Yes 388 (81%) 2 No 92 (19%) Total Votes: 480 November 1, 2019: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? 1 1500M/Mile 75 (12%) 2 3000M Steeplechase 118 (19%) 3 5000M/10000M 94 (15%) 4 Marathon 200 (32%) 5 Cross-Country 129 (21%) Total Votes: 616 October 25, 2019: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 195 (27%) 2 Indoor track 227 (31%) 3 Treadmill 307 (42%) Total Votes: 729 October 18, 2019: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 139 (16%) 2 Helped it 219 (25%) 3 Hurt it 402 (47%) 4 No effect 71 (8%) 5 Other 29 (3%) Total Votes: 860 October 11, 2019: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 91 (12%) 2 Fartlek 100 (13%) 3 Hills 107 (14%) 4 Intervals 120 (16%) 5 Long Run 137 (18%) 6 Tempo 106 (14%) 7 Time Trial 92 (12%) Total Votes: 753 October 4, 2019: Which category of athlete are you? 1 Elite 362 (14%) 2 Fitness 731 (29%) 3 Recreational 907 (36%) 4 Recreational - competitive 464 (18%) 5 Other? 60 (2%) Total Votes: 2524 September 27, 2019: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games? 1 Yes 929 (72%) 2 No 279 (22%) 3 No opinion, don't care 79 (6%) Total Votes: 1287 September 20, 2019: Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the BostonMarathon? 1 Yes 773 (78%) 2 No 124 (12%) 3 No opinion, don't care 97 (10%) Total Votes: 994 September 13, 2019: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? 1 Chariots of Fire 116 (15%) 2 Golden Girl 71 (9%) 3 Marathon Man 84 (11%) 4 Prefontaine 93 (12%) 5 Personal Best 71 (9%) 6 Running Brave 79 (10%) 7 Without Limits 84 (11%) 8 St. Ralph 87 (11%) 9 The Jericho Mile 72 (9%) 10 None of the above 34 (4%) Total Votes: 791 September 6, 2019: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? 1 No warm-up 24 (4%) 2 Depends on the race distance 138 (25%) 3 5 minutes 50 (9%) 4 10 minutes 61 (11%) 5 15 minutes 77 (14%) 6 20 minutes 89 (16%) 7 30 minutes 49 (9%) 8 > 30 minutes 63 (11%) Total Votes: 551 August 30, 2019: How are you following the World Outdoor Athletics Championships in Doha? 1 In person 147 (12%) 2 Television 312 (25%) 3 Internet 454 (36%) 4 Newspapers 327 (26%) 5 Not interested 29 (2%) Total Votes: 1269 August 23, 2019: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 212 (13%) 2 Middle distance 284 (17%) 3 Long distance 357 (21%) 4 Steeplechase 175 (10%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 157 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 146 (9%) 7 Pole vault 150 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 196 (12%) Total Votes: 1677 August 16, 2019: "On which of the continents have you run?" 1 Africa 31 (13%) 2 Antarctica 9 (4%) 3 Asia 41 (17%) 4 Australia 34 (14%) 5 Europe 49 (21%) 6 North America 60 (25%) 7 South America 15 (6%) Total Votes: 239 August 9, 2019: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 141 (17%) 2 Water 154 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 147 (18%) 4 Soft drink 125 (15%) 5 Beer 131 (16%) 6 Other 135 (16%) Total Votes: 833 August 2, 2019: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 232 (13%) 2 Motion Control 207 (12%) 3 Neutral 265 (15%) 4 Performance 196 (11%) 5 Racing 199 (11%) 6 Stability 261 (15%) 7 Trail 208 (12%) 8 Other 192 (11%) Total Votes: 1760 July 26, 2019: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.33 set this month by Sifan Hassan. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 169 (21%) 2 50 years 207 (25%) 3 25 years 147 (18%) 4 10 years 120 (15%) 5 5 years 84 (10%) 6 1-4 years 92 (11%) Total Votes: 819 July 19, 2019: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? 1 2019 319 (11%) 2 2020 491 (18%) 3 2021 619 (22%) 4 2022 or later 1094 (39%) 5 Never 264 (9%) Total Votes: 2787 July 12, 2019: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 229 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 234 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 203 (12%) 4 Aid stations 182 (11%) 5 T-shirts 185 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 175 (10%) 7 Prize money 165 (10%) 8 Medical services 172 (10%) 9 Large field 162 (9%) Total Votes: 1707 July 5, 2019: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 89 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 31 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 56 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 131 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 220 (6%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 349 (9%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 561 (14%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 671 (17%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 703 (18%) 10 4:00 Plus 1098 (28%) Total Votes: 3909 June 28, 2019: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 216 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 193 (14%) 3 Hill Training 175 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 183 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 183 (13%) 6 Running Drills 163 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 152 (11%) 8 Other 137 (10%) Total Votes: 1402 June 21, 2019: What events have you done or do you plan to do this year? 1 5,000m 311 (8%) 2 10,000m 448 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 549 (14%) 4 Marathon 438 (11%) 5 Ultra 194 (5%) 6 Sprint triathlon 707 (18%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 537 (13%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 331 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 265 (7%) 10 None of the above 200 (5%) Total Votes: 3980 June 14, 2019: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 268 (11%) 2 adidas 260 (11%) 3 Brooks 261 (11%) 4 Fila 169 (7%) 5 Mizuno 234 (10%) 6 New Balance 276 (11%) 7 Nike 276 (11%) 8 Puma 196 (8%) 9 Reebok 217 (9%) 10 Saucony 264 (11%) Total Votes: 2421 June 7, 2019: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 258 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 184 (9%) 3 Clothing 269 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 215 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 301 (15%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 214 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 179 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 176 (9%) 9 Other 151 (8%) Total Votes: 1947 May 31, 2019: In regards to the recent IAAF ruling on limiting testosterone levels for female athletes: 1 I agree with the IAAF ruling regarding events from 800M to the Mile 759 (34%) 2 The ruling should apply to all events 1034 (46%) 3 The ruling is wrong and there should be no limits 349 (16%) 4 No Opinion 98 (4%) Total Votes: 2240 May 24, 2019: How long have you been running? 1 30+ years 170 (37%) 2 20 -29 years 59 (13%) 3 15 - 19 years 43 (9%) 4 10 - 14 years 68 (15%) 5 5 - 9 years 48 (10%) 6 1 -4 years 39 (8%) 7 < 1 year 34 (7%) Total Votes: 461 May 17, 2019: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 157 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 190 (12%) 3 10K 156 (10%) 4 8K 144 (9%) 5 5K 170 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 140 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 150 (10%) 8 800M 149 (10%) 9 Sprints 139 (9%) 10 Ultras 146 (9%) Total Votes: 1541 May 10, 2019: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 215 (16%) 2 Pool run 171 (13%) 3 Swim 171 (13%) 4 Row 167 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 161 (12%) 6 XC ski 159 (12%) 7 Other 160 (12%) 8 Watch TV 150 (11%) Total Votes: 1354 May 3, 2019: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 189 (9%) 2 Berlin 207 (10%) 3 Boston 236 (12%) 4 Chicago 213 (10%) 5 Honolulu 190 (9%) 6 London 211 (10%) 7 New York City 218 (11%) 8 Paris 197 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 195 (10%) 10 Stockholm 188 (9%) Total Votes: 2044 April 26, 2019: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 144 (9%) 2 Energy Bars 273 (16%) 3 Energy Gels 333 (20%) 4 Sports drinks 485 (29%) 5 Water 220 (13%) 6 Other 224 (13%) Total Votes: 1679 April 19, 2019: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 174 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 123 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 121 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 152 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 114 (8%) 6 Grete Waitz 155 (12%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 159 (12%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 143 (11%) 9 Deena Kastor 94 (7%) 10 Uta Pippig 111 (8%) Total Votes: 1346 April 12, 2019: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 481 (21%) 2 Running Times 359 (16%) 3 Track and Field News 238 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 175 (8%) 5 Triathlete 196 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 210 (9%) 7 iRun 190 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 131 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 162 (7%) 10 Other 132 (6%) Total Votes: 2274 April 5, 2019: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 225 (10%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 183 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 151 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 191 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 136 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 204 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 178 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 231 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 270 (12%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 419 (19%) Total Votes: 2188 March 29, 2019: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 167 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 185 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 193 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 195 (11%) 5 Stress Fractures 158 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 140 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 180 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 190 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 151 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 145 (9%) Total Votes: 1704 March 22, 2019: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 221 (13%) 2 Motion Control 195 (12%) 3 Neutral 253 (15%) 4 Performance 184 (11%) 5 Racing 187 (11%) 6 Stability 249 (15%) 7 Trail 197 (12%) 8 Other 181 (11%) Total Votes: 1667 March 15, 2019: What is your "coach status? 1 In person coach 7 (23%) 2 Internet coach 3 (10%) 3 Internet program 1 (3%) 4 Peer group 1 (3%) 5 Self coached 17 (57%) 6 Combination of above 1 (3%) Total Votes: 30 March 8, 2019: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 63 (5%) 2 Basketball player 143 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 228 (17%) 4 Football Player 117 (9%) 5 Hockey player 73 (6%) 6 Marathoner 171 (13%) 7 Triathlete 155 (12%) 8 Soccer player 130 (10%) 9 XC Skier 163 (12%) 10 XC/Track runner 79 (6%) Total Votes: 1322 March 1, 2019: What is/are the toughest feat(s) to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 46 (6%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 79 (10%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 106 (14%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 134 (18%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 54 (7%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 38 (5%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 143 (19%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 73 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 50 (7%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 40 (5%) Total Votes: 763 February 22, 2019: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 244 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 172 (9%) 3 Clothing 254 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 202 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 287 (16%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 201 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 166 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 164 (9%) 9 Other 138 (8%) Total Votes: 1828 February 15, 2019: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 203 (15%) 2 Tempo Runs 181 (14%) 3 Hill Training 163 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 173 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 172 (13%) 6 Running Drills 153 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 142 (11%) 8 Other 127 (10%) Total Votes: 1314 February 8, 2019: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 216 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 221 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 191 (12%) 4 Aid stations 171 (11%) 5 T-shirts 173 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 164 (10%) 7 Prize money 154 (10%) 8 Medical services 161 (10%) 9 Large field 151 (9%) Total Votes: 1602 February 1, 2019: What events have you done or do you plan to do this year? 1 5,000m 300 (8%) 2 10,000m 437 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 538 (14%) 4 Marathon 429 (11%) 5 Ultra 185 (5%) 6 Sprint triathlon 698 (18%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 528 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 321 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 255 (7%) 10 None of the above 191 (5%) Total Votes: 3882 January 25, 2019: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 21 (4%) 2 11-20% 40 (8%) 3 21-30% 7 (1%) 4 31-40% 61 (12%) 5 41-50% 120 (24%) 6 51-70% 151 (30%) 7 71-90% 72 (14%) 8 91-100%! 33 (7%) Total Votes: 505 January 18, 2019: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 67 (12%) 2 Helped it 148 (26%) 3 Hurt it 287 (50%) 4 No effect 55 (10%) 5 Other 13 (2%) Total Votes: 570 January 11, 2019: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 146 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 178 (12%) 3 10K 145 (10%) 4 8K 133 (9%) 5 5K 158 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 129 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 138 (10%) 8 800M 137 (10%) 9 Sprints 128 (9%) 10 Ultras 135 (9%) Total Votes: 1427 January 4, 2019: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 252 (11%) 2 adidas 243 (11%) 3 Brooks 244 (11%) 4 Fila 158 (7%) 5 Mizuno 218 (10%) 6 New Balance 259 (11%) 7 Nike 259 (11%) 8 Puma 182 (8%) 9 Reebok 202 (9%) 10 Saucony 248 (11%) Total Votes: 2265 December 28, 2018: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 472 (21%) 2 Running Times 349 (16%) 3 Track and Field News 231 (11%) 4 Inside Triathlon 168 (8%) 5 Triathlete 188 (9%) 6 Canadian Running 203 (9%) 7 iRun 184 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 124 (6%) 9 220 Magazine 155 (7%) 10 Other 126 (6%) Total Votes: 2200 December 21, 2018: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 161 (13%) 2 Lynn Jennings 113 (9%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 111 (9%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 141 (11%) 5 Joan Ullyot 104 (8%) 6 Grete Waitz 145 (12%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 149 (12%) 8 Shalane Flanagan 133 (11%) 9 Deena Kastor 84 (7%) 10 Uta Pippig 101 (8%) Total Votes: 1242 December 14, 2018: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 214 (10%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 172 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 143 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 183 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 128 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 196 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 170 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 223 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 260 (12%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 411 (20%) Total Votes: 2100 December 7, 2018: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 235 (11%) 2 adidas 228 (11%) 3 Brooks 228 (11%) 4 Fila 146 (7%) 5 Mizuno 202 (10%) 6 New Balance 243 (11%) 7 Nike 244 (12%) 8 Puma 169 (8%) 9 Reebok 188 (9%) 10 Saucony 233 (11%) Total Votes: 2116 November 30, 2018: Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing? 1 Beer 132 (8%) 2 Energy Bars 260 (16%) 3 Energy Gels 321 (20%) 4 Sports drinks 472 (29%) 5 Water 206 (13%) 6 Other 212 (13%) Total Votes: 1603 November 23, 2018: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 157 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 173 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 181 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 183 (11%) 5 Stress Fractures 148 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 131 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 169 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 177 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 142 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 136 (9%) Total Votes: 1597 November 16, 2018: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 180 (9%) 2 Berlin 196 (10%) 3 Boston 226 (12%) 4 Chicago 203 (10%) 5 Honolulu 181 (9%) 6 London 200 (10%) 7 New York City 208 (11%) 8 Paris 188 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 186 (10%) 10 Stockholm 179 (9%) Total Votes: 1947 November 9, 2018: What is/are the toughest feat(s) to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 33 (5%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 67 (10%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 94 (15%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 122 (19%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 42 (7%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 26 (4%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 129 (20%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 61 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 38 (6%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 28 (4%) Total Votes: 640 November 2, 2018: What events have you done or do you plan to do this year? 1 5,000m 285 (8%) 2 10,000m 422 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 523 (14%) 4 Marathon 417 (11%) 5 Ultra 173 (5%) 6 Sprint triathlon 686 (18%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 515 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 309 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 243 (6%) 10 None of the above 178 (5%) Total Votes: 3751 October 26, 2018: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 233 (13%) 2 Coaching Services 161 (9%) 3 Clothing 243 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 191 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 276 (16%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 190 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 155 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 154 (9%) 9 Other 128 (7%) Total Votes: 1731 October 19, 2018: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 187 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 166 (14%) 3 Hill Training 148 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 158 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 157 (13%) 6 Running Drills 140 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 130 (11%) 8 Other 115 (10%) Total Votes: 1201 October 12, 2018: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 204 (16%) 2 Pool run 161 (13%) 3 Swim 161 (13%) 4 Row 156 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 151 (12%) 6 XC ski 149 (12%) 7 Other 150 (12%) 8 Watch TV 140 (11%) Total Votes: 1272 October 5, 2018: Now that Eliud Kipchoge has run a official marathon time of 2:01:39, what do you think the men's official world record will get under over the next 5 years? 1 Sub 2:01 313 (37%) 2 Sub 2:00:30 161 (19%) 3 Sub 2:00 107 (13%) 4 Sub 1:59:30 124 (15%) 5 Sub 1:59 32 (4%) 6 Sub 1:58 25 (3%) 7 Sub 1:57 19 (2%) 8 Sub 1:56 10 (1%) 9 Sub 1:55 7 (1%) 10 No comment 46 (5%) Total Votes: 844 September 28, 2018: How long have you been running? 1 30+ years 165 (37%) 2 20 -29 years 59 (13%) 3 15 - 19 years 41 (9%) 4 10 - 14 years 65 (14%) 5 5 - 9 years 48 (11%) 6 1 -4 years 39 (9%) 7 < 1 year 33 (7%) Total Votes: 450 September 21, 2018: 1 Amsterdam 171 (9%) 2 Berlin 187 (10%) 3 Boston 215 (12%) 4 Chicago 194 (10%) 5 Honolulu 172 (9%) 6 London 190 (10%) 7 New York City 199 (11%) 8 Paris 179 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 177 (10%) 10 Stockholm 170 (9%) Total Votes: 1854 September 14, 2018: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 200 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 202 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 175 (12%) 4 Aid stations 157 (11%) 5 T-shirts 156 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 150 (10%) 7 Prize money 141 (10%) 8 Medical services 148 (10%) 9 Large field 138 (9%) Total Votes: 1467 September 7, 2018: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 210 (13%) 2 Motion Control 185 (12%) 3 Neutral 240 (15%) 4 Performance 171 (11%) 5 Racing 175 (11%) 6 Stability 238 (15%) 7 Trail 186 (12%) 8 Other 171 (11%) Total Votes: 1576 August 31, 2018: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 133 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 164 (13%) 3 10K 132 (10%) 4 8K 121 (9%) 5 5K 146 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 117 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 125 (10%) 8 800M 124 (10%) 9 Sprints 116 (9%) 10 Ultras 123 (9%) Total Votes: 1301 August 24, 2018: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? 1 2017-2018 64 (10%) 2 2 years ago 72 (11%) 3 3 years ago 76 (12%) 4 4 years ago 45 (7%) 5 5 years ago 89 (14%) 6 6-10 years ago 105 (16%) 7 11-20 years ago 47 (7%) 8 20+ years ago! 149 (23%) Total Votes: 647 August 17, 2018: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 134 (17%) 2 Water 145 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 139 (18%) 4 Soft drink 117 (15%) 5 Beer 124 (16%) 6 Other 127 (16%) Total Votes: 786 August 17, 2018: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 152 (17%) 2 Lynn Jennings 105 (12%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 103 (11%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 132 (15%) 5 Joan Ullyot 96 (11%) 6 Grete Waitz 135 (15%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 140 (16%) 8 Other 40 (4%) Total Votes: 903 August 3, 2018: Given that research indicates that the benefit of PEDs can last decades, what should the minimum ban for doping be? 1 Lifetime 198 (52%) 2 10 years 95 (25%) 3 5 years 57 (15%) 4 2 years 31 (8%) 5 1 year 1 (0%) Total Votes: 382 July 27, 2018: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 223 (11%) 2 adidas 216 (11%) 3 Brooks 216 (11%) 4 Fila 137 (7%) 5 Mizuno 190 (10%) 6 New Balance 231 (12%) 7 Nike 232 (12%) 8 Puma 158 (8%) 9 Reebok 175 (9%) 10 Saucony 221 (11%) Total Votes: 1999 July 20, 2018: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 144 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 159 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 167 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 169 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 136 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 120 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 156 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 163 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 130 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 125 (9%) Total Votes: 1469 July 13, 2018: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 201 (13%) 2 Middle distance 271 (17%) 3 Long distance 344 (22%) 4 Steeplechase 163 (10%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 146 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 135 (9%) 7 Pole vault 139 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 185 (12%) Total Votes: 1584 July 6, 2018: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 458 (22%) 2 Running Times 335 (16%) 3 Track and Field News 218 (11%) 4 Inside Triathlon 156 (8%) 5 Triathlete 176 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 191 (9%) 7 iRun 172 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 113 (5%) 9 220 Magazine 143 (7%) 10 Other 114 (5%) Total Votes: 2076 June 29, 2018: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 199 (10%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 162 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 134 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 174 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 119 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 187 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 161 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 214 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 250 (12%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 402 (20%) Total Votes: 2002 June 22, 2018: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 174 (28%) 2 Television 91 (15%) 3 Radio 85 (14%) 4 Newspapers 87 (14%) 5 Magazines 110 (18%) 6 Other 79 (13%) Total Votes: 626 June 15, 2018: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 188 (16%) 2 Pool run 145 (13%) 3 Swim 145 (13%) 4 Row 141 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 137 (12%) 6 XC ski 134 (12%) 7 Other 136 (12%) 8 Watch TV 126 (11%) Total Votes: 1152 June 8, 2018: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 176 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 155 (14%) 3 Hill Training 138 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 147 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 146 (13%) 6 Running Drills 130 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 120 (11%) 8 Other 105 (9%) Total Votes: 1117 June 1, 2018: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 222 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 152 (9%) 3 Clothing 232 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 181 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 265 (16%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 179 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 146 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 145 (9%) 9 Other 119 (7%) Total Votes: 1641 May 25, 2018: What events do you plan to do this year? 1 5,000m 272 (7%) 2 10,000m 408 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 510 (14%) 4 Marathon 405 (11%) 5 Ultra 163 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 676 (19%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 505 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 299 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 233 (6%) 10 None of the above 168 (5%) Total Votes: 3639 May 18, 2018: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 190 (10%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 156 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 129 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 169 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 114 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 182 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 157 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 209 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 245 (13%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 397 (20%) Total Votes: 1948 May 11, 2018: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 162 (9%) 2 Berlin 176 (10%) 3 Boston 204 (12%) 4 Chicago 184 (10%) 5 Honolulu 163 (9%) 6 London 179 (10%) 7 New York City 188 (11%) 8 Paris 169 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 168 (10%) 10 Stockholm 161 (9%) Total Votes: 1754 May 4, 2018: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 190 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 191 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 166 (12%) 4 Aid stations 149 (11%) 5 T-shirts 145 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 142 (10%) 7 Prize money 133 (10%) 8 Medical services 139 (10%) 9 Large field 130 (9%) Total Votes: 1385 April 27, 2018: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 48 (4%) 2 Basketball player 128 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 211 (18%) 4 Football Player 102 (9%) 5 Hockey player 58 (5%) 6 Marathoner 156 (13%) 7 Triathlete 140 (12%) 8 Soccer player 115 (10%) 9 XC Skier 148 (13%) 10 XC/Track runner 64 (5%) Total Votes: 1170 April 20, 2018: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 196 (13%) 2 Motion Control 171 (12%) 3 Neutral 225 (15%) 4 Performance 156 (11%) 5 Racing 160 (11%) 6 Stability 223 (15%) 7 Trail 171 (12%) 8 Other 157 (11%) Total Votes: 1459 April 13, 2018: How are you following the Commonwealth Games in Australia? 1 Television 62 (22%) 2 Internet 107 (37%) 3 Newspapers 55 (19%) 4 In person 35 (12%) 5 Not interested 29 (10%) Total Votes: 288 April 6, 2018: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 25 (5%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 59 (11%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 82 (15%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 113 (21%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 33 (6%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 18 (3%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 116 (21%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 53 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 30 (5%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 20 (4%) Total Votes: 549 March 30, 2018: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 132 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 146 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 155 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 156 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 124 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 109 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 143 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 151 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 119 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 114 (8%) Total Votes: 1349 March 23, 2018: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 166 (20%) 2 50 years 207 (25%) 3 25 years 146 (18%) 4 10 years 120 (15%) 5 5 years 84 (10%) 6 1-4 years 92 (11%) Total Votes: 815 March 16, 2018: Now that Eliud Kipchoge has run a marathon in 2:00:25 - almost 2 1/2 minutes faster than the official world record of 2:02:57. What do you think the men's official world record will get under over the next 5 years? 1 Sub 2:02:30 312 (37%) 2 Sub 2:02 160 (19%) 3 Sub 2:01 102 (12%) 4 Sub 2:00 124 (15%) 5 Sub 1:59 32 (4%) 6 Sub 1:58 24 (3%) 7 Sub 1:57 19 (2%) 8 Sub 1:56 10 (1%) 9 Sub 1:55 6 (1%) 10 No comment 45 (5%) Total Votes: 834 March 9, 2018: How are you following the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Birmingham? 1 In person 143 (11%) 2 Television 305 (25%) 3 Internet 449 (36%) 4 Newspapers 322 (26%) 5 Not interested 25 (2%) March 2, 2018: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 121 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 149 (13%) 3 10K 118 (10%) 4 8K 107 (9%) 5 5K 130 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 104 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 112 (10%) 8 800M 111 (10%) 9 Sprints 103 (9%) 10 Ultras 110 (9%) Total Votes: 1165 February 23, 2018: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 205 (11%) 2 adidas 197 (11%) 3 Brooks 198 (11%) 4 Fila 123 (7%) 5 Mizuno 172 (9%) 6 New Balance 213 (12%) 7 Nike 214 (12%) 8 Puma 144 (8%) 9 Reebok 158 (9%) 10 Saucony 204 (11%) Total Votes: 1828 February 16, 2018: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 138 (17%) 2 Lynn Jennings 92 (12%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 90 (11%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 119 (15%) 5 Joan Ullyot 83 (10%) 6 Grete Waitz 120 (15%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 127 (16%) 8 Other 27 (3%) Total Votes: 796 February 9, 2018: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 21 (4%) 2 11-20% 40 (8%) 3 21-30% 5 (1%) 4 31-40% 61 (12%) 5 41-50% 115 (23%) 6 51-70% 148 (30%) 7 71-90% 72 (15%) 8 91-100%! 32 (6%) Total Votes: 494 February 2, 2018: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 35 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 9 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 22 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 48 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 166 (11%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 150 (10%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 229 (15%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 238 (16%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 281 (19%) 10 4:00 Plus 313 (21%) Total Votes: 1491 January 26, 2018: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 215 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 146 (9%) 3 Clothing 224 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 174 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 257 (16%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 172 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 139 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 139 (9%) 9 Other 113 (7%) Total Votes: 1579 January 19, 2018: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 447 (23%) 2 Running Times 324 (16%) 3 Track and Field News 208 (11%) 4 Inside Triathlon 146 (7%) 5 Triathlete 166 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 182 (9%) 7 iRun 163 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 105 (5%) 9 220 Magazine 133 (7%) 10 Other 104 (5%) Total Votes: 1978 January 12, 2018: What events do you plan to do this year? 1 5,000m 266 (7%) 2 10,000m 402 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 503 (14%) 4 Marathon 401 (11%) 5 Ultra 158 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 673 (19%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 502 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 296 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 230 (6%) 10 None of the above 165 (5%) Total Votes: 3596 January 5, 2018: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 164 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 143 (14%) 3 Hill Training 127 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 135 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 135 (13%) 6 Running Drills 119 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 111 (11%) 8 Other 93 (9%) Total Votes: 1027 December 29, 2017: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 183 (10%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 152 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 125 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 165 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 110 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 178 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 153 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 205 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 241 (13%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 393 (21%) Total Votes: 1905 December 22, 2017: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 194 (13%) 2 Middle distance 262 (17%) 3 Long distance 335 (22%) 4 Steeplechase 154 (10%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 139 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 128 (8%) 7 Pole vault 131 (9%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 177 (12%) Total Votes: 1520 December 15, 2017: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 186 (14%) 2 Motion Control 161 (12%) 3 Neutral 213 (15%) 4 Performance 146 (11%) 5 Racing 150 (11%) 6 Stability 213 (15%) 7 Trail 160 (12%) 8 Other 147 (11%) Total Votes: 1376 December 8, 2017: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 183 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 184 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 160 (12%) 4 Aid stations 143 (11%) 5 T-shirts 138 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 136 (10%) 7 Prize money 127 (10%) 8 Medical services 133 (10%) 9 Large field 124 (9%) Total Votes: 1328 December 1, 2017: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 155 (9%) 2 Berlin 169 (10%) 3 Boston 196 (12%) 4 Chicago 176 (10%) 5 Honolulu 156 (9%) 6 London 171 (10%) 7 New York City 180 (11%) 8 Paris 162 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 161 (10%) 10 Stockholm 154 (9%) Total Votes: 1680 November 24, 2017: Given that research indicates that the benefit of PEDs can last decades, what should the minimum ban for doping be? 1 Lifetime 185 (50%) 2 10 years 95 (26%) 3 5 years 57 (15%) 4 2 years 31 (8%) 5 1 year 1 (0%) Total Votes: 369 November 17, 2017: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 148 (38%) 2 Indoor track 111 (29%) 3 Treadmill 126 (33%) Total Votes: 385 November 10, 2017: How long have you been running? 1 30+ years 152 (35%) 2 20 -29 years 59 (14%) 3 15 - 19 years 41 (9%) 4 10 - 14 years 65 (15%) 5 5 - 9 years 48 (11%) 6 1 -4 years 39 (9%) 7 < 1 year 33 (8%) Total Votes: 437 November 3, 2017: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 163 (28%) 2 Television 83 (14%) 3 Radio 78 (14%) 4 Newspapers 80 (14%) 5 Magazines 101 (18%) 6 Other 72 (12%) Total Votes: 577 October 27, 2017: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 45 (4%) 2 Basketball player 125 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 205 (18%) 4 Football Player 99 (9%) 5 Hockey player 55 (5%) 6 Marathoner 153 (13%) 7 Triathlete 137 (12%) 8 Soccer player 112 (10%) 9 XC Skier 145 (13%) 10 Other 61 (5%) Total Votes: 1137 October 20, 2017: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year? 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 79 (12%) 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 94 (14%) 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 141 (21%) 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 165 (24%) 5 < 20 (<32) 201 (30%) Total Votes: 680 October 13, 2017: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 125 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 140 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 149 (12%) 4 Shin Splints 149 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 119 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 104 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 136 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 145 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 114 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 109 (8%) Total Votes: 1290 October 6, 2017: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 150 (9%) 2 Berlin 164 (10%) 3 Boston 189 (12%) 4 Chicago 171 (11%) 5 Honolulu 151 (9%) 6 London 166 (10%) 7 New York City 175 (11%) 8 Paris 157 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 156 (10%) 10 Stockholm 149 (9%) Total Votes: 1628 September 29, 2017: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 205 (11%) 2 adidas 197 (11%) 3 Brooks 198 (11%) 4 Fila 123 (7%) 5 Mizuno 172 (9%) 6 New Balance 213 (12%) 7 Nike 214 (12%) 8 Puma 144 (8%) 9 Reebok 158 (9%) 10 Saucony 204 (11%) Total Votes: 1828 September 22, 2017: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? * 2017 37 * 2018 218 * 2020 308 * 2025 or later 201 * Never 96 September 15, 2017: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 121 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 149 (13%) 3 10K 118 (10%) 4 8K 107 (9%) 5 5K 130 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 104 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 112 (10%) 8 800M 111 (10%) 9 Sprints 103 (9%) 10 Ultras 110 (9%) Total Votes: 1165 September 8, 2017: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 25 (5%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 59 (11%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 81 (15%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 112 (21%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 32 (6%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 18 (3%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 114 (21%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 53 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 30 (6%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 20 (4%) Total Votes: 544 September 1, 2017: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 181 (16%) 2 Pool run 139 (13%) 3 Swim 138 (13%) 4 Row 134 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 131 (12%) 6 XC ski 127 (12%) 7 Other 128 (12%) 8 Watch TV 121 (11%) Total Votes: 1099 August 25, 2017: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 215 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 146 (9%) 3 Clothing 224 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 174 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 257 (16%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 172 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 139 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 139 (9%) 9 Other 113 (7%) Total Votes: 1579 August 18, 2017: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 126 (17%) 2 Water 134 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 131 (18%) 4 Soft drink 110 (15%) 5 Beer 117 (16%) 6 Other 119 (16%) Total Votes: 737 August 11, 2017: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 34 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 9 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 21 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 47 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 157 (11%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 150 (10%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 228 (15%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 238 (16%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 280 (19%) 10 4:00 Plus 313 (21%) Total Votes: 1477 August 4, 2017: How will follow the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London this summer? 1 Television 55 (22%) 2 Internet 99 (39%) 3 Newspapers 49 (19%) 4 In person 29 (11%) 5 Not interested 23 (9%) Total Votes: 255 July 28, 2017: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 173 (13%) 2 Motion Control 151 (12%) 3 Neutral 202 (16%) 4 Performance 135 (10%) 5 Racing 138 (11%) 6 Stability 203 (16%) 7 Trail 149 (12%) 8 Other 137 (11%) Total Votes: 1288 July 21, 2017: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 21 (4%) 2 11-20% 39 (8%) 3 21-30% 4 (1%) 4 31-40% 60 (12%) 5 41-50% 114 (24%) 6 51-70% 148 (31%) 7 71-90% 71 (15%) 8 91-100%! 24 (5%) Total Votes: 481 July 14, 2017: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 138 (17%) 2 Lynn Jennings 92 (12%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 90 (11%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 119 (15%) 5 Joan Ullyot 83 (10%) 6 Grete Waitz 120 (15%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 127 (16%) 8 Other 27 (3%) Total Votes: 796 July 7, 2017: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 186 (13%) 2 Middle distance 253 (17%) 3 Long distance 327 (22%) 4 Steeplechase 147 (10%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 131 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 121 (8%) 7 Pole vault 123 (8%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 170 (12%) Total Votes: 1458 June 23, 2017: Given that research indicates that the benefit of PEDs can last decades, what should the minimum ban for doping be? 1 Lifetime 178 (49%) 2 10 years 94 (26%) 3 5 years 56 (16%) 4 2 years 31 (9%) 5 1 year 1 (0%) Total Votes: 360 June 23, 2017: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? 1 No warm-up 24 (4%) 2 Depends on the race distance 133 (24%) 3 5 minutes 50 (9%) 4 10 minutes 61 (11%) 5 15 minutes 75 (14%) 6 20 minutes 89 (16%) 7 30 minutes 48 (9%) 8 > 30 minutes 63 (12%) Total Votes: 543 June 16, 2017: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 146 (9%) 2 Berlin 160 (10%) 3 Boston 183 (12%) 4 Chicago 166 (10%) 5 Honolulu 146 (9%) 6 London 162 (10%) 7 New York City 170 (11%) 8 Paris 152 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 152 (10%) 10 Stockholm 145 (9%) Total Votes: 1582 June 9, 2017: Which of the following magazines do you read or have you read in the past? 1 Runner's World 447 (23%) 2 Running Times 324 (16%) 3 Track and Field News 208 (11%) 4 Inside Triathlon 146 (7%) 5 Triathlete 166 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 182 (9%) 7 iRun 163 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 105 (5%) 9 220 Magazine 133 (7%) 10 Other 104 (5%) Total Votes: 1978 June 2, 2017: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 172 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 173 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 151 (12%) 4 Aid stations 136 (11%) 5 T-shirts 130 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 128 (10%) 7 Prize money 120 (10%) 8 Medical services 124 (10%) 9 Large field 117 (9%) Total Votes: 1251 May 26, 2017: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 175 (9%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 148 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 121 (7%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 161 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 106 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 174 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 149 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 199 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 236 (13%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 388 (21%) Total Votes: 1857 May 19, 2017: Now that Eliud Kipchoge has run a marathon in 2:00:25 - almost 2 1/2 minutes faster than the official world record of 2:02:57. What do you think the men's official world record will get under over the next 5 years? 1 Sub 2:02:30 311 (38%) 2 Sub 2:02 158 (19%) 3 Sub 2:01 101 (12%) 4 Sub 2:00 122 (15%) 5 Sub 1:59 32 (4%) 6 Sub 1:58 24 (3%) 7 Sub 1:57 18 (2%) 8 Sub 1:56 9 (1%) 9 Sub 1:55 4 (0%) 10 No comment 45 (5%) Total Votes: 824 May 12, 2017: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 164 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 143 (14%) 3 Hill Training 127 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 135 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 135 (13%) 6 Running Drills 119 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 111 (11%) 8 Other 93 (9%) Total Votes: 1027 May 5, 2017: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 120 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 134 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 141 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 143 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 115 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 100 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 130 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 140 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 107 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 104 (8%) Total Votes: 1234 April 28, 2017: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 191 (11%) 2 adidas 183 (11%) 3 Brooks 184 (11%) 4 Fila 116 (7%) 5 Mizuno 160 (9%) 6 New Balance 200 (12%) 7 Nike 202 (12%) 8 Puma 136 (8%) 9 Reebok 149 (9%) 10 Saucony 191 (11%) Total Votes: 1712 April 21, 2017: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 154 (28%) 2 Television 79 (14%) 3 Radio 75 (14%) 4 Newspapers 77 (14%) 5 Magazines 95 (17%) 6 Other 69 (13%) Total Votes: 549 April 14, 2017: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 115 (10%) 2 Half-Marathon 142 (13%) 3 10K 112 (10%) 4 8K 101 (9%) 5 5K 123 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 98 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 106 (10%) 8 800M 105 (10%) 9 Sprints 97 (9%) 10 Ultras 103 (9%) Total Votes: 1102 April 7, 2017: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 165 (20%) 2 50 years 203 (25%) 3 25 years 145 (18%) 4 10 years 117 (15%) 5 5 years 84 (10%) 6 1-4 years 92 (11%) Total Votes: 806 March 31, 2017: What events have you done or will you do this year and next? 1 5,000m 266 (7%) 2 10,000m 402 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 503 (14%) 4 Marathon 401 (11%) 5 Ultra 158 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 673 (19%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 502 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 296 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 230 (6%) 10 None of the above 165 (5%) Total Votes: 3596 March 24, 2017: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 171 (16%) 2 Pool run 133 (13%) 3 Swim 132 (13%) 4 Row 127 (12%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 126 (12%) 6 XC ski 121 (12%) 7 Other 123 (12%) 8 Watch TV 116 (11%) Total Votes: 1049 March 17, 2017: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 208 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 140 (9%) 3 Clothing 217 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 167 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 250 (16%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 166 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 133 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 133 (9%) 9 Other 106 (7%) Total Votes: 1520 March 10, 2017: How long have you been running? 1 30+ years 141 (33%) 2 20 -29 years 58 (14%) 3 15 - 19 years 41 (10%) 4 10 - 14 years 65 (15%) 5 5 - 9 years 48 (11%) 6 1 -4 years 39 (9%) 7 < 1 year 33 (8%) Total Votes: 425 March 3, 2017: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 24 (4%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 59 (11%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 78 (15%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 112 (21%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 32 (6%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 18 (3%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 113 (21%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 52 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 30 (6%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 19 (4%) Total Votes: 537 February 24, 2017: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 201 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 134 (9%) 3 Clothing 209 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 160 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 243 (17%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 160 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 126 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 127 (9%) 9 Other 100 (7%) Total Votes: 1460 February 17, 2017: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 41 (4%) 2 Basketball player 121 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 198 (18%) 4 Football Player 95 (9%) 5 Hockey player 51 (5%) 6 Marathoner 148 (14%) 7 Triathlete 131 (12%) 8 Soccer player 108 (10%) 9 XC Skier 140 (13%) 10 Other 57 (5%) Total Votes: 1090 February 10, 2017: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? 1 2017 37 (4%) 2 2018 217 (25%) 3 2020 306 (36%) 4 2025 or later 199 (23%) 5 Never 94 (11%) Total Votes: 853 February 3, 2017: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 162 (13%) 2 Motion Control 142 (12%) 3 Neutral 193 (16%) 4 Performance 126 (10%) 5 Racing 128 (11%) 6 Stability 194 (16%) 7 Trail 139 (11%) 8 Other 127 (10%) Total Votes: 1211 January 27, 2017: Which of the following magazines do you read? 1 Runner's World 438 (23%) 2 Running Times 317 (17%) 3 Track and Field News 199 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 139 (7%) 5 Triathlete 158 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 174 (9%) 7 iRun 156 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 98 (5%) 9 220 Magazine 125 (7%) 10 Other 95 (5%) Total Votes: 1899 January 20, 2017: 1 Sports drink 119 (17%) 2 Water 125 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 123 (18%) 4 Soft drink 103 (15%) 5 Beer 109 (16%) 6 Other 111 (16%) January 13, 2017: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 21 (4%) 2 11-20% 38 (8%) 3 21-30% 4 (1%) 4 31-40% 58 (12%) 5 41-50% 113 (24%) 6 51-70% 145 (31%) 7 71-90% 70 (15%) 8 91-100%! 19 (4%) Total Votes: 468 January 6, 2017: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 160 (14%) 2 Accurate timing 159 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 141 (12%) 4 Aid stations 129 (11%) 5 T-shirts 121 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 121 (10%) 7 Prize money 113 (10%) 8 Medical services 117 (10%) 9 Large field 110 (9%) Total Votes: 1171 December 30, 2016: What events have you done or will you do this year and next? 1 5,000m 251 (7%) 2 10,000m 386 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 488 (14%) 4 Marathon 394 (11%) 5 Ultra 146 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 666 (19%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 495 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 290 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 224 (6%) 10 None of the above 158 (5%) Total Votes: 3498 December 23, 2016: When will the first sub two hour marathon be run? 1 2017 29 (4%) 2 2020 58 (8%) 3 2030 236 (32%) 4 2050 or later 379 (52%) 5 Never 26 (4%) Total Votes: 728 December 16, 2016: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 Asics 180 (11%) 2 adidas 172 (11%) 3 Brooks 171 (11%) 4 Fila 109 (7%) 5 Mizuno 149 (9%) 6 New Balance 188 (12%) 7 Nike 189 (12%) 8 Puma 127 (8%) 9 Reebok 140 (9%) 10 Saucony 179 (11%) Total Votes: 1604 December 9, 2016: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 155 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 135 (14%) 3 Hill Training 122 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 126 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 129 (13%) 6 Running Drills 115 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 107 (11%) 8 Other 89 (9%) Total Votes: 978 December 2, 2016: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 186 (26%) 2 Indoor track 218 (31%) 3 Treadmill 298 (42%) Total Votes: 702 November 25, 2016: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 180 (13%) 2 Middle distance 242 (17%) 3 Long distance 318 (23%) 4 Steeplechase 140 (10%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 125 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 115 (8%) 7 Pole vault 116 (8%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 163 (12%) Total Votes: 1399 November 18, 2016: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 113 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 126 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 133 (11%) 4 Shin Splints 134 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 109 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 94 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 123 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 131 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 101 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 98 (8%) Total Votes: 1162 November 11, 2016: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 139 (9%) 2 Berlin 153 (10%) 3 Boston 175 (12%) 4 Chicago 159 (11%) 5 Honolulu 139 (9%) 6 London 155 (10%) 7 New York City 162 (11%) 8 Paris 145 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 145 (10%) 10 Stockholm 138 (9%) Total Votes: 1510 November 4, 2016: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 132 (18%) 2 Lynn Jennings 85 (12%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 84 (12%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 111 (15%) 5 Joan Ullyot 77 (11%) 6 Grete Waitz 114 (16%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 120 (17%) Total Votes: 723 October 28, 2016: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Dennis Kimetto's 2014 mark of 2:02:57. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? 1 Sub 2:02:30 311 (42%) 2 Sub 2:02 157 (21%) 3 Sub 2:01 100 (14%) 4 Sub 2:00!! 122 (17%) 5 No Opinion 45 (6%) Total Votes: 735 October 21, 2016: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 166 (9%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 143 (8%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 117 (6%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 157 (9%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 102 (6%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 170 (9%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 145 (8%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 195 (11%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 231 (13%) 10 Mo Farah wins the 5K and 10K in London and Rio. 384 (21%) Total Votes: 1810 October 14, 2016: What events have you done or will you do this year? 1 5,000m 240 (7%) 2 10,000m 376 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 477 (14%) 4 Marathon 389 (11%) 5 Ultra 141 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 660 (19%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 490 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 285 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 219 (6%) 10 None of the above 152 (4%) Total Votes: 3429 October 7, 2016: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 161 (17%) 2 Pool run 124 (13%) 3 Swim 123 (13%) 4 Row 110 (11%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 119 (12%) 6 XC ski 113 (12%) 7 Other 115 (12%) 8 Watch TV 108 (11%) Total Votes: 973 September 30, 2016: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 105 (11%) 2 Half-Marathon 124 (13%) 3 10K 103 (10%) 4 8K 92 (9%) 5 5K 113 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 89 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 96 (10%) 8 800M 95 (10%) 9 Sprints 88 (9%) 10 Ultras 85 (9%) Total Votes: 990 September 16, 2016: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 161 (20%) 2 50 years 202 (26%) 3 25 years 137 (17%) 4 10 years 113 (14%) 5 5 years 84 (11%) 6 1-4 years 91 (12%) Total Votes: 788 September 9, 2016: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 191 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 127 (9%) 3 Clothing 198 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 150 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 233 (17%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 150 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 119 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 120 (9%) 9 Other 93 (7%) Total Votes: 1381 September 2, 2016: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 153 (13%) 2 Motion Control 135 (12%) 3 Neutral 183 (16%) 4 Performance 116 (10%) 5 Racing 120 (10%) 6 Stability 187 (16%) 7 Trail 131 (11%) 8 Other 120 (10%) Total Votes: 1145 August 26, 2016: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 142 (28%) 2 Television 72 (14%) 3 Radio 69 (14%) 4 Newspapers 71 (14%) 5 Magazines 86 (17%) 6 Other 63 (13%) Total Votes: 503 August 19, 2016: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 23 (4%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 58 (11%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 76 (15%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 112 (21%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 32 (6%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 18 (3%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 102 (20%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 52 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 30 (6%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 19 (4%) Total Votes: 522 August 12, 2016: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 112 (17%) 2 Water 115 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 115 (18%) 4 Soft drink 96 (15%) 5 Beer 101 (16%) 6 Other 104 (16%) Total Votes: 643 August 5, 2016: Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the Boston Marathon? 1 Yes 256 (62%) 2 No 84 (20%) 3 No opinion, don't care 70 (17%) Total Votes: 410 July 29, 2016: Which of the following magazines do you read? 1 Runner's World 428 (24%) 2 Running Times 309 (17%) 3 Track and Field News 189 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 130 (7%) 5 Triathlete 149 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 164 (9%) 7 iRun 148 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 90 (5%) 9 220 Magazine 117 (6%) 10 Other 86 (5%) Total Votes: 1810 July 22, 2016: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 asics 171 (11%) 2 adidas 162 (11%) 3 Brooks 161 (11%) 4 Fila 104 (7%) 5 Mizuno 140 (9%) 6 New Balance 178 (12%) 7 Nike 179 (12%) 8 Puma 121 (8%) 9 Reebok 132 (9%) 10 Saucony 169 (11%) Total Votes: 1517 July 15, 2016: Given that recent research indicates that the benefit of PEDs can last decades, what should the minimum ban for doping be? 1 Lifetime 169 (48%) 2 10 years 94 (27%) 3 5 years 56 (16%) 4 2 years 31 (9%) 5 1 year 1 (0%) Total Votes: 351 July 8, 2016: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 33 (3%) 2 Basketball player 113 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 187 (19%) 4 Football Player 87 (9%) 5 Hockey player 43 (4%) 6 Marathoner 140 (14%) 7 Triathlete 123 (12%) 8 Soccer player 100 (10%) 9 XC Skier 132 (13%) 10 Other 48 (5%) Total Votes: 1006 July 1, 2016: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 146 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 126 (14%) 3 Hill Training 115 (13%) 4 Pace Intervals 119 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 120 (13%) 6 Running Drills 108 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 101 (11%) 8 Other 81 (9%) Total Votes: 916 June 24, 2016: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 145 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 149 (14%) 3 Traffic-free course 135 (12%) 4 Aid stations 123 (11%) 5 T-shirts 114 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 115 (10%) 7 Prize money 107 (10%) 8 Medical services 111 (10%) 9 Large field 104 (9%) Total Votes: 1103 June 17, 2016: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 108 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 120 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 127 (12%) 4 Shin Splints 126 (11%) 5 Stress Fractures 104 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 89 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 117 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 123 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 96 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 93 (8%) Total Votes: 1103 June 10, 2016: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 82 (12%) 2 Fartlek 91 (13%) 3 Hills 96 (14%) 4 Intervals 111 (16%) 5 Long Run 126 (18%) 6 Tempo 96 (14%) 7 Time Trial 83 (12%) Total Votes: 685 June 3, 2016: 1 1500M/Mile 67 (12%) 2 3000M Steeplechase 108 (19%) 3 5000M/10000M 85 (15%) 4 Marathon 191 (33%) 5 Cross-Country 121 (21%) Total Votes: 572 May 27, 2016: What events will you do this year? 1 5,000m 231 (7%) 2 10,000m 367 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 468 (14%) 4 Marathon 381 (11%) 5 Ultra 133 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 652 (19%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 482 (14%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 277 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 211 (6%) 10 None of the above 143 (4%) Total Votes: 3345 May 20, 2016: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? 1 2015-2016 64 (10%) 2 2 years ago 72 (11%) 3 3 years ago 76 (12%) 4 4 years ago 45 (7%) 5 5 years ago 89 (14%) 6 6-10 years ago 104 (16%) 7 11-20 years ago 46 (7%) 8 20+ years ago! 138 (22%) Total Votes: 634 May 13, 2016: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 132 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 135 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 124 (12%) 4 Aid stations 113 (11%) 5 T-shirts 106 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 106 (10%) 7 Prize money 99 (10%) 8 Medical services 102 (10%) 9 Large field 96 (9%) Total Votes: 1013 May 6, 2016: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? 1 2016 37 (4%) 2 2017 217 (26%) 3 2020 302 (36%) 4 2025 or later 196 (23%) 5 Never 94 (11%) Total Votes: 846 April 29, 2016: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 133 (9%) 2 Berlin 146 (10%) 3 Boston 167 (12%) 4 Chicago 152 (11%) 5 Honolulu 133 (9%) 6 London 148 (10%) 7 New York City 155 (11%) 8 Paris 138 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 138 (10%) 10 Stockholm 132 (9%) Total Votes: 1442 April 22, 2016: How will you follow the summer Olympics in Rio? 1 In person 143 (11%) 2 Television 305 (25%) 3 Internet 449 (36%) 4 Newspapers 322 (26%) 5 Not interested 25 (2%) Total Votes: 1244 April 15, 2016: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 183 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 121 (9%) 3 Clothing 190 (14%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 143 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 225 (17%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 143 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 112 (9%) 8 Sports Watch 114 (9%) 9 Other 86 (7%) Total Votes: 1317 April 8, 2016: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 32 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 9 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 21 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 47 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 147 (10%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 150 (10%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 228 (16%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 237 (16%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 280 (19%) 10 4:00 Plus 313 (21%) Total Votes: 1464 April 1, 2016: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 116 (18%) 2 Lynn Jennings 74 (12%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 73 (11%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 99 (15%) 5 Joan Ullyot 66 (10%) 6 Grete Waitz 103 (16%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 110 (17%) Total Votes: 641 March 25, 2016: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 119 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 123 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 114 (12%) 4 Aid stations 104 (11%) 5 T-shirts 98 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 97 (10%) 7 Prize money 91 (10%) 8 Medical services 94 (10%) 9 Large field 88 (9%) Total Votes: 928 March 18, 2016: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 157 (20%) 2 50 years 202 (26%) 3 25 years 134 (17%) 4 10 years 112 (14%) 5 5 years 84 (11%) 6 1-4 years 90 (12%) Total Votes: 779 March 11, 2016: How long have you been running? 1 30+ years 132 (32%) 2 20 -29 years 57 (14%) 3 15 - 19 years 40 (10%) 4 10 - 14 years 62 (15%) 5 5 - 9 years 48 (12%) 6 1 -4 years 39 (10%) 7 < 1 year 32 (8% March 4, 2016: How long have you been running? * 30+ years * 20 -29 years * 15 - 19 years * 10 - 14 years * 5 - 9 years * 1 -4 years * < 1 year February 26, 2016: Which of the following running magazines do you read? 1 Runner's World 419 (24%) 2 Running Times 301 (17%) 3 Track and Field News 180 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 123 (7%) 5 Triathlete 141 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 156 (9%) 7 iRun 141 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 83 (5%) 9 220 Magazine 110 (6%) 10 Other 78 (5%) Total Votes: 1732 February 19, 2016: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? 1 Not in a relationship 67 (12%) 2 Helped it 138 (25%) 3 Hurt it 286 (51%) 4 No effect 54 (10%) 5 Other 11 (2%) Total Votes: 556 February 12, 2016: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? 1 Sports drink 105 (18%) 2 Water 106 (18%) 3 Chocolate milk 108 (18%) 4 Soft drink 89 (15%) 5 Beer 94 (16%) 6 Other 96 (16%) Total Votes: 598 February 5, 2016: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 98 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 109 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 116 (12%) 4 Shin Splints 115 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 94 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 79 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 105 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 112 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 86 (9%) 10 Mononucleosis 83 (8%) Total Votes: 997 January 29, 2016: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Dennis Kimetto's 2014 mark of 2:02:57. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? 1 Sub 2:02:30 311 (43%) 2 Sub 2:02 157 (22%) 3 Sub 2:01 99 (14%) 4 Sub 2:00!! 117 (16%) 5 No Opinion 45 (6%) Total Votes: 729 January 22, 2016: "Which aspects of race organization are most important to you?" 1 Certified course 109 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 113 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 103 (12%) 4 Aid stations 95 (11%) 5 T-shirts 89 (11%) 6 Finisher medals 89 (11%) 7 Prize money 83 (10%) 8 Medical services 85 (10%) 9 Large field 80 (9%) Total Votes: 846 January 15, 2016: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 asics 158 (11%) 2 adidas 148 (11%) 3 Brooks 147 (11%) 4 Fila 94 (7%) 5 Mizuno 127 (9%) 6 New Balance 163 (12%) 7 Nike 165 (12%) 8 Puma 110 (8%) 9 Reebok 120 (9%) 10 Saucony 155 (11%) Total Votes: 1387 January 8, 2016: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? 1 Sprints/hurdles 171 (13%) 2 Middle distance 228 (17%) 3 Long distance 305 (23%) 4 Steeplechase 129 (10%) 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 117 (9%) 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 107 (8%) 7 Pole vault 107 (8%) 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 154 (12%) Total Votes: 1318 January 1, 2016: What percentage of track and field athletes do you think are doping? 1 0-10% 21 (5%) 2 11-20% 36 (8%) 3 21-30% 1 (0%) 4 31-40% 56 (12%) 5 41-50% 110 (24%) 6 51-70% 145 (32%) 7 71-90% 70 (15%) 8 91-100%! 19 (4%) Total Votes: 458 December 25, 2015: Will you train on Christmas Day? 1 Yes 345 (51%) 2 No 93 (14%) 3 No, I don't train! 39 (6%) 4 Maybe 132 (20%) 5 No Opinion 63 (9%) Total Votes: 672 December 18, 2015: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 127 (9%) 2 Berlin 139 (10%) 3 Boston 159 (12%) 4 Chicago 145 (11%) 5 Honolulu 127 (9%) 6 London 141 (10%) 7 New York City 148 (11%) 8 Paris 131 (10%) 9 Rotterdam 132 (10%) 10 Stockholm 126 (9%) Total Votes: 1375 December 11, 2015: If you are unable to run, what do you do? 1 Cycle 151 (17%) 2 Pool run 115 (13%) 3 Swim 115 (13%) 4 Row 101 (11%) 5 Use elliptical trainer 110 (12%) 6 XC ski 105 (12%) 7 Other 108 (12%) 8 Watch TV 100 (11%) Total Votes: 905 December 4, 2015: What events will you do next year? 1 5,000m 222 (7%) 2 10,000m 358 (11%) 3 20k or Half-marathon 459 (14%) 4 Marathon 373 (11%) 5 Ultra 125 (4%) 6 Sprint triathlon 644 (20%) 7 Olympic distance triathlon 474 (15%) 8 Half-ironman triathlon 269 (8%) 9 Ironman triathlon 203 (6%) 10 None of the above 134 (4%) Total Votes: 3261 November 27, 2015: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 158 (11%) 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 138 (9%) 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 112 (8%) 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 152 (10%) 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 97 (7%) 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 165 (11%) 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 140 (10%) 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 190 (13%) 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 226 (15%) 10 Other 84 (6%) Total Votes: 1462 November 20, 2015: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? 1 Internet 131 (28%) 2 Television 67 (14%) 3 Radio 65 (14%) 4 Newspapers 67 (14%) 5 Magazines 80 (17%) 6 Other 59 (13%) Total Votes: 469 November 13, 2015: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 29 (3%) 2 Basketball player 109 (11%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 183 (19%) 4 Football Player 83 (9%) 5 Hockey player 39 (4%) 6 Marathoner 136 (14%) 7 Triathlete 118 (12%) 8 Soccer player 96 (10%) 9 XC Skier 125 (13%) 10 Other 42 (4%) Total Votes: 960 November 6, 2015: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? 1 Drills 72 (12%) 2 Fartlek 81 (13%) 3 Hills 86 (14%) 4 Intervals 101 (17%) 5 Long Run 114 (19%) 6 Tempo 85 (14%) 7 Time Trial 72 (12%) Total Votes: 611 October 30, 2015: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 145 (13%) 2 Motion Control 129 (12%) 3 Neutral 176 (16%) 4 Performance 109 (10%) 5 Racing 112 (10%) 6 Stability 181 (17%) 7 Trail 124 (11%) 8 Other 114 (10%) Total Votes: 1090 October 23, 2015: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 174 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 114 (9%) 3 Clothing 181 (15%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 136 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 215 (17%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 135 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 104 (8%) 8 Sports Watch 107 (9%) 9 Other 79 (6%) Total Votes: 1245 October 16, 2015: Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the Boston Marathon? 1 Yes 243 (62%) 2 No 80 (20%) 3 No opinion, don't care 69 (18%) Total Votes: 392 October 9, 2015: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? 1 Outdoors 132 (38%) 2 Indoor track 98 (29%) 3 Treadmill 113 (33%) Total Votes: 343 October 2, 2015: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games? 1 Yes 217 (60%) 2 No 98 (27%) 3 No opinion, don't care 45 (13%) Total Votes: 360 September 25, 2015: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? 1 Long Runs 133 (16%) 2 Tempo Runs 114 (14%) 3 Hill Training 104 (12%) 4 Pace Intervals 109 (13%) 5 Speed Intervals 111 (13%) 6 Running Drills 98 (12%) 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 93 (11%) 8 Other 72 (9%) Total Votes: 834 September 18, 2015: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" 1 Time stamped on-line entry 103 (19%) 2 Geographical quotas 88 (16%) 3 Performance standards 203 (37%) 4 Lottery 95 (17%) 5 Other 62 (11%) Total Votes: 551 September 11, 2015: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? 1 Marathon 99 (11%) 2 Half-Marathon 116 (13%) 3 10K 96 (10%) 4 8K 86 (9%) 5 5K 105 (11%) 6 Steeplechase 83 (9%) 7 1500M/Mile 89 (10%) 8 800M 89 (10%) 9 Sprints 82 (9%) 10 Ultras 79 (9%) Total Votes: 924 September 4, 2015: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" 1 asics 140 (11%) 2 adidas 130 (11%) 3 Brooks 128 (11%) 4 Fila 81 (7%) 5 Mizuno 111 (9%) 6 New Balance 144 (12%) 7 Nike 147 (12%) 8 Puma 96 (8%) 9 Reebok 104 (9%) 10. Saucony 137 (11%) Total Votes: 1218 August 28, 2015: How will you follow the IAAF World Athletics Championships in China? 1 In person 130 (11%) 2 Television 287 (25%) 3 Internet 430 (37%) 4 Newspapers 308 (26%) 5 No Opinion 13 (1%) Total Votes: 1168 August 21, 2015: Will Usain Bolt run sub 9:50 for the 100m? 1 Yes 135 (60%) 2 No 68 (30%) 3 Don't care 22 (10%) Total Votes: 225 August 14, 2015: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? 1 1500M/Mile 60 (11%) 2 3000M Steeplechase 99 (19%) 3 5000M/10000M 78 (15%) 4 Marathon 181 (34%) 5 Cross-Country 113 (21%) Total Votes: 531 August 7, 2015: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? 1 2015 37 (4%) 2 2016 215 (26%) 3 2020 301 (36%) 4 2025 or later 195 (23%) 5 Never 88 (11%) Total Votes: 836 July 31, 2015: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" 1 Certified course 103 (13%) 2 Accurate timing 106 (13%) 3 Traffic-free course 96 (12%) 4 Aid stations 89 (11%) 5 T-shirts 83 (10%) 6 Finisher medals 84 (11%) 7 Prize money 78 (10%) 8 Medical services 80 (10%) 9 Large field 75 (9%) Total Votes: 794 July 24, 2015: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 90 (10%) 2 Pulled Hamstring 101 (11%) 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 105 (12%) 4 Shin Splints 106 (12%) 5 Stress Fractures 86 (9%) 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 72 (8%) 7 Achilles Tendonitis 96 (11%) 8 Plantar Fasciitis 103 (11%) 9 Hip Bursitis 77 (8%) 10 Mononucleosis 76 (8%) Total Votes: 912 July 17, 2015: Which of the following magazines do you read? 1 Runner's World 405 (25%) 2 Running Times 287 (18%) 3 Track and Field News 167 (10%) 4 Inside Triathlon 111 (7%) 5 Triathlete 128 (8%) 6 Canadian Running 143 (9%) 7 iRun 130 (8%) 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 71 (4%) 9 220 Magazine 98 (6%) 10 Other 63 (4%) Total Votes: 1603 July 10, 2015: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? 1 Never run one 31 (2%) 2 Sub 2:20 9 (1%) 3 2:20 to 2:30 21 (1%) 4 2:30 to 2:40 47 (3%) 5 2:40 to 2:50 139 (10%) 6 2:50 to 3:00 149 (10%) 7 3:00 to 3:20 226 (16%) 8 3:20 to 3:40 237 (16%) 9 3:40 to 4:00 278 (19%) 10 4:00 Plus 312 (22%) Total Votes: 1449 July 3, 2015: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year (2015)? 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 79 (12%) 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 92 (14%) 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 138 (21%) 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 162 (24%) 5 < 20 (<32) 197 (29%) Total Votes: 668 June 26, 2015: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? 1 Books, Magazines 161 (14%) 2 Coaching Services 104 (9%) 3 Clothing 169 (15%) 4 Heart Rate Monitor 125 (11%) 5 Running Shoes 203 (18%) 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 124 (11%) 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 93 (8%) 8 Sports Watch 97 (8%) 9 Other 68 (6%) Total Votes: 1144 June 19, 2015: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Dennis Kimetto's 2014 mark of 2:02:57. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? 1 Sub 2:02:30 103 (32%) 2 Sub 2:02 72 (22%) 3 Sub 2:01 54 (17%) 4 Sub 2:00!! 96 (29%) 5 No Opinion 1 (0%) Total Votes: 326 June 12, 2015: Given that recent research indicates that the benefit of PEDs can last decades, what should the minimum ban for doping be? 1 - Lifetime 154 (46%) 2 - 10 years 94 (28%) 3 - 5 years 56 (17%) 4 - 2 years 31 (9%) 5 - 1 year 0 (0%) Total Votes: 335 June 5, 2015: A REAL runner is.... 1 Somebody that runs 25 (9%) 2 Somebody that runs regularly 109 (38%) 3 Somebody that runs races 62 (22%) 4 Somebody that runs marathons 35 (12%) 5 Somebody that runs marathons in under three hours 57 (20%) Total Votes: 288 May 29, 2015: How many times have you DNFed in a race? 1 Never 38 (23%) 2 Once 25 (15%) 3 Twice 26 (15%) 4 Three Times 31 (18%) 5 Four Times 17 (10%) 6 Five or More Times 31 (18%) Total Votes: 168 May 22, 2015: Vote for the world's greatest athlete(s). 1 Baseball player 19 (2%) 2 Basketball player 99 (12%) 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 172 (20%) 4 Football Player 73 (9%) 5 Hockey player 29 (3%) 6 Marathoner 124 (15%) 7 Triathlete 105 (12%) 8 Soccer player 85 (10%) 9 XC Skier 114 (13%) 10 Other 31 (4%) Total Votes: 851 May 15, 2015: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 22 (4%) 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 58 (11%) 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 75 (15%) 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 112 (22%) 5 Pole vault 6m+ 32 (6%) 6 Shot put 20m+ 18 (4%) 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 96 (19%) 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 52 (10%) 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 30 (6%) 10 Triple jump 17m+ 19 (4%) Total Votes: 514 May 8, 2015: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" 1 Cushioned 133 (13%) 2 Motion Control 120 (12%) 3 Neutral 163 (16%) 4 Performance 100 (10%) 5 Racing 103 (10%) 6 Stability 171 (17%) 7 Trail 114 (11%) 8 Other 105 (10%) Total Votes: 1009 May 1, 2015: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 105 (18%) 2 Lynn Jennings 64 (11%) 3 Nina Kuscsik 64 (11%) 4 Kathrine Switzer 90 (16%) 5 Joan Ullyot 57 (10%) 6 Grete Waitz 90 (16%) 7 Paula Radcliffe 99 (17%) Total Votes: 569 April 24, 2015: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? 1 2014 63 (10%) 2 2 years ago 72 (12%) 3 3 years ago 76 (12%) 4 4 years ago 45 (7%) 5 5 years ago 89 (14%) 6 6-10 years ago 103 (17%) 7 11-20 years ago 45 (7%) 8 20+ years ago! 127 (20%) Total Votes: 620 April 17, 2015: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? 1 No warm-up 24 (5%) 2 Depends on the race distance 127 (24%) 3 5 minutes 49 (9%) 4 10 minutes 61 (11%) 5 15 minutes 75 (14%) 6 20 minutes 88 (17%) 7 30 minutes 47 (9%) 8 > 30 minutes 62 (12%) Total Votes: 533 April 10, 2015: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? 1 Never 153 (20%) 2 50 years 200 (26%) 3 25 years 131 (17%) 4 10 years 109 (14%) 5 5 years 83 (11%) 6 1-4 years 90 (12%) Total Votes: 766 April 3, 2015: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 116 2 Berlin 10% 128 3 Boston 11% 143 4 Chicago 11% 132 5 Honolulu 9% 116 6 London 10% 129 7 New York City 11% 136 8 Paris 10% 120 9 Rotterdam 10% 120 10 Stockholm 9% 114 Total Votes: 1254 March 27, 2015: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? Answers Percent Votes 1 Not in a relationship 12% 67 2 Helped it 25% 134 3 Hurt it 51% 279 4 No effect 10% 53 5 Other 2% 11 Total Votes: 544 March 20, 2015: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? Answers Percent Votes 1 Internet 30% 115 2 Television 14% 54 3 Radio 13% 52 4 Newspapers 14% 53 5 Magazines 17% 66 6 Other 12% 46 Total Votes: 386 March 13, 2015: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers ercent Votes 1 Race distance 18% 172 2 Course terrain 13% 123 3 Prize money 10% 101 4 Charity involved 10% 95 5 Location 16% 158 6 Weather 17% 169 7 Entry fee 17% 162 Total Votes: 980 March 5, 2015: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sports drink 18% 94 2 Water 17% 93 3 Chocolate milk 18% 98 4 Soft drink 15% 79 5 Beer 16% 84 6 Other 16% 85 Total Votes: 533 February 27, 2015: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 11% 89 2 Half-Marathon 13% 106 3 10K 11% 88 4 8K 9% 77 5 5K 11% 95 6 Steeplechase 9% 75 7 1500M/Mile 10% 80 8 800M 10% 80 9 Sprints 9% 74 10 Ultras 9% 71 Total Votes: 835 February 20, 2015: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Drills 12% 60 2 Fartlek 13% 68 3 Hills 14% 74 4 Intervals 17% 87 5 Long Run 19% 98 6 Tempo 14% 72 7 Time Trial 12% 60 Total Votes: 519 February 13, 2015: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" Answers Percent Votes 1 asics 12% 122 2 adidas 11% 111 3 Brooks 10% 110 4 Fila 7% 70 5 Mizuno 9% 94 6 New Balance 12% 125 7 Nike 12% 127 8 Puma 8% 82 9 Reebok 8% 89 10 Saucony 11% 118 Total Votes: 1048 February 6, 2015: How long have you been running? Answers Percent Votes 1 30+ years 30% 116 2 20 -29 years 14% 56 3 15 - 19 years 10% 39 4 10 - 14 years 16% 61 5 5 - 9 years 12% 48 6 1 -4 years 10% 39 7 < 1 year 8% 32 Total Votes: 391 January 30, 2015: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? Answers Percent Votes 1 2015 4% 37 2 2016 26% 215 3 2020 36% 296 4 2025 or later 23% 191 5 Never 11% 87 Total Votes: 826 January 23, 2015: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never run one 2% 31 2 Sub 2:20 1% 9 3 2:20 to 2:30 1% 20 4 2:30 to 2:40 3% 46 5 2:40 to 2:50 9% 129 6 2:50 to 3:00 10% 149 7 3:00 to 3:20 16% 223 8 3:20 to 3:40 17% 237 9 3:40 to 4:00 19% 277 104:00 Plus 22% 311 Total Votes: 1432 January 16, 2015: If you are unable to run, what do you do? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycle 17% 137 2 Pool run 13% 103 3 Swim 13% 103 4 Row 11% 90 5 Use elliptical trainer 12% 100 6 XC ski 12% 94 7 Other 12% 99 8 Watch TV 11% 91 Total Votes: 817 January 9, 2015: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? Answers Percent Votes 1 Athletics 10% 71 2 Baseball 8% 62 3 Basketball 8% 61 4 Cycling 18% 131 5 Football 16% 118 6 Hockey 11% 81 7 Soccer 7% 49 8 Swimming 10% 77 9 Tennis 7% 52 10 Other 5% 39 Total Votes: 741 January 2, 2015: Did you train on Christmas Day? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 67% 201 2 No 20% 59 3 No, I don't train! 13% 39 Total Votes: 299 December 26, 2014: Vote for the world's greatest athlete. Answers Percent Votes 1 Baseball player 2% 19 2 Basketball player 11% 89 3 Decathlete/Heptathlete 21% 161 4 Football Player 8% 65 5 Hockey player 4% 29 6 Marathoner 15% 113 7 Triathlete 12% 93 8 Soccer player 10% 76 9 XC Skier 13% 102 10 Other 4% 31 Total Votes: 778 December 19, 2014: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? Answers Percent Votes 1 1500M/Mile 11% 51 2 3000M Steeplechase 19% 90 3 5000M/10000M 14% 69 4 Marathon 35% 168 5 Cross-Country 22% 104 Total Votes: 482 December 12, 2014: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 10% 139 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 126 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 8% 102 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 10% 141 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 6% 85 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 11% 154 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 130 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 13% 178 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 16% 215 10 Other 5% 73 Total Votes: 1343 December 5, 2014: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 Long Runs 16% 123 2 Tempo Runs 14% 105 3 Hill Training 12% 96 4 Pace Intervals 13% 102 5 Speed Intervals 13% 104 6 Running Drills 12% 91 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 11% 87 8 Other 8% 64 Total Votes: 772 November 28, 2014: What events will you do next year? Answers Percent Votes 1 5,000m 7% 213 2 10,000m 11% 350 3 20k or Half-marathon 14% 449 4 Marathon 11% 366 5 Ultra 4% 119 6 Sprint triathlon 20% 637 7 Olympic distance triathlon 15% 468 8 Half-ironman triathlon 8% 263 9 Ironman triathlon 6% 197 10 None of the above 4% 126 Total Votes: 3188 November 21, 2014: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 39% 108 2 Indoor track 28% 77 3 Treadmill 33% 91 Total Votes: 276 November 14, 2014: Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the Boston Marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 61% 224 2 No 20% 74 3 No opinion, don't care 19% 69 Total Votes: 367 November 7, 2014: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 Runner's World 26% 394 2 Running Times 18% 275 3 Track and Field News 10% 157 4 Inside Triathlon 7% 101 5 Triathlete 8% 118 6 Canadian Running 9% 135 7 iRun 8% 121 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 4% 62 9 220 Magazine 6% 88 10 Other 4% 57 Total Votes: 1508 October 31, 2014: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 158 2 Middle distance 18% 213 3 Long distance 24% 292 4 Steeplechase 10% 117 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 9% 105 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 8% 95 7 Pole vault 8% 95 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 12% 142 Total Votes: 1217 October 24, 2014: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 39% 96 2 Indoor track 27% 67 3 Treadmill 33% 81 Total Votes: 244 October 17, 2014: Given that recent research indicates that the benefit of PEDs can last decades, what should the minimum ban for doping be? Answers Percent Votes 1 Lifetime 43% 135 2 10 years 30% 94 3 5 years 18% 56 4 2 years 10% 31 5 1 year 0% 0 Total Votes: 316 October 10, 2014: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 59% 206 2 No 28% 97 3 No opinion, don't care 13% 44 Total Votes: 347 October 3, 2014: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: Answers Percent Votes 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 10% 84 2 Pulled Hamstring 11% 93 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 12% 98 4 Shin Splints 11% 97 5 Stress Fractures 9% 79 6 Exercise Induced Compartment 8% 66 Syndrome 7 Achilles Tendonitis 11% 90 8 Plantar Fasciitis 11% 96 9 Hip Bursitis 8% 71 10 Mononucleosis 8% 70 Total Votes: 844 September 26, 2014: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Wilson Kipsang's 2013 mark of 2:03:23. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sub 2:03 33% 102 2 Sub 2:02 22% 68 3 Sub 2:01 17% 51 4 Sub 2:00!! 28% 88 Total Votes: 309 September 19, 2014: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Time stamped on-line entry 19% 92 2 Geographical quotas 15% 76 3 Performance standards 39% 190 4 Lottery 17% 83 5 Other 10% 51 Total Votes: 492 September 12, 2014: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Books, Magazines 14% 151 2 Coaching Services 9% 96 3 Clothing 15% 161 4 Heart Rate Monitor 11% 118 5 Running Shoes 18% 195 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 11% 116 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 8% 86 8 Sports Watch 8% 90 9 Other 6% 66 Total Votes: 1079 September 5, 2014: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sub-10 seconds for 100m 4% 21 2 Sub-4 minutes for the mile 12% 58 3 Sub-13 minutes for 5km 15% 73 4 Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 22% 110 5 Pole vault 6m+ 6% 31 6 Shot put 20m+ 4% 18 7 Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 18% 91 8 Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 10% 51 9 Throw the javelin 80m+ 6% 29 10 Triple jump 17m+ 4% 19 Total Votes: 501 August 29, 2014: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" Answers Percent Votes 1 asics 12% 109 2 adidas 11% 97 3 Brooks 10% 96 4 Fila 6% 59 5 Mizuno 9% 82 6 New Balance 12% 111 7 Nike 12% 114 8 Puma 8% 70 9 Reebok 8% 77 10 Saucony 11% 104 Total Votes: 919 August 22, 2014: A "Real Runner" is.... Answers Percent Votes 1 Somebody that runs 9% 24 2 Somebody that runs regularly 39% 105 3 Somebody that runs races 22% 60 4 Somebody that runs marathons 13% 35 5 Somebody that runs marathons in under three hours 18% 48 Total Votes: 272 August 15, 2014: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sports drink 18% 85 2 Water 17% 81 3 Chocolate milk 19% 89 4 Soft drink 15% 70 5 Beer 16% 75 6 Other 16% 76 Total Votes: 476 August 8, 2014: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Certified course 13% 91 2 Accurate timing 13% 94 3 Traffic-free course 12% 87 4 Aid stations 11% 80 5 T-shirts 11% 75 6 Finisher medals 11% 76 7 Prize money 10% 70 8 Medical services 10% 71 9 Large field 9% 67 Total Votes: 711 August 1, 2014: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Cushioned 13% 122 2 Motion Control 12% 109 3 Neutral 16% 150 4 Performance 10% 87 5 Racing 10% 90 6 Stability 17% 160 7 Trail 11% 103 8 Other 10% 94 Total Votes: 915 July 25, 2014: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never run one 2% 29 2 Sub 2:20 1% 9 3 2:20 to 2:30 1% 20 4 2:30 to 2:40 3% 46 5 2:40 to 2:50 8% 120 6 2:50 to 3:00 10% 148 7 3:00 to 3:20 16% 222 8 3:20 to 3:40 17% 237 9 3:40 to 4:00 19% 276 10 4:00 Plus 22% 311 Total Votes: 1418 July 18, 2014: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 11% 79 2 Half-Marathon 13% 96 3 10K 10% 76 4 8K 9% 66 5 5K 11% 83 6 Steeplechase 9% 65 7 1500M/Mile 9% 69 8 800M 9% 69 9 Sprints 9% 64 10 Ultras 8% 61 Total Votes: 728 July 11, 2014: Which of the following distance running events is/are the most demanding? Answers Percent Votes 1 1500M/Mile 9% 38 2 3000M Steeplechase 18% 76 3 5000M/10000M 13% 56 4 Marathon 37% 155 5 Cross-Country 22% 90 Total Votes: 415 July 4, 2014: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Drills 11% 49 2 Fartlek 13% 55 3 Hills 14% 62 4 Intervals 18% 76 5 Long Run 19% 84 6 Tempo 14% 59 7 Time Trial 11% 49 Total Votes: 434 June 27, 2014: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Certified course 13% 79 2 Accurate timing 13% 84 3 Traffic-free course 12% 77 4 Aid stations 11% 71 5 T-shirts 11% 66 6 Finisher medals 11% 67 7 Prize money 10% 61 8 Medical services 10% 62 9 Large field 9% 58 Total Votes: 625 June 20, 2014: Should women's road race records("best times") be allowed to be established in mixed (men and women) races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 64% 152 2 No, women's only races 36% 86 Total Votes: 238 June 13, 2014: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Wilson Kipsang's 2013 mark of 2:03:23. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sub 2:03 34% 102 2 Sub 2:02 23% 68 3 Sub 2:01 17% 50 4 Sub 2:00!! 26% 78 Total Votes: 298 June 6, 2014: Barefoot running has been in the news lately. Have you run barefoot or would you consider trying it? Answers Percent Votes 1 I've tried it 21% 57 2 Would consider it 8% 21 3 No way, I love my NB shoes! 71% 195 Total Votes: 273 May 30, 2014: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 108 2 Berlin 10% 119 3 Boston 11% 133 4 Chicago 11% 123 5 Honolulu 9% 108 6 London 10% 120 7 New York City 11% 127 8 Paris 10% 112 9 Rotterdam 10% 112 10 Stockholm 9% 106 Total Votes: 1168 May 23, 2014: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 20% 148 2 50 years 27% 200 3 25 years 17% 128 4 10 years 14% 107 5 5 years 11% 81 6 1-4 years 12% 90 Total Votes: 754 May 16, 2014: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 11% 70 2 Half-Marathon 14% 86 3 10K 11% 67 4 8K 9% 57 5 5K 11% 72 6 Steeplechase 9% 56 7 1500M/Mile 9% 60 8 800M 9% 60 9 Sprints 9% 55 10 Ultras 8% 52 Total Votes: 635 May 9, 2014: Which category of athlete are you? Answers Percent Votes 1 Elite 14% 60 2 Fitness 33% 137 3 Recreational 18% 75 4 Recreational - competitive 31% 129 5 Other? 3% 13 Total Votes: 414 May 2, 2014: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 Runner's World 27% 380 2 Running Times 18% 259 3 Track and Field News 10% 147 4 Inside Triathlon 7% 92 5 Triathlete 8% 109 6 Canadian Running 9% 125 7 iRun 8% 111 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 4% 53 9 220 Magazine 6% 79 10 Other 3% 46 Total Votes: 1401 April 25, 2014: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? Answers Percent Votes 1 Internet 30% 104 2 Television 14% 48 3 Radio 13% 46 4 Newspapers 14% 47 5 Magazines 17% 58 6 Other 12% 40 Total Votes: 343 April 18, 2014: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 No warm-up 5% 24 2 Depends on the race distance 22% 116 3 5 minutes 9% 49 4 10 minutes 12% 61 5 15 minutes 14% 73 6 20 minutes 17% 88 7 30 minutes 9% 46 8 > 30 minutes 12% 61 Total Votes: 518 April 11, 2014: If you are unable to run, what do you do? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycle 17% 124 2 Pool run 13% 94 3 Swim 13% 93 4 Row 11% 81 5 Use elliptical trainer 12% 92 6 XC ski 11% 85 7 Other 12% 91 8 Watch TV 11% 83 Total Votes: 743 April 4, 2014: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? Answers Percent Votes 1 2014 5% 37 2 2015 26% 213 3 2020 36% 295 4 2025 or later 23% 187 5 Never 11% 86 Total Votes: 818 March 28, 2014: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Percent Votes 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 19% 93 2 Lynn Jennings 11% 54 3 Nina Kuscsik 11% 55 4 Kathrine Switzer 15% 76 5 Joan Ullyot 10% 48 6 Grete Waitz 16% 79 7 Paula Radcliffe 18% 88 Total Votes: 493 March 21, 2014: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? Answers Percent Votes 1 Not in a relationship 13% 67 2 Helped it 25% 131 3 Hurt it 51% 271 4 No effect 10% 52 5 Other 2% 11 Total Votes: 532 March 14, 2014: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Cushioned 13% 109 2 Motion Control 12% 97 3 Neutral 17% 137 4 Performance 9% 74 5 Racing 9% 77 6 Stability 18% 148 7 Trail 11% 89 8 Other 10% 81 Total Votes: 812 March 7, 2014: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 147 2 Middle distance 18% 201 3 Long distance 25% 280 4 Steeplechase 9% 105 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 8% 94 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 7% 84 7 Pole vault 7% 83 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 12% 130 Total Votes: 1124 February 28, 2014: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Race distance 17% 157 2 Course terrain 12% 112 3 Prize money 10% 94 4 Charity involved 10% 89 5 Location 16% 146 6 Weather 18% 162 7 Entry fee 17% 152 Total Votes: 912 February 21, 2014: Do you think that the competition ban on Lance Armstrong will be lifted at some point in the future? Answers Percent Votes 1 I hope not! 30% 95 2 I hope so. 8% 24 3 Yes 11% 34 4 No 34% 108 5 Don't care 18% 56 Total Votes: 317 February 14, 2014: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Drills 10% 34 2 Fartlek 12% 39 3 Hills 14% 46 4 Intervals 18% 60 5 Long Run 21% 69 6 Tempo 13% 43 7 Time Trial 10% 34 Total Votes: 325 February 9, 2014: How long have you been running? Answers Percent Votes 1 30+ years 28% 105 2 20 -29 years 15% 56 3 15 - 19 years 10% 39 4 10 - 14 years 16% 61 5 5 - 9 years 13% 47 6 1 -4 years 10% 39 7 < 1 year 8% 29 Total Votes: 376 January 31, 2014: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? Answers Percent Votes 1 2013 10% 62 2 2 years ago 12% 72 3 3 years ago 13% 76 4 4 years ago 7% 45 5 5 years ago 15% 89 6 6-10 years ago 17% 101 7 11-20 years ago 7% 43 8 20+ years ago! 20% 120 Total Votes: 608 January 24, 2014: What events will you do this year? Answers Percent Votes 1 5,000m 6% 198 2 10,000m 11% 336 3 20k or Half-marathon 14% 437 4 Marathon 12% 355 5 Ultra 4% 108 6 Sprint triathlon 20% 626 7 Olympic distance triathlon 15% 457 8 Half-ironman triathlon 8% 252 9 Ironman triathlon 6% 186 10 None of the above 4% 115 Total Votes: 3070 January 17, 2014: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chariots of Fire 15% 103 2 Golden Girl 9% 63 3 Marathon Man 11% 75 4 Prefontaine 12% 83 5 Personal Best 9% 62 6 Running Brave 10% 71 7 Without Limits 11% 75 8 St. Ralph 11% 77 9 The Jericho Mile 9% 64 10 None of the above 4% 27 Total Votes: 700 January 10, 2014: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? Answers Percent Votes 1 Athletics 10% 62 2 Baseball 8% 51 3 Basketball 8% 52 4 Cycling 19% 120 5 Football 17% 109 6 Hockey 11% 72 7 Soccer 6% 40 8 Swimming 11% 68 9 Tennis 7% 43 10 Other 5% 30 Total Votes: 647 January 3, 2014: Did you train on Christmas Day? Answers Percent Votes 1 Regular workout 50% 84 2 Abbreviated workout 22% 38 3 No 21% 36 4 No, I do not train! 7% 11 Total Votes: 169 December 27, 2013: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Books, Magazines 14% 135 2 Coaching Services 9% 82 3 Clothing 15% 146 4 Heart Rate Monitor 11% 104 5 Running Shoes 19% 179 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 11% 101 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 8% 72 8 Sports Watch 8% 76 9 Other 5% 52 Total Votes: 947 December 20, 2013: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Time stamped on-line entry 19% 80 2 Geographical quotas 15% 64 3 Performance standards 41% 176 4 Lottery 17% 71 5 Other 9% 39 Total Votes: 430 December 13, 2013: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never run one 2% 28 2 Sub 2:20 1% 9 3 2:20 to 2:30 1% 20 4 2:30 to 2:40 3% 46 5 2:40 to 2:50 8% 112 6 2:50 to 3:00 11% 148 7 3:00 to 3:20 16% 221 8 3:20 to 3:40 17% 235 9 3:40 to 4:00 20% 275 10 4:00 Plus 22% 311 Total Votes: 1405 December 6, 2013: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 10% 125 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 117 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 7% 93 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 11% 133 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 6% 77 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 12% 145 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 122 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 13% 168 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 16% 203 10 Other 5% 65 Total Votes: 1248 November 29, 2013: Vote for the world's greatest athlete. Answers Percent Votes 1 Baseball player 3% 19 2 Basketball player 15% 89 3 Decathlete/Pentathlete 25% 148 4 Football Player 11% 65 5 Hockey player 5% 29 6 Marathoner 19% 113 7 Triathlete 16% 92 8 Other 5% 31 Total Votes: 586 November 22, 2013: What events will you do next year? Answers Percent Votes 1 5,000m 6% 188 2 10,000m 11% 326 3 20k or Half-marathon 14% 426 4 Marathon 12% 346 5 Ultra 3% 100 6 Sprint triathlon 21% 616 7 Olympic distance triathlon 15% 446 8 Half-ironman triathlon 8% 241 9 Ironman triathlon 6% 178 10 None of the above 4% 107 Total Votes: 2974 November 15, 2013: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 Long Runs 16% 111 2 Tempo Runs 14% 94 3 Hill Training 13% 88 4 Pace Intervals 13% 92 5 Speed Intervals 14% 94 6 Running Drills 12% 83 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 11% 77 8 Other 8% 56 Total Votes: 695 November 8, 2013: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" Answers Percent Votes 1 asics 12% 95 2 adidas 11% 84 3 Brooks 10% 82 4 Fila 6% 48 5 Mizuno 9% 70 6 New Balance 12% 98 7 Nike 13% 102 8 Puma 7% 59 9 Reebok 8% 66 10 Saucony 11% 91 Total Votes: 795 November 1, 2013: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 40% 82 2 Indoor track 27% 54 3 Treadmill 33% 67 Total Votes: 203 October 25, 2013: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? Answers Percent Votes 1 2012 10% 61 2 2 years ago 12% 71 3 3 years ago 13% 76 4 4 years ago 7% 43 5 5 years ago 15% 89 6 6-10 years ago 17% 100 7 11-20 years ago 7% 43 8 20+ years ago! 18% 105 Total Votes: 588 October 18, 2013: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: Answers Percent Votes 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 10% 73 2 Pulled Hamstring 11% 82 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 12% 87 4 Shin Splints 12% 87 5 Stress Fractures 9% 68 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 8% 56 7 Achilles Tendonitis 11% 80 8 Plantar Fasciitis 12% 85 9 Hip Bursitis 8% 60 10 Mononucleosis 8% 60 Total Votes: 738 October 11, 2013: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 139 2 Middle distance 18% 193 3 Long distance 25% 271 4 Steeplechase 9% 98 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 8% 87 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 7% 77 7 Pole vault 7% 75 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 12% 123 Total Votes: 1063 October 4, 2013: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 10% 117 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 110 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 7% 86 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 11% 126 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 6% 71 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 12% 139 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 116 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 14% 160 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 16% 194 10 Other 5% 58 Total Votes: 1177 September 27, 2013: When will the first sub two hour marathon be run? Answers Percent Votes 1 2013 4% 29 2 2015 7% 53 3 2030 32% 233 4 2050 or later 53% 379 5 Never 4% 26 Total Votes: 720 September 20, 2013: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sports drink 18% 74 2 Water 17% 69 3 Chocolate milk 19% 77 4 Soft drink 15% 59 5 Beer 16% 63 6 Other 15% 62 Total Votes: 404 September 13, 2013: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Race distance 17% 135 2 Course terrain 12% 94 3 Prize money 10% 76 4 Charity involved 9% 71 5 Location 16% 125 6 Weather 18% 143 7 Entry fee 17% 132 Total Votes: 776 September 6, 2013: A REAL runner is.... Answers Percent Votes 1 Somebody that runs 9% 23 2 Somebody that runs regularly 39% 99 3 Somebody that runs races 21% 54 4 Somebody that runs marathons 13% 33 5 Somebody that runs marathons in under three hours 18% 45 Total Votes: 254 August 30, 2013: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never run one 2% 24 2 Sub 2:20 1% 8 3 2:20 to 2:30 1% 20 4 2:30 to 2:40 3% 46 5 2:40 to 2:50 7% 103 6 2:50 to 3:00 11% 146 7 3:00 to 3:20 16% 217 8 3:20 to 3:40 17% 234 9 3:40 to 4:00 20% 273 10 4:00 Plus 22% 310 Total Votes: 1381 August 23, 2013: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year (2013)? Answers Percent Votes 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 11% 69 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 14% 91 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 21% 138 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 25% 161 5 < 20 (<32) 29% 192 Total Votes: 651 August 16, 2013: How will you follow the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Russia? Answers Percent Votes 1 Television 21% 45 2 Internet 42% 89 3 Newspapers 20% 42 4 In person 10% 22 5 Not interested 7% 16 Total Votes: 214 August 9, 2013: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 57% 187 2 No 30% 97 3 No opinion, don't care 13% 44 Total Votes: 328 August 2, 2013: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 Runner's World 29% 367 2 Running Times 19% 245 3 Track and Field News 11% 134 4 Inside Triathlon 6% 79 5 Triathlete 8% 97 6 Canadian Running 9% 113 7 iRun 8% 98 8 Triathlon Magazine Canada 3% 41 9 220 Magazine 5% 66 10 Other 3 % 34 Total Votes: 1274 July 26, 2013: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Cushioned 13% 99 2 Motion Control 12% 88 3 Neutral 17% 125 4 Performance 9% 65 5 Racing 9% 67 6 Stability 19% 138 7 Trail 11% 80 8 Other 10% 72 Total Votes: 734 July 19, 2013: Which of the following distance running events is the most demanding? Answers Percent Votes 1 1500M/Mile 7% 23 2 3000M Steeplechase 18% 61 3 5000M/10000M 12% 41 4 Marathon 41% 140 5 Cross-Country 22% 75 Total Votes: 340 July 12, 2013: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 11% 60 2 Half-Marathon 13% 70 3 10K 11% 57 4 8K 9% 48 5 5K 11% 61 6 Steeplechase 9% 47 7 1500M/Mile 10% 51 8 800M 10% 51 9 Sprints 9% 46 10 Ultras 8% 43 Total Votes: 534 July 5, 2013: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 20% 146 2 50 years 27% 199 3 25 years 17% 124 4 10 years 14% 104 5 5 years 11% 80 6 1-4 years 12% 89 Total Votes: 742 June 28, 2013: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 10% 108 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 104 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 7% 80 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 11% 118 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 6% 65 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 12% 133 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 110 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in Beijing Olympics 14% 153 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 17% 185 10 Other 5% 52 Total Votes: 1108 June 21, 2013: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? Answers Percent Votes 1 Not in a relationship 4% 6 2 Helped it 29% 46 3 Hurt it 51% 81 4 No effect 15% 24 5 Other 1% 1 Total Votes: 158 June 14, 2013: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 98 2 Berlin 10% 108 3 Boston 11% 121 4 Chicago 11% 112 5 Honolulu 9% 98 6 London 10% 109 7 New York City 11% 116 8 Paris 10% 102 9 Rotterdam 10% 101 10 Stockholm 9% 96 Total Votes: 1061 June 7, 2013: Barefoot running has been in the news lately. Have you run barefoot or would you consider trying it? Answers Percent Votes 1 I've tried it 22% 55 2 Would consider it 8% 21 3 No way, I love my NB shoes! 70% 176 Total Votes: 252 May 31, 2013: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Books, Magazines 15% 123 2 Coaching Services 8% 71 3 Clothing 16% 133 4 Heart Rate Monitor 11% 93 5 Running Shoes 20% 167 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 11% 90 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 7% 61 8 Sports Watch 8% 65 9 Other 5% 41 Total Votes: 844 May 24, 2013: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? Answers Percent Votes 1 Internet 34% 86 2 Television 13% 34 3 Radio 13% 32 4 Newspapers 13% 33 5 Magazines 17% 44 6 Other 10% 26 Total Votes: 255 May 17, 2013: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Certified course 13% 65 2 Accurate timing 14% 70 3 Traffic-free course 13% 64 4 Aid stations 11% 58 5 T-shirts 10% 52 6 Finisher medals 11% 54 7 Prize money 9% 48 8 Medical services 10% 50 9 Large field 9% 46 Total Votes: 507 May 10, 2013: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 No warm-up 5% 24 2 Depends on the race distance 22% 109 3 5 minutes 10% 49 4 10 minutes 12% 61 5 15 minutes 14% 73 6 20 minutes 17% 88 7 30 minutes 9% 46 8 > 30 minutes 11% 54 Total Votes: 504 May 3, 2013: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? Answers Percent Votes 1 2013 10% 37 2 2015 23% 86 3 2020 27% 98 4 2025 or later 27% 100 5 Never 13% 48 Total Votes: 369 April 26, 2013: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Patrick Makau's 2011 mark of 2:03:38. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sub 2:03 36% 102 2 Sub 2:02 24% 68 3 Sub 2:01 17% 48 4 Sub 2:00!! 22% 62 Total Votes: 280 April 19, 2013: Which category of athlete are you? Answers Percent Votes 1 Elite 15% 59 2 Fitness 34% 134 3 Recreational 19% 74 4 Recreational - competitive 29% 115 5 Other? 3% 13 April 12, 2013: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent Votes 1. Never run one 2% 22 2. Sub 2:20 1% 8 3.. 2:20 to 2:30 1% 20 4.. 2:30 to 2:40 3% 46 5. 2:40 to 2:50 7% 88 6. 2:50 to 3:00 11% 145 7. 3:00 to 3:20 16% 214 8. 3:20 to 3:40 17% 232 9. 3:40 to 4:00 20% 270 10. 4:00 Plus 23% 306 Total Votes: 1351 April 5, 2013: If you are unable to run, what do you do? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycle 17% 108 2 Pool run 13% 82 3 Swim 13% 81 4 Row 11% 68 5 Use elliptical trainer 12% 80 6 XC ski 11% 73 7 Other 12% 79 8 Watch TV 11% 70 Total Votes: 641 March 29, 2013: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Percent Votes 1. Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 20% 77 2. Lynn Jennings 10% 40 3. Nina Kuscsik 11% 42 4. Kathrine Switzer 16%62 5. Joan Ullyot 9% 34 6. Grete Waitz 16% 61 7. Paula Radcliffe 19% 73 Total Votes: 389 March 22, 2013: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" Answers Percent Votes 1 .Time stamped on-line entry 19% 67 2 .Geographical quotas 14% 51 3 .Performance standards 45% 162 4. Lottery 15% 55 5. Other 7% 26 Total Votes: 361 March 15, 2013: What events will you do this year? Answers Percent Votes 1.5,000m 6% 177 2.10,000m 11% 312 3.20k or Half-marathon 14% 411 4.Marathon 12% 332 5.Ultra 3% 88 6.Sprint triathlon 21% 606 7.Olympic distance triathlon 15% 436 8.Half-ironman triathlon 8% 229 9.Ironman triathlon 6% 168 10.None of the above 3% 97 Total Votes: 2856 February 22, 2013: Do you support the setting aside of race entries for charity organizations at the expense of serious runners? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 21% 44 2 No 79% 167 Total Votes: 211 February 15, 2013: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" Answers Percent Votes 1 asics 12% 76 2 adidas 10% 64 3 Brooks 10% 61 4 Fila 6% 36 5 Mizuno 9% 54 6 New Balance 13% 78 7 Nike 13% 80 8 Puma 7% 45 9 Reebok 8% 47 10 Saucony 12% 71 Total Votes: 612 February 8, 2013: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Drills 10% 25 2 Fartlek 11% 30 3 Hills 14% 37 4 Intervals 20% 51 5 Long Run 23% 59 6 Tempo 13% 34 7 Time Trial 10% 25 Total Votes: 261 February 1, 2013: Do you think that the competition ban on Lance Armstrong will be lifted at some point in the future? Answers Percent Votes 1 I hope not! 31% 53 2 I hope so. 7% 12 3 Yes 12% 21 4 No 39% 66 5 Don't care 11% 19 Total Votes: 171 January 25, 2013: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chariots of Fire 15% 85 2 Golden Girl 9% 52 3 Marathon Man 11% 61 4 Prefontaine 12% 69 5 Personal Best 9% 51 6 Running Brave 10% 57 7 Without Limits 11% 62 8 St. Ralph 11% 65 9 The Jericho Mile 9% 52 10 None of the above 3% 18 Total Votes: 572 January 18, 2013: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? Answers Percent Votes 1 2012 11% 61 2 2 years ago 12% 71 3 3 years ago 13% 76 4 4 years ago 8% 43 5 5 years ago 16% 89 6 6-10 years ago 17% 99 7 11-20 years ago 8% 43 8 20+ years ago! 15% 88 Total Votes: 570 January 11, 2013: Which sport(s) has/have the greatest drug problem? Answers Percent Votes 1 Athletics 9% 48 2 Baseball 7% 39 3 Basketball 8% 40 4 Cycling 20% 106 5 Football 18% 96 6 Hockey 11% 60 7 Soccer 5% 28 8 Swimming 11% 56 9 Tennis 6% 31 10 Other 3% 18 Total Votes: 522 January 4, 2013: Do/did you train on Christmas Day? Answers Percent Votes 1 Regular workout 53% 80 2 Abbreviated workout 24% 36 3 No 16% 24 4 No, I don't train! 7% 11 Total Votes: 151 December 21, 2012: What events will you do next year? Answers Percent Votes 1 5,000m 6% 162 2 10,000m 11% 296 3 20k or Half-marathon 14% 391 4 Marathon 12% 318 5 Ultra 3% 77 6 Sprint triathlon 22% 596 7 Olympic distance triathlon 16% 424 8 Half-ironman triathlon 8% 216 9 Ironman triathlon 6% 156 10 None of the above 3% 84 Total Votes: 2720 December 7, 2012: Which of the following events have you done this year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycling race 16% 58 2 Duathlon 15% 56 3 Marathon 17% 64 4 Road race 20% 73 5 Swimming race 15% 56 6 Triathlon 17% 64 Total Votes: 371 November 30, 2012: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year (2012)? Answers Percent Votes 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 10% 36 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 13% 47 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 22% 83 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 26% 96 5 < 20 (<32) 29% 109 Total Votes: 371 November 23, 2012: How long have you been running? Answers Percent Votes 1 30+ years 23% 81 2 20 -29 years 15% 54 3 15 - 19 years 11% 39 4 10 - 14 years 17% 61 5 5 - 9 years 13% 47 6 1 -4 years 11% 38 7 < 1 year 8% 29 Total Votes: 349 November 16, 2012: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: Answers Percent Votes 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 10% 60 2 Pulled Hamstring 11% 66 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 12% 73 4 Shin Splints 12% 71 5 Stress Fractures 9% 55 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 7% 45 7 Achilles Tendonitis 11% 64 8 Plantar Fasciitis 11% 69 9 Hip Bursitis 8% 49 10 Mononucleosis 8% 49 Total Votes: 601 November 9, 2012: Should the New York City marathon have been cancelled? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 62% 190 2 No 30% 93 3 No Opinion 8% 24 Total Votes: 307 November 2, 2012: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 Long Runs 16% 94 2 Tempo Runs 14% 80 3 Hill Training 13% 73 4 Pace Intervals 13% 76 5 Speed Intervals 13% 77 6 Running Drills 12% 68 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 11% 63 8 Other 7% 41 Total Votes: 572 October 26, 2012: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Race distance 17% 121 2 Course terrain 12% 83 3 Prize money 10% 66 4 Charity involved 9% 60 5 Location 16% 112 6 Weather 19% 132 7 Entry fee 17% 118 Total Votes: 692 October 19, 2012: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 9% 98 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 98 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 7% 74 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 11% 112 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 6% 59 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 12% 127 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 104 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 14% 146 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 17% 176 10 Other 5% 48 Total Votes: 1042 October 12, 2012: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sports drink 19% 65 2 Water 17% 58 3 Chocolate milk 19% 65 4 Soft drink 15% 50 5 Beer 15% 51 6 Other 15% 53 Total Votes: 342 October 5, 2012: When will the first sub two hour marathon be run? Answers Percent Votes 1 2012 0% 0 2 2015 20% 30 3 2030 29% 43 4 2050 or later 36% 54 5 Never 15% 23 Total Votes: 150 September 28, 2012: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 42% 97 2 Indoor track 28% 66 3 Treadmill 30% 69 Total Votes: 232 September 21, 2012: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 94 2 Berlin 10% 104 3 Boston 11% 114 4 Chicago 11% 107 5 Honolulu 9% 94 6 London 10% 104 7 New York City 11% 111 8 Paris 10% 98 9 Rotterdam 10% 97 10 Stockholm 9% 92 Total Votes: 1015 September 14, 2012: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Books, Magazines 15% 112 2 Coaching Services 8% 62 3 Clothing 16% 122 4 Heart Rate Monitor 11% 84 5 Running Shoes 21% 155 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 11% 79 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 7% 51 8 Sports Watch 7% 55 9 Other 4% 32 Total Votes: 752 September 7, 2012: Which of the following sports should be dropped from the Summer Olympics? Answers Percent Votes 1 Archery 15% 191 2 Boxing 22% 274 3 Equestrian 10% 124 4 Fencing 4% 54 5 Handball 5% 57 6 Polo 8% 102 7 Shooting 11% 138 8 Synchronized anything 14% 172 9 Taekwondo 6% 79 10 Weightlifting 6% 72 Total Votes: 1263 August 31, 2012: A real runner is.... Answers Percent Votes 1 Somebody that runs 9% 22 2 Somebody that runs regularly 34% 80 3 Somebody that runs races 23% 54 4 Somebody that runs marathons 14% 33 5 Somebody that runs marathons in under three hours 19% 44 Total Votes: 233 August 24, 2012: Should there be an age restriction for the marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 No restriction 19% 124 2 12+ 7% 43 3 14+ 10% 67 4 16+ 15% 98 5 18+ 21% 138 6 21+ 27% 176 Total Votes: 646 August 17, 2012: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 131 2 Middle distance 18% 183 3 Long distance 26% 261 4 Steeplechase 9% 90 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 8% 79 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 7% 69 7 Pole vault 7% 66 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 12% 115 Total Votes: 994 August 10, 2012: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Cushioned 14% 82 2 Motion Control 12% 72 3 Neutral 18% 107 4 Performance 8% 48 5 Racing 9% 52 6 Stability 20% 123 7 Trail 11% 65 8 Other 9% 57 Total Votes: 606 August 3, 2012: How will you follow this summer's Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 In person 11% 117 2 Television 25% 273 3 Internet 38% 415 4 Newspapers 27% 294 Total Votes: 1099 July 27, 2012: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 59% 185 2 No 27% 86 3 No opinion, don't care 14% 44 Total Votes: 315 July 20, 2012: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 220 Magazine 9% 54 2 Canadian Running 12% 77 3 Inside Triathlon 10% 60 4 iRun 15% 92 5 Runner's World 14% 88 6 Runner's World UK 8% 53 7 Running Times 12% 76 8 Track and Field News 9% 59 9 Triathlete Magazine 10% 65 Total Votes: 624 July 13, 2012: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 9% 83 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 87 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 7% 63 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 11% 103 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 5% 50 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 13% 118 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 95 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 14% 135 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 18% 165 10 Other 4% 39 Total Votes: 938 July 6, 2012: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 19% 139 2 50 years 27% 198 3 25 years 17% 123 4 10 years 14% 102 5 5 years 11% 80 6 1-4 years 12% 88 Total Votes: 730 June 29, 2012: What is your all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never run one 2% 22 2 Sub 2:20 1% 7 3 2:20 to 2:30 1% 19 4 2:30 to 2:40 3% 43 5 2:40 to 2:50 6% 82 6 2:50 to 3:00 11% 142 7 3:00 to 3:20 16% 214 8 3:20 to 3:40 17% 231 9 3:40 to 4:00 20% 268 10 4:00 Plus 23% 303 Total Votes: 1331 June 22, 2012: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" Answers Percent Votes 1 asics 13% 59 2 adidas 10% 48 3 Brooks 10% 45 4 Fila 6% 26 5 Mizuno 9% 41 6 New Balance 13% 60 7 Nike 13% 61 8 Puma 7% 32 9 Reebok 7% 34 10 Saucony 12% 53 Total Votes: 459 June 15, 2012: Barefoot running has been in the news lately. Have you run barefoot or would you consider trying it? Answers Percent Votes 1 I've tried it 24% 55 2 Would consider it 9% 21 3 No way, I love my NB shoes! 67% 155 Total Votes: 231 June 8, 2012: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Certified course 13% 47 2 Accurate timing 14% 50 3 Traffic-free course 13% 46 4 Aid stations 11% 40 5 T-shirts 10% 36 6 Finisher medals 10% 37 7 Prize money 10% 34 8 Medical services 10% 35 9 Large field 9% 31 Total Votes: 356 June 1, 2012: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 11% 48 2 Half-Marathon 13% 56 3 10K 11% 46 4 8K 9% 37 5 5K 11% 48 6 Steeplechase 9% 36 7 1500M/Mile 10% 40 8 800M 10% 40 9 Sprints 8% 35 10 Ultras 8% 33 Total Votes: 419 May 25, 2012: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? Answers Percent Votes 1 Not in a relationship 4% 6 2 Helped it 32% 45 3 Hurt it 50% 69 4 No effect 14% 19 5 Other 0% 0 Total Votes: 139 May 18, 2012: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 118 2 Middle distance 19% 170 3 Long distance 28% 247 4 Steeplechase 9% 78 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 8% 68 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 6% 58 7 Pole vault 6% 55 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 11% 103 Total Votes: 897 May 11, 2012: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 106 2 Middle distance 19% 156 3 Long distance 29% 233 4 Steeplechase 8% 67 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 7% 57 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 6% 47 7 Pole vault 5% 43 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 11% 92 Total Votes: 801 May 4, 2012: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? Answers Percent Votes 1 2012 11% 37 2 2015 24% 85 3 2020 27% 93 4 2025 or later 28% 98 5 Never 10% 34 Total Votes: 347 April 27, 2012: In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Patrick Makau's 2011 mark of 2:03:38. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sub 2:03 35% 94 2 Sub 2:02 26% 68 3 Sub 2:01 18% 47 4 Sub 2:00!! 21% 56 Total Votes: 265 April 20, 2012: Which category of athlete are you? Answers Percent Votes 1 Elite 16% 59 2 Fitness 35% 133 3 Recreational 19% 72 4 Recreational - competitive 27% 101 5 Other? 3% 13 Total Votes: 378 April 13, 2012: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Time stamped on-line entry 18% 53 2 Geographical quotas 13% 39 3 Performance standards 50% 148 4 Lottery 14% 41 5 Other 5% 15 Total Votes: 296 April 6, 2012: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Percent Votes 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 21% 62 2 Lynn Jennings 10% 29 3 Nina Kuscsik 10% 31 4 Kathrine Switzer 16% 49 5 Joan Ullyot 8% 23 6 Grete Waitz 15% 45 7 Paula Radcliffe 20% 60 Total Votes: 299 March 30, 2012: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 No warm-up 5% 23 2 Depends on the race distance 22% 105 3 5 minutes 10% 47 4 10 minutes 12% 58 5 15 minutes 15% 72 6 20 minutes 18% 88 7 30 minutes 10% 46 8 > 30 minutes 8% 39 Total Votes: 478 March 23, 2012: If you are unable to run, what do you do? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycle 17% 91 2 Pool run 13% 70 3 Swim 13% 69 4 Row 11% 60 5 Use elliptical trainer 13% 71 6 XC ski 11% 61 7 Other 12% 68 8 Watch TV 11% 59 Total Votes: 549 March 16, 2012: How will you follow this summer's Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 In person 14% 69 2 Television 27% 138 3 Internet 32% 162 4 Newspapers 27% 139 Total Votes: 508 March 9, 2012: Will Usain Bolt run sub 9:50 for the 100m? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 61% 130 2 No 30% 63 3 Don't care 9% 19 Total Votes: 212 March 2, 2012: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 Long Runs 16% 80 2 Tempo Runs 14% 70 3 Hill Training 13% 63 4 Pace Intervals 14% 67 5 Speed Intervals 14% 67 6 Running Drills 12% 58 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 11% 54 8 Other 7% 32 Total Votes: 491 February 24, 2012: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Race distance 18% 110 2 Course terrain 12% 74 3 Prize money 9% 58 4 Charity involved 8% 51 5 Location 16% 101 6 Weather 20% 122 7 Entry fee 17% 107 Total Votes: 623 February 17, 2012: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Race distance 18% 86 2 Course terrain 11% 51 3 Prize money 8% 38 4 Charity involved 7% 31 5 Location 17% 78 6 Weather 21% 100 7 Entry fee 18% 83 Total Votes: 467 February 10, 2012: Do you support the setting aside of race entries for charity organizations at the expense of serious runners? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 22% 42 2 No 78% 152 Total Votes: 194 February 3, 2012: What events will you do this year? Answers Percent Votes 1 5,000m 6% 147 2 10,000m 11% 280 3 20k or Half-marathon 14% 375 4 Marathon 12% 305 5 Ultra 3% 66 6 Sprint triathlon 23% 583 7 Olympic distance triathlon 16% 410 8 Half-ironman triathlon 8% 204 9 Ironman triathlon 6% 145 10 None of the above 3% 74 Total Votes: 2589 January 27, 2012: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 12% 66 2 50 years 25% 134 3 7 14% 78 4 10 years 18% 99 5 5 years 15% 79 6 1-4 years 16% 86 Total Votes: 542 January 20, 2012: Which of the following sports should be dropped from the Summer Olympics? Answers Percent Votes 1 Archery 16% 176 2 Boxing 23% 258 3 Equestrian 10% 107 4 Fencing 4% 40 5 Handball 4% 40 6 Polo 8% 87 7 Shooting 11% 122 8 Synchronized anything 13% 148 9 Taekwondo 6% 65 10 Weightlifting 5% 58 Total Votes: 1101 January 13, 2012: When will we see a sub 2-hour marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 14% 102 2 5 years 9% 69 3 10 years 12% 90 4 15 years 16% 124 5 20 years 20% 151 6 25+ years 29% 217 Total Votes: 753 January 6, 2012: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? Answers Percent Votes 1 2011 6% 31 2 2 years ago 13% 70 3 3 years ago 14% 76 4 4 years ago 8% 43 5 5 years ago 17% 89 6 6-10 years ago 19% 99 7 11-20 years ago 8% 40 8 20+ years ago! 15% 78 Total Votes: 526 December 30, 2011: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chariots of Fire 15% 72 2 Golden Girl 9% 44 3 Marathon Man 10% 51 4 Prefontaine 13% 61 5 Personal Best 9% 44 6 Running Brave 10% 49 7 Without Limits 11% 53 8 St. Ralph 12% 56 9 The Jericho Mile 9% 45 10 None of the above 2% 11 Total Votes: 486 December 23, 2011: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 8% 73 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 9% 80 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 7% 56 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 11% 95 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 5% 43 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 13% 111 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 88 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 15% 126 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 18% 156 10 Other 4% 32 Total Votes: 860 December 16, 2011: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 84 2 Berlin 10% 94 3 Boston 11% 103 4 Chicago 11% 97 5 Honolulu 9% 84 6 London 10% 94 7 New York City 11% 101 8 Paris 10% 88 9 Rotterdam 10% 87 10 Stockholm 9% 82 Total Votes: 914 December 9, 2011: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year (2011)? Answers Percent Votes 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 9% 33 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 13% 44 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 21% 75 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 27% 94 5 < 20 (<32) 30% 106 Total Votes: 352 December 2, 2011: Which of the following events have you done this year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycling race 16% 46 2 Duathlon 15% 44 3 Marathon 18% 52 4 Road race 20% 58 5 Swimming race 14% 42 6 Triathlon 17% 51 Total Votes: 293 November 25, 2011: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sports drink 20% 52 2 Water 17% 45 3 Chocolate milk 19% 51 4 Soft drink 14% 38 5 Beer 14% 38 6 Other 15% 39 Total Votes: 263 November 18, 2011: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: Answers Percent Votes 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 10% 47 2 Pulled Hamstring 11% 52 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 13% 59 4 Shin Splints 12% 56 5 Stress Fractures 9% 42 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 7% 33 7 Achilles Tendonitis 11% 50 8 Plantar Fasciitis 12% 55 9 Hip Bursitis 8% 36 10 Mononucleosis 8% 37 Total Votes: 467 November 11, 2011: What are your favourite post-race activities? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chilling out 16% 61 2 Drinking a beer 17% 66 3 Ice bath 11% 41 4 Massage 14% 52 5 Spinning 10% 36 6 Swimming 13% 48 7 Walking 11% 40 8 Other 9% 34 Total Votes: 378 November 4, 2011: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 52 2 Berlin 10% 61 3 Boston 12% 68 4 Chicago 11% 63 5 Honolulu 9% 52 6 London 10% 61 7 New York City 11% 67 8 Paris 10% 56 9 Rotterdam 9% 55 10 Stockholm 9% 51 Total Votes: 586 October 28, 2011: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 12% 33 2 Half-Marathon 14% 38 3 10K 11% 30 4 8K 8% 22 5 5K 11% 30 6 Steeplechase 8% 22 7 1500M/Mile 10% 26 8 800M 10% 26 9 Sprints 8% 21 10 Ultras 7% 19 Total Votes: 267 October 21, 2011: How many times have you DNFed in a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 23% 36 2 Once 14% 23 3 Twice 15% 24 4 Three Times 19% 30 5 Four Times 11% 17 6 Five or More Times 18% 29 Total Votes: 159 October 14, 2011: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 13% 35 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 11% 28 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 8% 22 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 8% 22 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 8% 22 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 9% 24 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 9% 23 8 Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 10% 27 9 Paula Radcliffe runs 2:15:25 for the marathon 22% 57 Total Votes: 260 October 7, 2011: Should women be allowed to set world records in mixed (man and women) races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 62% 85 2 No 28% 39 3 Don't care 10% 14 Total Votes: 138 September 30, 2011: How has the current economic situation affected your involvement in sports? Answers Percent Votes 1 Less travel to events 18% 40 2 Fewer equipment purchases 16% 37 3 Entering fewer events 17% 39 4 Spending less on sports supplements 16% 36 5 Fewer magazine subscriptions 17% 38 6 Paying less for online or in-person coaching 16% 37 Total Votes: 227 September 23, 2011: When will the first sub two hour marathon be run? Answers Percent Votes 1 2012 0% 0 2 2015 17% 22 3 2030 26% 33 4 2050 or later 42% 54 5 Never 16% 20 Total Votes: 129 September 16, 2011: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 41% 73 2 Indoor track 28% 51 3 Treadmill 31% 55 Total Votes: 179 September 9, 2011: Do you use an iPod or MP3 player while running/working out? Answers Percent Votes 1 In training 26% 45 2 In races 16% 28 3 On the treadmill 18% 31 4 While stretching 25% 44 5 Never 14% 25 Total Votes: 173 September 2, 2011: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Books, Magazines 14% 32 2 Coaching Services 10% 24 3 Clothing 14% 32 4 Heart Rate Monitor 9% 22 5 Running Shoes 14% 33 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 11% 25 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 12% 27 8 Sports Watch 9% 22 9 Other 7% 16 Total Votes: 233 August 26, 2011: Are you running a fall marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 44% 44 2 No 31% 31 3 No, don't run marathons 26% 26 Total Votes: 101 August 19, 2011: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 37 2 Berlin 11% 45 3 Boston 11% 48 4 Chicago 11% 45 5 Honolulu 9% 37 6 London 11% 45 7 New York City 12% 49 8 Paris 9% 40 9 Rotterdam 9% 40 10 Stockholm 9% 36 August 12, 2011: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 220 Magazine 8% 36 2 Canadian Running 13% 57 3 Inside Triathlon 9% 40 4 iRun 17% 74 5 Runner's World 14% 63 6 Runner's World UK 8% 35 7 Running Times 12% 53 8 Track and Field News 9% 39 9 Triathlete Magazine 10% 45 Total Votes: 442 August 5, 2011: What is/are your favourite running workout(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Drills 9% 16 2 Fartlek 10% 18 3 Hills 14% 26 4 Intervals 22% 39 5 Long Run 25% 45 6 Tempo 12% 21 7 Time Trial 9% 16 Total Votes: 181 July 29, 2011: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 51% 39 2 No 38% 29 3 No opinion, don't care 11% 8 Total Votes: 76 July 22, 2011: Are you male or female and do you support women-only races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Female - Yes 28% 31 2 Female - No 0% 0 3 Male - Yes 61% 66 4 Male - No 11% 12 Total Votes: 109 July 15, 2011: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Cushioned 16% 36 2 Motion Control 14% 32 3 Neutral 13% 30 4 Performance 11% 25 5 Racing 12% 26 6 Stability 15% 33 7 Trail 10% 23 8 Other 9% 20 Total Votes: 225 July 8, 2011: Should there be an age restriction for the marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 No restriction 7% 3 2 12+ 5% 2 3 14+ 5% 2 4 16+ 10% 4 5 18+ 38% 16 6 21+ 36% 15 Total Votes: 42 July 1, 2011: Will you follow this year's Tour de France? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 89% 48 2 No 11% 6 Total Votes: 54 June 24, 2011: What is/are your favourite media for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport? Answers Percent Votes 1 Internet 40% 68 2 Television 12% 21 3 Radio 11% 19 4 Newspapers 12% 20 5 Magazines 18% 30 6 Other 8% 13 Total Votes: 171 June 17, 2011: "Which of the following shoe brands have you worn?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Asics 14% 37 2 adidas 11% 28 3 Brooks 10% 25 4 Fila 4% 10 5 Mizuno 8% 20 6 New Balance 15% 39 7 Nike 15% 40 8 Puma 6% 16 9 Reebok 5% 14 10 Saucony 12% 31 Total Votes: 260 June 10, 2011: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sprints/hurdles 13% 21 2 Middle distance 15% 25 3 Long distance 17% 28 4 Steeplechase 12% 19 5 Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 10% 17 6 Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 10% 16 7 Pole vault 10% 17 8 Decathlon/Heptathlon 12% 19 Total Votes: 162 June 3, 2011: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Percent Votes 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 23% 11 2 Lynn Jennings 4% 2 3 Nina Kuscsik 4% 2 4 Kathrine Switzer 49% 23 5 Joan Ullyot 6% 3 6 Grete Waitz 13% 6 Total Votes: 47 May 27, 2011: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Certified course 14% 27 2 Accurate timing 14% 27 3 Traffic-free course 14% 26 4 Aid stations 11% 21 5 T-shirts 10% 18 6 Finisher medals 10% 19 7 Prize money 9% 17 8 Medical services 9% 17 9 Large field 8% 15 Total Votes: 187 May 20, 2011: How long have you been running? Answers Percent Votes 1 30+ years 43% 46 2 20 -29 years 16% 17 3 15 - 19 years 6% 7 4 10 - 14 years 6% 7 5 5 - 9 years 21% 23 6 1 -4 years 4% 4 7 < 1 year 4% 4 Total Votes: 108 May 13, 2011: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 No warm-up 8% 4 2 Depends on the race distance 33% 17 3 5 minutes 6% 3 4 10 minutes 6% 3 5 15 minutes 14% 7 6 20 minutes 10% 5 7 30 minutes 6% 3 8 > 30 minutes 18% 9 Total Votes: 51 May 6, 2011: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? Answers Percent Votes 1 2011 5% 7 2 2015 21% 32 3 2020 23% 35 4 2025 or later 39% 60 5 Never 12% 19 Total Votes: 153 April 22, 2011: Barefoot running has been in the news lately. Have you run barefoot or would you consider trying it? Answers Percent Votes 1 I've tried it 26% 27 2 Would consider it 10% 10 3 No way, I love my NB shoes! 65% 68 Total Votes: 105 April 15, 2011: Which is your favourite running season? Answers Percent Votes 1 Summer 13% 8 2 Fall 65% 39 3 Winter 5% 3 4 Spring 8% 5 5 No opinion 8% 5 Total Votes: 60 April 8, 2011: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chariots of Fire 15% 40 2 Golden Girl 8% 21 3 Marathon Man 11% 28 4 Prefontaine 13% 34 5 Personal Best 8% 22 6 Running Brave 10% 25 7 Without Limits 11% 28 8 St. Ralph 12% 32 9 The Jericho Mile 9% 24 10 None of the above 2% 5 Total Votes: 259 April 1, 2011: If you are unable to run, what do you do? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycle 18% 54 2 Pool run 13% 38 3 Swim 13% 39 4 Row 11% 32 5 Use elliptical trainer 13% 40 6 XC ski 10% 31 7 Other 12% 37 8 Watch TV 10% 31 Total Votes: 302 March 25, 2011: Do you support women's only road races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 73% 47 2 No 20% 13 3 No opinion, don't care 6% 4 Total Votes: 64 March 18, 2011: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Time stamped on-line entry 6% 2 2 Geographical quotas 0% 0 3 Performance standards 91% 31 4 Lottery 3% 1 5 Other 0% 0 Total Votes: 34 March 11, 2011: Does prize money enhance a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 58% 52 2 No 42% 38 3 No opinion 0% 0 Total Votes: 90 March 4, 2011: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 Long Runs 18% 47 2 Tempo Runs 15% 40 3 Hill Training 14% 36 4 Pace Intervals 14% 37 5 Speed Intervals 15% 38 6 Running Drills 11% 29 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 10% 27 8 Other 2% 6 February 25, 2011: A real runner is.... Answers Percent Votes 1 Somebody that runs 17% 8 2 Somebody that runs regularly 67% 31 3 Somebody that runs races 4% 2 4 Somebody that runs marathons 2% 1 5 Somebody that runs marathons in under three hours 9% 4 Total Votes: 46 February 18, 2011: Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? Answers Percent Votes 1 Not in a relationship 4% 5 2 Helped it 34% 42 3 Hurt it 48% 58 4 No effect 14% 17 5 Other 0% 0 February 4, 2011: Have you ever run the Boston Marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 70% 33 2 No, but I am running it this year 2% 1 3 No 28% 13 Total Votes: 47 January 28, 2011: What is/are your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sports drink 24% 25 2 Water 18% 19 3 Chocolate milk 21% 22 4 Soft drink 13% 14 5 Beer 13% 14 6 Other 10% 11 Total Votes: 105 January 21, 2011: Which category of athlete are you? Answers Percent Votes 1 Elite 9% 11 2 Fitness 34% 40 3 Recreational 11% 13 4 Recreational - competitive 44% 52 5 Other? 1% 1 Total Votes: 117 January 14, 2011: What is the longest road race or triathlon you will do this year? Answers Percent Votes 1 5,000m 8% 4 2 10,000m 2% 1 3 20k or Half-marathon 15% 7 4 Marathon 19% 9 5 Ultra 15% 7 6 Sprint triathlon 8% 4 7 Olympic distance triathlon 4% 2 8 Half-ironman triathlon 6% 3 9 Ironman triathlon 4% 2 10 None of the above 19% 9 Total Votes: 48 January 7, 2011: What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year (2010)? Answers Percent Votes 1 100 miles or more (160km+) 11% 6 2 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 13% 7 3 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 36% 19 4 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 23% 12 5 < 20 (<32) 17% 9 Total Votes: 53 December 31, 2010: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? Answers Percent Votes 1 2010 22% 10 2 2 years ago 4% 2 3 3 years ago 4% 2 4 4 years ago 4% 2 5 5 years ago 13% 6 6 6-10 years ago 9% 4 7 11-20 years ago 9% 4 8 20+ years ago! 33% 15 Total Votes: 45 December 24, 2010: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 9% 24 2 Berlin 11% 29 3 Boston 12% 32 4 Chicago 10% 28 5 Honolulu 9% 24 6 London 11% 29 7 New York City 12% 33 8 Paris 10% 26 9 Rotterdam 9% 25 10 Stockholm 8% 23 Total Votes: 273 December 17, 2010: Winter is here! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 41% 51 2 Indoor track 27% 34 3 Treadmill 31% 39 Total Votes: 124 December 10, 2010: When will we see a sub 2-hour marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 28% 11 2 5 years 15% 6 3 10 years 13% 5 4 15 years 13% 5 5 20 years 10% 4 6 25+ years 21% 8 Total Votes: 39 December 3, 2010: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 23% 8 2 50 years 9% 3 3 25 years 11% 4 4 10 years 29% 10 5 5 years 9% 3 6 1-4 years 20% 7 Total Votes: 35 November 26, 2010: How has the current economic situation affected your involvement in sports? Answers Percent Votes 1 Less travel to events 20% 24 2 Fewer equipment purchases 16% 20 3 Entering fewer events 15% 19 4 Spending less on sports supplements 15% 19 5 Fewer magazine subscriptions 16% 20 6 Paying less for online or in-person coaching 17% 21 Total Votes: 123 November 19, 2010: What was the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent Votes 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 30% 19 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 8% 5 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 5% 3 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 14% 9 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 0% 0 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 17% 11 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 11% 7 8 Usain Bolt sets two world records in the 2008 Olympics 8% 5 9 Kenenisa Bekele wins the 5000/10,000 double in the 2008 Olympics 6% 4 Total Votes: 63 November 12, 2010: How has the charity fund raising aspect affected races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Positively 12% 4 2 Negatively 82% 27 3 No impact 6% 2 Total Votes: 33 November 5, 2010: Will Usain Bolt run sub 9:50 for the 100m? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 59% 23 2 No 38% 15 3 Don't care 3% 1 Total Votes: 39 October 29, 2010: Do you use an iPod or MP3 player while running? Answers Percent Votes 1 In training 24% 11 2 In races 11% 5 3 In both training and races 15% 7 4 No 50% 23 Total Votes: 46 October 22, 2010: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 220 Magazine 9% 23 2 Canadian Running 13% 36 3 Inside Triathlon 10% 27 4 iRun 10% 28 5 Runner's World 15% 41 6 Runner's World UK 8% 22 7 Running Times 13% 36 8 Track and Field News 10% 26 9 Triathlete Magazine 11% 31 Total Votes: 270 October 15, 2010: How many times have you DNFed in a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 29% 16 2 Once 16% 9 3 Twice 9% 5 4 Three Times 13% 7 5 Four Times 9% 5 6 Five or More Times 24% 13 Total Votes: 55 October 8, 2010: What is your favourite post-race activity? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chilling out 13% 4 2 Drinking a beer 19% 6 3 Ice bath 6% 2 4 Massage 32% 10 5 Spinning 3% 1 6 Swimming 13% 4 7 Walking 6% 2 8 Other 6% 2 Total Votes: 31 October 1, 2010: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 42% 35 2 Indoor track 27% 22 3 Treadmill 31% 26 Total Votes: 83 September 24, 2010: Which of the following sports should be dropped from the Summer Olympics? Answers Percent Votes 1 Archery 9% 22 2 Boxing 11% 27 3 Equestrian 10% 25 4 Fencing 9% 21 5 Handball 9% 22 6 Polo 10% 24 7 Shooting 11% 26 8 Synchronized anything 14% 35 9 Taekwondo 9% 22 10 Weightlifting 9% 21 Total Votes: 245 September 17, 2010: If you are unable to run, what do you do? Answers Percent Votes 1 Cycle 19% 34 2 Pool run 13% 24 3 Swim 13% 24 4 Row 10% 19 5 Use elliptical trainer 13% 24 6 XC ski 10% 19 7 Other 11% 21 8 Watch TV 10% 18 Total Votes: 183 September 10, 2010: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 No warm-up 13% 4 2 Depends on the race distance 30% 9 3 5 minutes 7% 2 4 10 minutes 7% 2 5 15 minutes 10% 3 6 20 minutes 17% 5 7 30 minutes 7% 2 8 > 30 minutes 10% 3 Total Votes: 30 September 3, 2010: Which of the following services do you use on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 A.R.T. Therapist 16% 23 2 Chiropractor 12% 18 3 Massage 20% 29 4 Physio 16% 23 5 Podiatrist 11% 16 6 Sports doctor 14% 21 7 Sports psychologist 12% 18 8 Other (email:polls2010@emailias.com) 0% 0 Total Votes: 148 August 27, 2010: Are you running a fall marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 38% 10 2 No 38% 10 3 No, don't run marathons 23% 6 Total Votes: 26 August 20, 2010: Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: Answers Percent Votes 1 Patellofemoral Syndrome 10% 16 2 Pulled Hamstring 10% 17 3 Iliotibial Band Syndrome 15% 25 4 Shin Splints 15% 25 5 Stress Fractures 8% 14 6 Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 5% 9 7 Achilles Tendonitis 11% 19 8 Plantar Fasciitis 12% 20 9 Hip Bursitis 6% 10 10 Mononucleosis 7% 11 Total Votes: 166 August 13, 2010: Do you support the setting aside of race entries for charity organizations at the expense of serious runners? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 23% 11 2 No 77% 36 Total Votes: 47 August 6, 2010: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Percent Votes 1 Amsterdam 8% 10 2 Berlin 11% 13 3 Boston 14% 16 4 Chicago 10% 12 5 Honolulu 8% 10 6 London 12% 14 7 New York City 12% 14 8 Paris 8% 10 9 Rotterdam 8% 10 10 Stockholm 8% 9 Total Votes: 118 July 30, 2010: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent Votes 1 Marathon 13% 11 2 Half-Marathon 18% 15 3 10K 13% 11 4 8K 6% 5 5 5K 13% 11 6 Steeplechase 7% 6 7 1500M/Mile 12% 10 8 800M 11% 9 9 Sprints 6% 5 July 23, 2010: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Percent Votes 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 36% 10 2 Lynn Jennings 7% 2 3 Nina Kuscsik 7% 2 4 Kathrine Switzer 32% 9 5 Joan Ullyot 11% 3 6 Grete Waitz 7% 2 July 16, 2010: The difference between the men's and women's world 'records' for the marathon is currently 11 minutes and twenty-six seconds (2:03:59 - 2:15:25). What do you think this difference will become over the next ten years? Answers Percent Votes 1 Increase to > 11:26 16% 5 2 Stay at 11:26 19% 6 3 < 11 minutes 0% 0 4 < 10 minutes 25% 8 5 < 9 minutes 6% 2 6 < 8 minutes 13% 4 7 < 7 minutes 3% 1 8 < 6 minutes 6% 2 9 < 5 minutes 9% 3 10 < 4 minutes 3% 1 July 9, 2010: Are you following the Tour de France? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 88% 36 2 No 12% 5 July 2, 2010: What should be used for the official race result? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chip time 56% 20 2 Gun time 44% 16 June 25, 2010: When do you stretch? Answers Percent Votes 1 Before a workout 25% 18 2 After a workout 40% 29 3 In a Yoga/PIlates class 21% 15 4 Other times 14% 10 June 18, 2010: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Cushioned 17% 21 2 Motion Control 16% 19 3 Neutral 12% 15 4 Performance 11% 13 5 Racing 11% 14 6 Stability 16% 20 7 Trail 9% 11 8 Other 7% 9 June 11, 2010: "On which of the continents have you run?" Answers Percent Votes 1 Africa 13% 22 2 Antarctica 1% 1 3 Asia 18% 31 4 Australia 15% 25 5 Europe 22% 37 6 North America 28% 47 7 South America 4% 6 June 4, 2010: Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the Boston Marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 68% 26 2 No 32% 12 3 No opinion, don't care 0% 0 May 28, 2010: In the past 20+ years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:08:28 (Derek Clayton) to Haile Gebrselassie's recent 2:03:59. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? Answers Percent Votes 1 Sub 2:03:59 18% 22 2 Sub 2:03 22% 28 3 Sub 2:02 22% 27 4 Sub 2:01 6% 7 5 Sub 2:00!! 33% 41 May 21, 2010: Do you support women's only road races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 70% 35 2 No 22% 11 3 No opinion, don't care 8% 4 May 14, 2010: How many times have you DNFed in a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 34% 14 2 Once 20% 8 3 Twice 10% 4 4 Three Times 15% 6 5 Four Times 2% 1 6 Five or More Times 20% 8 May 7, 2010: Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent Votes 1 Long Runs 19% 31 2 Tempo Runs 16% 26 3 Hill Training 14% 23 4 Pace Intervals 14% 23 5 Speed Intervals 14% 24 6 Running Drills 11% 18 7 Pilates, Yoga, etc. 10% 17 8 Other 2% 4 April 30, 2010: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chariots of Fire 16% 29 2 Golden Girl 7% 13 3 Marathon Man 11% 19 4 Prefontaine 14% 24 5 Personal Best 8% 15 6 Running Brave 9% 16 7 Without Limits 11% 19 8 St. Ralph 12% 22 9 The Jericho Mile 9% 16 10 None of the above 2% 4 April 23, 2010: What factors do you consider before entering a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Race distance 19% 18 2 Course terrain 15% 14 3 Prize money 12% 11 4 Charity involved 12% 11 5 Location 16% 15 6 Weather 14% 13 7 Entry fee 14% 13 April 16, 2010: What is/are your favourite sport(s) of the summer Olympics? Answers Percent Votes 1 Athletics - track 19% 10 2 Athletics - marathon 17% 9 3 Cycling - road 17% 9 4 Cycling - track 12% 6 5 Swimming 12% 6 6 Triathlon 23% 12 7 Other 0% 0 April 9, 2010: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 220 Magazine 8% 14 2 Canadian Running 14% 24 3 Inside Triathlon 10% 17 4 iRun 9% 16 5 Runner's World 16% 27 6 Runner's World UK 8% 13 7 Running Times 13% 23 8 Track and Field News 10% 17 9 Triathlete Magazine 12% 21 April 2, 2010: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent Votes 1 220 Magazine 8% 14 2 Canadian Running 14% 24 3 Inside Triathlon 10% 17 4 iRun 9% 16 5 Runner's World 16% 27 6 Runner's World UK 8% 13 7 Running Times 13% 23 8 Track and Field News 10% 17 9 Triathlete Magazine 12% 21 March 26, 2010: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Percent Votes 1 Books, Magazines 15% 2 Coaching Services 10% 3 Clothing 14% 4 Heart Rate Monitor 9% 5 Running Shoes 16% 6 Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 12% 7 Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc 11% 8 Sports Watch 9% 9 Other 4% March 12, 2010: How should Olympic athletes be selected? Answers Percent 1 A formula based on performance over a year 27% 2 Multiple trials events 13% 3 One trials event 53% 4 Picked by the coaches 7% March 5, 2010: When will Paula Radcliffe's marathon world best of 2:15:25, set in 2003, be broken? Answers Percent 1 2010 9% 2 2015 55% 3 2020 0% 4 2025 or later 9% 5 Never 27% February 26, 2010: What is your level of interest in the Winter Olympic Games? Answers Percent 1 High 30% 2 Moderate 15% 3 Low 55% February 19, 2010: What is your "coach status? Answers Percent 1 In person coach 17% 2 Internet coach 8% 3 Internet program 4% 4 Peer group 4% 5 Self coached 67% 6 Combination of above 0% February 12, 2010: Barefoot running has been in the news lately. Have you run barefoot or would you consider trying it? Answers Percent 1 I've tried it 21% 2 Would consider it 3% 3 No way, I love my NB shoes! 76% January 29, 2010: Should Transgender Athletes Be Eligible for the Olympics? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 25% 2 No 67% 3 No opinion, don't care 8% January 22, 2010: What distance will your first race of 2010 be? Answers Percent 1 5K 19% 2 10K 15% 3 Half-Marathon 15% 4 Marathon 11% 5 Sprint Tri 15% 6 Olympic Tri 7% 7 Ironman 4% 8 Other 15% January 8, 2010: What are your goals for 2010? Answers Percent Votes 1 Run a marathon 10% 4 2 Do an Ironman 2% 1 3 Run one or more PBs 10% 4 4 Run more distance 19% 8 5 Try a new sport 17% 7 6 Lose weight 19% 8 7 Improve my fitness level 19% 8 8 Other - Get over a nagging injury 5% 2 January 1, 2010: A real runner is.... Answers Percent Votes 1 Somebody that runs 25% 6 2 Somebody that runs regularly 50% 12 3 Somebody that runs races 8% 2 4 Somebody that runs marathons 4% 1 5 Somebody that runs marathons in under three hours 13% 3 December 25, 2009: Do you train on Christmas Day? Answers Percent Votes 1 Yes 100% 17 2 No 0% 0 December 18, 2009: What was the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent 1 Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 29% 2 Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 7% 3 Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 5% 4 Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 17% 5 Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 0% 6 Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 19% 7 Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 12% 8 Usain Bolt sets two world records in the 2008 Olympics 10% 9 Kenenisa Bekele wins the 5000/10,000 double in the 2008 Olympics 2% December 4, 2009: What age group are you in? Answers Percent 1 Under 20 4% 2 20 - 29 13% 3 30 - 39 17% 4 40 - 49 9% 5 50 - 59 13% 6 60 - 69 39% 7 70+ 4% November 27, 2009: When will we see a sub 2-hour marathon? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 41% 2 5 years 18% 3 10 years 6% 4 15 years 12% 5 20 years 12% 6 25+ years 12% November 20, 2009: Answers Percent Votes 1 adidas 8% 9 2 Asics 16% 17 3 Brooks 8% 8 4 Fila 7% 7 5 Mizuno 11% 12 6 New Balance 12% 13 7 Nike 15% 16 8 Reebok 7% 7 9 Saucony 8% 9 10 Avia, Diadora, Etonic, Puma, Other 8% 8 November 13, 2009: Which of the following events have you done this year? Answers Percent 1 Cycling race 15% 11 2 Duathlon 14% 10 3 Marathon 18% 13 4 Road race 21% 15 5 Swimming race 14% 10 6 Triathlon 19% 14 November 6, 2009: What should be used for the official race result? Answers Percent 1 Chip time 80% 2 Gun time 20% October 30, 2009: How many times have you DNFed in a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 Never 47% 2 Once 21% 3 Twice 11% 4 Three Times 5% 5 Four Times 5% 6 Five or More Times 11% October 23, 2009: What is your favourite post-race activity? Answers Percent Votes 1 Chilling out 6% 2 Drinking a beer 22% 3 Ice bath 11% 4 Massage 22% 5 Spinning 6% 6 Swimming 11% 7 Walking 11% 8 Other 11% October 16, 2009: Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months? Answers Percent Votes 1 Outdoors 45% 2 Indoor track 27% 3 Treadmill 27% October 9, 2009: Paula Radcliffe has announced that she is running the New York City Marathon. How will she do? Answers Percent 1 Sub 2:15:25 (*WR) 6% 2 Sub 2:17:18 6% 3 Sub 2:20 18% 4 Sub 2:22:30 0% 5 Sub 2:25:00 24% 6 Sub 2:27:30 12% 7 Sub 2:30:00 18% 8 Sub 2:35:00 6% 9 Sub 2:40:00 0% 10 DNF 12% October 2, 2009: Which City will win the bid to host the 2016 Olympics? Answers Percent 1 Chicago 45% 2 Madrid 15% 3 Rio de Janeiro 30% 4 Tokyo 10% September 18, 2009: How has the charity fund raising aspect affected races? Answers Percent Votes 1 Positively 17% 2 2 Negatively 75% 9 3 No impact 8% 1 September 11, 2009: How long a warm-up do you do before a race? Answers Percent Votes 1 No warm-up 29% 4 2 Depends on the race distance 50% 3 5 minutes 0% 4 10 minutes 0% 5 15 minutes 7% 6 20 minutes 7% 7 30 minutes 7% 8 > 30 minutes 0% September 4, 2009: "Usain Bolt has said that he would like to try the long jump. If he does, how will he do?" Answers Percent 1 World record 64% 2 World class 36% 3 Average 0% 4 Mediocre 0% August 28, 2009: Do you have doubts about the legitimacy of Usian Bolt's performances at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin? Answers Percent 1 Yes 67% 2 No 33% 3 No opinion 0% August 21, 2009: What is your level of interest in the World Athletics Championships in Berlin taking place August 15-23, 2009? Answers Percent 1 High 44% 2 Moderate 22% 3 Low 17% 4 No interest 17% August 14, 2009: Which of the following distance running events is the most demanding? Answers Percent 1 1500M/Mile 11% 2 3000M Steeplechase 22% 3 5000M/10000M 11% 4 Marathon 44% 5 Cross-Country 11% August 7, 2009: Are you running a fall marathon? Answers Percent 1 Yes 10% 2 No 50% 3 No, don't run marathons 40% July 31, 2009: Which is your favourite running season? Answers Percent 1 Summer 17% 2 Fall 75% 3 Winter 0% 4 Spring 8% 5 No opinion 0% July 24, 2009: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Percent 1 Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 42% 2 Lynn Jennings 0% 3 Nina Kuscsik 0% 4 Kathrine Switzer 50% 5 Joan Ullyot 0% 6 Grete Waitz 8% July 17, 2009: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? 1 Amsterdam 8% 2 Berlin 10% 3 Boston 13% 4 Chicago 11% 5 Honolulu 10% 6 London 11% 7 New York City 11% 8 Paris 8% 9 Rotterdam 8% 10 Stockholm 8% July 10, 2009: "Are you following the Tour de France?" Answers Percent 1 Yes 100% 2 No 0% July 3, 2009: How will Lance Armstrong do in this summer's Tour de France? Answers Percent 1 First 18% 2 Top Three 0% 3 Top Ten 36% 4 Top Twenty-Five 9% 5 In the Peleton 36% June 26, 2009: Which of the following running (athletics) movies have you seen? Answers Percent 1 Chariots of Fire 16% 2 Golden Girl 6% 3 Marathon Man 12% 4 Prefontaine 14% 5 Personal Best 8% 6 Running Brave 10% 7 Without Limits 10% 8 St. Ralph 14% 9 The Jericho Mile 8% 10 None of the above 2% June 19, 2009: What is/are your favourite race distance(s)? Answers Percent 1. Marathon 12% 2. Half-Marathon 18% 3. 10K 12% 4. 8K 8% 5. 5K 11% 6. Steeplechase 8% 7. 1500M/Mile 12% 8. 800M 11% 9. Sprints 8% June 12, 2009: "How long have you been running?" Answers Percent 1. 30+ years 44% 2. 20 -29 years 19% 3. 15 - 19 years 6% 4. 10 - 14 years 6% 5. 5 - 9 years 25% 6. 1 -4 years 0% 7. < 1 year 0% June 5, 2009: "The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile?" Answers Percent 1. Never 25% 2. 50 years 6% 3. 25 years 13% 4. 10 years 25% 5. 5 years 13% 6. 1-4 years 19% May 29, 2009: How has the current economic situation affected your involvement in sports? Answers Percent 1. Less travel to events 25% 2. Fewer equipment purchases 17% 3. Entering fewer events 14% 4. Spending less on sports supplements 14% 5. Fewer magazine subscriptions 17% 6. Paying less for online or in-person coaching 14% May 22, 2009: Which brand(s) of running shoe(s) have you worn? Answers Percent 1. adidas 11% 2. Asics 14% 3. Brooks 9% 4. Fila 6% 5. Mizuno 10% 6. New Balance 11% 7. Nike 10% 8. Reebok 10% 9. Saucony 11% 10. Avia, Diadora, Etonic, Puma, Other 8% May 15, 2009: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Percent 1. Sprints/hurdles 10% 2. Middle distance 18% 3. Long distance 22% 4. Steeplechase 12% 5. Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 9% 6. Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 7% 7. Pole vault 9% 8. Decathlon/Heptathlon 12% May 8, 2009: "Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Summer Games?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 65% 2. No 30% 3. No opinion, don't care 5% May 1, 2009: "Which are your favourite places to run? Answers Percent 1. Cross Country 15% 2. Indoor Track 14% 3. Outdoor Track 15% 4. Road 19% 5. Trail 23% 6. Treadmill 14% April 24, 2009: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" Answers Percent 1. Certified course 14% 2. Accurate timing 14% 3. Traffic-free course 13% 4. Aid stations 11% 5. T-shirts 10% 6. Finisher medals 7% 7. Prize money 8% 8. Medical services 8% 9. Large field 6% 10. Other (Weather) 8% April 17, 2009: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" Answers Percent 1. Time stamped on-line entry 5% 2. Geographical quotas 0% 3. Performance standards 89% 4. Lottery 5% 5. Other (email polls2009@emailias.com) 0% April 10, 2009: Are you male or female and do you support women-only races? Answers Percent 1. Female - Yes 35% 2. Female - No 0% 3. Male - Yes 60% 4. Male - No 5% April 3, 2009: Should there be an age restriction for the marathon? Answers Percent 1. No restriction 10% 2. 12+ 10% 3. 14+ 5% 4. 16+ 15% 5. 18+ 40% 6. 21+ 20% March 20, 2009: What is you all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Percent 1. Never run one 13% 2. Sub 2:20 7% 3. 2:20 to 2:30 0% 4. 2:30 to 2:40 0% 5. 2:40 to 2:50 20% 6. 2:50 to 3:00 27% 7. 3:00 to 3:20 13% 8. 3:20 to 3:40 0% 9. 3:40 to 4:00 7% 10. 4:00 Plus 13% March 13, 2009: "Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had? Answers Percent 1. Patellofemoral Syndrome 10% 2. Pulled Hamstring 11% 3. Iliotibial Band Syndrome 16% 4. Shin Splints 15% 5. Stress Fractures 9% 6. Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 5% 7. Achilles Tendonitis 11% 8. Plantar Fasciitis 11% 9. Hip Bursitis 5% 10. Mononucleosis 6% March 6, 2009: What was/were the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Percent 1. Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 20% 2. Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 16% 3. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 8% 4. Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 8% 5. Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 8% 6. Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 12% 7. Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 10% 8. Usain Bolt runs world records of 9.69 and 19.30 in the Beijing Olympics 10% 9. Other (email polls2009@emailias.com) 6% February 27, 2009: "Which of the following do you use frequently pre, during and post exercise - training and/or competing?" Answers Percent 1. Beer 17% 2. Energy Bars 15% 3. Energy Gels 14% 4. Sports drinks 21% 5. Water 21% 6. Other 12% February 20, 2009: "If you are unable to run, what do you do?" Answers Percent 1. Cycle 20% 2. Pool run 12% 3. Swim 13% 4. Row 11% 5. Use elliptical trainer 14% 6. XC ski 10% 7. Other 11% 8. Watch TV 9% February 13, 2009: "Should women's road race records("best times") be allowed to be established in mixed (men and women) races?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 26% 2. No, women's only races 74% February 6, 2009: "On which of the continents have you run?" Answers Percent 1. Africa 14% 2. Antarctica 0% 3. Asia 18% 4. Australia 15% 5. Europe 22% 6. North America 29% 7. South America 3% January 30, 2009: "Which city should host the 2016 Summer Olympics?" Answers Percent 1. Chicago, USA 22% 2. Madrid, Spain 13% 3. Rio, Brazil 39% 4. Tokyo, Japan 26% January 23, 2009: "Do you use an iPod or MP3 player while running? Answers Percent 1. In training 22% 2. In races 19% 3. In both training and races 11% 4. No 48% January 16, 2009: Which of the following sports should be dropped from the Summer Olympics? Answers Percent 1. Archery 8% 2. Boxing 12% 3. Equestrian 11% 4. Fencing 8% 5. Handball 9% 6. Polo 9% 7. Shooting 10% 8. Synchronized anything 15% 9. Taekwondo 9% 10. Weightlifting 10% January 9, 2009: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? "Answers Percent 1. Berlin 12% 2. Boston 19% 3. Chicago 4% 4. Honolulu 23% 5. London 19% 6. Los Angeles 8% 7. Marine Corps 0% 8. New York 8% 9. Ottawa 4% 10. Rotterdam 4% January 2, 2009: "What will your first competition of 2009 be?" Answers Percent 1. Marathon 13% 2. Half-Marathon 13% 3. 5/10K 36% 4. Track Race 10% 5. Triathlon 8% 6. Half-Ironman 3% 7. Ironman 5% 8. Other 13% December 12, 2008: "What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? Answers Percent 1. Sub-10 seconds for 100m 8% 2. Sub-4 minutes for the mile 8% 3. Sub-13 minutes for 5km 20% 4. Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 36% 5. Pole vault 6m+ 4% 6. Shot put 20m+ 0% 7. Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 12% 8. Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 4% 9. Throw the javelin 80m+ 4% 10. Triple jump 17m+ 4% December 5, 2008: Do you train on Christmas Day? 1. Regular workout 65% 2. Abbreviated workout 18% 3. No 18% 4. No, I don't train! 0% November 28, 2008: "Which sport has the greatest drug problem?" Answers Percent 1. Athletics 22% 2. Baseball 11% 3. Basketball 0% 4. Cycling 28% 5. Football 11% 6. Hockey 28% 7. Soccer 0% 8. Swimming 0% 9. Tennis 0% November 21, 2008: "What are the chances of Lance Armstrong winning the 2009 Tour de France?" Answers Percent 1. 100% 4% 2. 90% 8% 3. 80% 4% 4. 70% 15% 5. 60% 0% 6. 50% 19% 7. 40% 4% 8. 30% 0% 9. 20% 12% 10. 10& or less 35% November 14, 2008: "When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)?" 1. 2008 17% 2. 2 years ago 4% 3. 3 years ago 4% 4. 4 years ago 4% 5. 5 years ago 9% 6. 6-10 years ago 13% 7. 11-20 years ago 13% 8. 20+ years ago! 35% November 7, 2008: "The difference between the men's and women's world 'records' for the marathon is currently 11 minutes and twenty-six seconds (2:03:59 - 2:15:25). What do you think this difference will become over the next ten years?" Answers Percent 1. Increase to > 11:26 19% 2. Stay at 11:26 19% 3. < 11 minutes 0% 4. < 10 minutes 24% 5. < 9 minutes 10% 6. < 8 minutes 5% 7. < 7 minutes 5% 8. < 6 minutes 10% 9. < 5 minutes 5% 10. < 4 minutes 5% October 31, 2008: Which of the following magazines do you read? Answers Percent 1. 220 Magazine 8% 2. Canadian Running 15% 3. Inside Triathlon 10% 4. iRun 8% 5. Runner's World 15% 6. Runner's World UK 7% 7. Running Times 14% 8. Track and Field News 9% 9. Triathlete Magazine 13% October 24, 2008: "When do you stretch?" Answers Percent 1. Before a workout 26% 2. After a workout 43% 3. In a Yoga/PIlates class 20% 4. Other times 11% October 17, 2008: "Have you run or are you planning to run a fall marathon?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 39% 2. No 33% 3. No, I don't run marathons 28% October 10, 2008: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear for training?" Answers Percentage 1. Cushioned 18% 2. Motion Control 12% 3. Neutral 13% 4. Performance 12% 5. Racing 13% 6. Stability 12% 7. Trail 10% 8. Other 9% October 3, 2008: "Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months?" 1. Outdoors 40% 2. Indoor track 26% 3. Treadmill 33% September 29, 2008: How will Lance Armstrong place in the 2009 Tour de France? Answers Percentage 1. 1st 25% 2. Top 3 4% 3. Top 10 17% 4. In the peloton 21% 5. DNF 21% 6. Don't care 13% September 22, 2008: "Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months?" 1. Outdoors 40% 2. Indoor track 26% 3. Treadmill 33% September 15, 2008: "In the past 20 years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:06:05 to Haile Gebrselassie's 2007 mark of 2:04:26. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years?" Answers Percent 1. Sub 2:04 5% 2. Sub 2:03 16% 3. Sub 2:02 42% 4. Sub 2:01 5% 5. Sub 2:00 !! 32% September 8, 2008: Will Usain Bolt run sub 9:50 for the 100m? Answers Percent 1. Yes 70% 2. No 30% 3. Don't care 0% September 1, 2008: "Whose Olympic performance(s) was/were the most impressive? 1. Usain Bolt, men's sprints 14% 2. Kenenisa Bekele, 5/10K 9% 3. Tirunesh Dibaba, 5/10K 36% 4. Sammy Wanjiru, men's marathon 32% 5. Other 9% August 25, 2008: "Has your involvement in sport affected your relationship with your "significant other"? Answers Percent 1. Not in a relationship 5% 2. Helped it 40% 3. Hurt it 40% 4. No effect 15% 5. Other 0% August 18, 2008: "Which of the following sports are you following in the Olympics?" Answers Percent 1. Athletics (Track & Field) 31% 2. Cycling 21% 3. Swimming 25% 4. Triathlon 23% 5. Other 0% August 11, 2008: What is an acceptable level of the use of drugs in sports? Answers Percent 1. There is no acceptable level 95% 2. <10% 5% 3. 10 to 30% 0% 4. 31 to 50% 0% 5. 51 to 70% 0% 6. 71 to 90% 0% 7. 100% 0% August 4, 2008: Who will win the men's 100M at the Beijing Olympics? Answers Percent 1. Usain Bolt 20% 2. Walter Dix 5% 3. Tyson Gay 35% 4. Francis Obikwelu 20% 5. Asafa Powell 20% 6. Other 0% July 28, 2008: "Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis? Answers Percent 1. Long Runs 21% 2. Tempo Runs 15% 3. Hill Training 14% 4. Pace Intervals 15% 5. Speed Intervals 14% 6. Running Drills 11% 7. Pilates, Yoga, etc. 10% 8. Other 1% July 21, 2008: "Are you following the Tour de France?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 82% 2. No 18% July 14, 2008: Paula Radcliffe is recovering from a stress fracture but stills hopes to run the Beijing Olympic Marathon. How will she do? 1. Top 3 45% 2. Top 10 10% 3. Top 20 20% 4. Will start but not finish 5% 5. Will not start 20% July 7, 2008: Should an Olympic athlete be banned for life after their first doping offense? 1. Yes 75% 2. No 25% June 30, 2008: "Which of the following services do you use on a regular basis? Answers Percent 1. A.R.T. Therapist 16% 2. Chiropractor 10% 3. Massage 20% 4. Physio 16% 5. Podiatrist 10% 6. Sports doctor 15% 7. Sports psychologist 12% 8. Other (email:polls2008@emailias.com) 0% June 23, 2008: Vote for the world's greatest athlete. 1. Baseball player 7% 2. Basketball player 0% 3. Decathlete/Pentathlete 54% 4. Football Player 0% 5. Hockey player 4% 6. Marathoner 4% 7. Triathlete 25% 8. Other (email:polls2008@emailias.com 7% June 16, 2008: "Should Olympic team athletes be selected on the basis of one "trials" competition or on overall performance over the year leading up to the Games?" Answers Percent 1. One trials competition 58% 2. Overall performance 42% 3. Other (email polls2008@emailias.com) 0% 4. No opinion, don't care 0% June 9, 2008: "Do you agree with the IAAF's decision to allow Oscar Pistorius ("The Blade Runner") to compete in IAAF competitions against able-bodied athletes?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 40% 2. No 48% 3. No opinion, don't care 12% June 2, 2008: "Did you run at this year's Ottawa Race Weekend?" Answers Percent 1. 2K 0% 2. 5K 11% 3. 10K 5% 4. Half-Marathon 16% 5. Marathon 11% 6. Did not run 58% May 26, 2008: "Did you run at this year's Ottawa Race Weekend?" Answers Percent 1. 2K 0% 2. 5K 11% 3. 10K 5% 4. Half-Marathon 16% 5. Marathon 11% 6. Did not run 58% May 26, 2008: Do you support the use of time standards (such as Boston has) for entry into marathons?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 81% 2. No 15% 3. Don't care 4% May 19, 2008: "What is your preferred post-race or post-workout beverage?" 1. Sports drink 39% 2. Water 19% 3. Chocolate milk 29% 4. Soft drink 3% 5. Beer 6% 6. Other (email: polls2008@emailias.com) 3% May 12, 2008: Which of the following magazines do you read?" Answers Percent 1. Runner's World 20% 2. Running Times 19% 3. Track and Field News 6% 4. Inside Triathlon 7% 5. Triathlete 8% 6. Canadian Running 14% 7. iRun 11% 8. Triathlon Magazine Canada 9% 9. 220 Magazine 6% 10. Other May 5, 2008: "Do you support the setting aside of race entries for charity organizations at the expense of serious runners?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 18% 2. No 82% April 28, 2008: Did you watch the Boston Marathon? Answers Percent 1. In person 8% 2. On TV 12% 3. On WCSN (webcast) 40% 4. No, I ran it 8% 5. No 32% April 21, 2008: "What is the highest mileage you have run in one week this year?" Answers Percent 1. 100 miles or more (160km+) 9% 2. 60 - 100 (100 - 160) 12% 3. 40 - 60 (64 - 100) 47% 4. 20 - 40 (32 - 64) 15% 5. < 20 (<32) 18% April 14, 2008: "Have you ever run the Boston Marathon?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 61% 2. No, but I am running it this year 3% 3. No 35% April 7, 2008: Would you support a boycott of the Beijing Olympics? Answers Percent 1. Yes 55% 2. No 45% March 31, 2008: "What is the longest road race or triathlon you will do this year?" Answers Percent Answers Percent 1. 5,000m 10% 2. 10,000m 3% 3. 20k or Half-marathon 16% 4. Marathon 26% 5. Ultra 10% 6. Sprint triathlon 3% 7. Olympic distance triathlon 3% 8. Half-ironman triathlon 6% 9. Ironman triathlon 6% 10. None of the above 16% March 17-24, 2008: "Have you watched a sporting event via the internet on WCSN.com?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 50% 2. No, but plan to 25% 3. No 25% March 10, 2008: "Do you support women's only road races?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 74% 2. No 16% 3. No opinion, don't care 10% March 3, 2008: "Which best describes your athletic endeavours? Answers Percent 1. Fitness Runner 8% 2. Fitness Multisport Athlete 35% 3. Recreationally Competitive Runner 12% 4. Recreationally Competitive Multisport Athlete 19% 5. Serious Competitive Runner 12% 6. Serious Competitive Multisport Athlete 15% February 25, 2008: "How long should the ban be for a first-time drug offense in athletics?" Answers Percent 1. 2 years 0% 2. 4 years 14% 3. 6 years 0% 4. 8 years 0% 5. Life 86% February 18, 2008: How do you plan to follow the Olympic Games in Beijing, China? Answers Percent 1. In person 2% 2. Television 37% 3. Internet 34% 4. Print Media 27% February 11, 2008: "Does the fact that an event supports a charity have any impact on your decision to enter the event?" Answers Percent 1. More likely 19% 2. Less likely 41% 3. No difference 41% February 4, 2008: "Should the Boston Marathon have qualifying times at distances other than the marathon, for example, 30K Answers Percent 1. Yes 39% 2. No 52% 3. No opinion, don't care 9% January 2, 2008: "How would you label yourself as an athlete? Answers Percent 1. Runner 55% 2. Duathlete 3% 3. Triathlete 14% 4. Multi-sport athlete 17% 5. Cyclist 10% 6. Other 0% January 9-23, 2008: "What will your first competition of 2008 be? Answers Percent 1. Marathon 7% 2. 5/10K road race 41% 3. Half-Marathon 17% 4. Track race 8% 5. Triathlon 10% 6. Half-Ironman 3% 7. Ironman 1% 8. Other 13% December 21, 2007: "Do you plan to work out on Christmas Day and New Year's Day?" Answers Percent 1. Christmas 2% 2. New Years 17% 3. Christmas and New Year's 78% 4. No 2% December 14, 2007: "How many miles will you have run in this year by the end of December?"Answers Percent Answers Percent 1. < 1000 30% 2. 1001 - 1500 24% 3. 1501 - 2000 33% 4. 2001 - 2500 6% 5. 2501 - 3000 3% 6. 3001 - 3500 0% 7. 3501 - 4000 0% 8. 4001 - 4500 0% 9. 4501 - 5000 0% 10. > 5001 3% December 7, 2007: "Which of the following is the toughest endurance event? Answers Percent 1. Badwater Ultramarathon 16% 2. Ironman Hawaii 16% 3. Olympic Marathon 3% 4. Olympic Triathlon 0% 5. Tour de France 66% December 3, 2007: "Will Paula Radcliffe win the women's Olympic Marathon in Beijing?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 62% 2. No 27% 3. No opinion 12% November 26, 2007: Ergogenic aids are substances or devices that enhance energy production, use or recovery and provide athletes with a competitive advantage. Do you take use any?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 53% 2. No 47% November 19, 2007: Have the recent deaths in several marathons affected your plans to run a marathon? Answers Percent 1. Yes 23% 2. No 63% 3. Was not planning to run one 14% November 12, 2007: "Which of the following sports drinks have you tried? Answers Percent 1. Accelerade 15% 2. All Sports 2% 3. Cytomax 8% 4. Endurox 10% 5. Gatorade 24% 6. GU 7% 7. Powerade 17% 8. Powerbar 5% 9. Ultima 6% 10. Other 7% November 5, 2007: Which of the following factors have played a significant role in your success (or lack thereof) as an athlete? Answers Percent 1. Coaching 22% 2. Family 16% 3. Friends 10% 4. Finances 11% 5. Genetics 18% 6. Opportunity 12% 7. Other (email:polls2007@emailias.com) 11% October 29, 2007: "Would you support performance entry standards for all runners in the marathon?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 80% 2. No 20% October 22, 2007: "Should the US Olympic Marathon Trials be held as part of an existing marathon or as separate events? Answers Percent 1. Part of exisitng marathon 32% 2. Separate event 50% 3. Does not matter 18% October 15, 2007: "Should organizers have cancelled the Chicago Marathon BEFORE it started?"" Answers Percent 1. Yes 41% 2. No 59% October 8, 2007: "Marion Jones has admitted to drug use in her court testimony; should she be stripped of her Olympic medals?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 85% 2. No 15% October 1, 2007: Which of the following marathons have you run?" Answers Percent 1. Boston 23% 2. Chicago 7% 3. Honolulu 18% 4. London 2% 5. Los Angeles 2% 6. Marine Corps 4% 7. New York 5% 8. Ottawa 27% 9. Other 13% September 24, 2007: What is your serum ferritin value? Answers Percent 1. < 10 ng/ml 4% 2. 10 - 19 0% 3. 20 - 29 8% 4. 30 - 39 0% 5. 40 - 49 8% 6. 50+ 0% 7. Don't know 24% 8. What is serum ferritin? 56% September 17, 2007: "What is your coaching situation?" Answers Percent 1. Self-coached 78% 2. Club coach 11% 3. Internet 6% 4. Other 6% September 10, 2007: "If you could get guaranteed entry into ONE of the following marathons, which one would you pick?" Answers Percent 1. Boston 31% 2. Chicago 0% 3. London 50% 4. New York 19% September 3, 2007: "How many positive drugs tests will be revealed after the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan?" Answers Percent 1. One 0% 2. Two 6% 3. Three 61% 4. Four 22% 5. Five 0% 6. More than five 11% August 27, 2007: "At what age bracket did you start running?" Answers Percent 1. < 12 0% 2. 13 - 16 24% 3. 17 - 19 15% 4. 20 - 29 32% 5. 30 - 39 18% 6. 40 -49 9% 7. 50 -59 3% 8. 60 -69 0% 9. 70+ 0% August 20, 2007: "What is your level of interest in the World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan August 25 - September 2, 2007?" Answers Percent 1. High 59% 2. Moderate 23% 3. Low 13% 4. No interest 5% August 13, 2007: "How do you intend to follow the Beijing Olympics?"" Answers Percent 2. Television 41% 3. Print media 25% 4. Internet 34% August 6, 2007: "Have you paid or would you pay to watch a webcast of a sporting event?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 59% 2. No 41% July 30, 2007: "Which of the following events have you completed?" Answers Percent 1. Marathon 16% 2. Half-Marathon 19% 3. 5/10K running road race 21% 4. Ironman triathlon 3% 5. Olympic distance triathlon 8% 6. Sprint triathlon 15% 7. Duathlon 12% 8. Cycling road race 5% July 23, 2007: "What percentage of riders in the Tour de France do you believe are drug free?" Answers Percent 1. 100% 4% 2. 80 -99% 12% 3. 60-79% 4% 4. 40-59% 4% 5. 20-39% 19% 6. <20% 58% July 16, 2007: "Do you agree with the USATF's Rule 144.3b, which prohibits the use of portable electronic devices by participants competing in long-distance road races?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 69% 2. No 22% 3. No opinion, don't care 9% July 9, 2007: "Which sport(s) has the highest prevalence of drug use?" Answers Percent 1. Athletics 7% 2. Cycling 22% 3. Swimming 1% 4. Triathlon 2% 5. Baseball 16% 6. Basketball 11% 7. Football 19% 8. Hockey 12% 9. Soccer 10% July 2, 2007: No poll this week. June 25, 2007: What is the highest entry fee you have paid to enter an event? 1. <$30 7% 2. $30 - $49 2% 3. $50 - $69 13% 4. $70 - $89 7% 5. $90 - $99 9% 6. $100 - $149 27% 7. $150 - $199 7% 8. $200 - $299 2% 9. $300 - $399 4% 10. $400 or higher! 23% June 18, 2007: What is your favourite race distance? Answers Percent 1. Mile/1500M 9% 2. 5,000m 21% 3. 10,000m 9% 4. 20k/Half-marathon 29% 5. 30k 0% 6. Marathon 24% 7. Other (email:polls@emailias.com) 9% June 11, 2007: Will you follow the Tour de France this year? Answers Percent 1. Yes 85% 2. No 15% June 4, 2007: "Have the ongoing doping admissions in cycling turned you off the sport?" Answers Percent 1. Totally 13% 2. Partially 56% 3. No 25% 4. Don't care 6% May 28, 2007: "Do you run with an iPod? Answers Percent 1. In training 29% 2. In races 10% 3. In warm-ups and cool-downs 3% 4. No 58% May 21, 2007: "What is the longest period you have been unable to run as a result of an injury or illness?" Answers Percent 1. One week 0% 2. Two weeks 16% 3. Three weeks 11% 4. One month 5% 5. Two months 0% 6. Three Months 5% 7. Four months 0% 8. Five months 0% 9. Six months or more 63% May 14, 2007: Do you keep a training diary? Answers Percent 1. Yes, training notebook 23% 2. Yes, notebook 37% 3. Yes, calendar 9% 4. Yes, online log 9% 5. No 21% May 7, 2007: "Should the use of "rabbits" at major marathons be eliminated, as the New York City Marathon has done?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 68% 2. No 27% 3. No opinion, don't care 5% April 30, 2007: "Which of the following shoe brands do you use? Answers Percent 1. Asics 18% 2. adidas 9% 3. Brooks 8% 4. Fila 0% 5. Mizuno 7% 6. New Balance 21% 7. Nike 20% 8. Puma 4% 9. Reebok 1% 10. Saucony 12% April 23, 2007: "Did you run or watch the Boston Marathon?"" Answers Percent 1. Ran it 15% 2. Watched it in person 0% 3. Watched it on TV 62% 4. No interest in it 23% April 16, 2007: "Do you agree with the earlier start times for the Boston Marathon?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 42% 2. No, they should be earlier 31% 3. No, they should have remained as they were 19% 4. No opinion, don't care 8% April 9, 2007: "What do you think of Boston's qualifying standards?" Answers Percent 1. They're perfect 23% 2. Too tough 12% 3. Too easy 58% 4. I don't believe in qualifying standards 8% April 2, 2007: How many miles per week did you average prior to your last marathon? Answers Percent 1. 0 - 39 39% 2. 40 - 49 17% 3. 50 - 59 17% 4. 60 - 69 11% 5. 70 + 17% 6. Have not run a marathon 0% March 26, 2007: What is the longest distance you've raced in the past year? Answers Percent 1. Mile 3% 2. 5000M 9% 3. 10K 6% 4. 20K 26% 5. Marathon 14% 6. Ultra 3% 7. Sprint Triathlon 0% 8. Olympic Distance Triathlon 6% 9. Ironman 17% 10. Did not race 17% March 19, 2007: "Which is the top U.S. marathon?" Answers Percent 1. Boston 47% 2. Chicago 20% 3. Los Angeles 3% 4. Marine Corps 3% 5. New York 27% 6. Other - email: 0% March 12, 2007: "Which of the following magazines do you read on a regular basis? Answers Percent 1. Runner's World 32% 2. Running Times 18% 3. Triathlete Magazine 20% 4. InsideTri 14% 5. Competitor 2% 6. Sports Illustrated 14% March 5, 2007: "What effect will the acquisition of Running Times by Rodale (publisher of Runner's World) have on the sport of running?" Answers Percent 1. Negative 68% 2. No impact 32% 3. Positive 0% February 26, 2007: "Have you run in any of the events in Ottawa Race Weekend?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 48% 2. No, but I plan to 5% 3. No, no plans to 48% February 19, 2007: "Have you run the Boston Marathon?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 49% 2. No, but I plan to 20% 3. No, no plans to 31% February 12, 2007: What is your favourite season for running? Answers Percent 1. Winter 5% 2. Spring 17% 3. Summer 14% 4. Fall 64% February 5, 2007: "Do you support the lottery system for entry into races such as Ironman Hawaii, the New York and London Marathons?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 29% 2. No 71% January 29, 2007: Have you considered moderating your exercise routine as a result of the recent news headline - "Athletes' heart condition linked to exercise-induced damage"? [Read the story at: https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/22012007/3/athletes-heart-condition-linked-exercise-induced-damage-study.html] Answers Percent 1. Yes 30% 2. No 70% January 22, 2007: How frequently do you visit the Runner's Web? Answers Percent 1. Multiple times per day 19% 2. Daily 37% 3. Multiple times per week 19% 4. Weekly 7% 5. Multiple times per month 7% 6. Monthly 4% 7. First time 7% January 15, 2007: What should be the waiting period before an athlete is allowed to compete for a country other than the one of which he was originally a citizen? Answers Percent 1. No waiting period 17% 2. The next Olympics 11% 3. He/she must sit out one Olympics 11% 4. 12 years or more 61% January 8, 2007: "In which of the following distances will we see a new men's world record in 2007? (current records in brackets)" Answers Percent 1. 1500M/Mile (3:26:00/3:43:13) 9% 2. 3000M SC (7:53.63) 29% 3. 5,000M (12:37.35) 9% 4. 10,000M (26:17.53) 9% 5. Half-Marathon (58:55) 11% 6. Marathon (2:04:55) 34% January 1, 2007: During the winter months where do you run? Answers Percent 1. Roads 33% 2. Trails 16% 3. Cross-country 5% 4. Outdoor track 4% 5. Indoor track 8% 6. Treadmill 33% December 25, 2006: "Which of the following events do you plan to do in 2007? Answers Percent 1. Track Race 5% 2. 5/1-K road race 25% 3. Half-Marathon 24% 4. Marathon 19% 5. Olympic triathlon 4% 6. Ironman 3% 7. Duathlon 6% 8. Ultra 4% 9. Adventure race 0% 10. None of the above 9% December 18, 2006: "Do you plan to train on Christmas Day?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 75% 2. No 25% December 11, 2006: "Do you agree with the practice of some major marathons setting aside a large number of registration slots for charity groups?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 6% 2. No 89% 3. No opinion, don't care 6% December 4, 2006: "What do you believe the weekly mileage should be to safely complete a marathon?" Answers Percent 1. 100 6% 2. 80 2% 3. 70 28% 4. 60 17% 5. 50 11% 6. 40 17% 7. 30 or less 19% November 27, 2006: Should more marathons have time standards for entry to protect untrained runners from themselves? Answers Percent 1. Yes 45% 2. No 55% November 20, 2006: "What is your gender and age?" 1. Female < 20 0% 2. Female 20 - 29 0% 3. Female 30 - 39 2% 4. Female 40 - 49 5% 5. Female 50+ 5% 6. Male < 20 4% 7. Male 20 - 29 4% 8. Male 30 -39 12% 9. Male 40 - 49 19% 10. Male 50+ 49% November 13, 2006: "What do you do in your off-season? " Answers Percent 1. No training 16% 2. Reduced training 34% 3. Cross-training 19% 4. No off-season 31% November 6, 2006: "Which of the following distances did you race in 2006?" Answers Percent 1. 1500M/Mile 3% 2. 5000M 21% 3. 10K 26% 4. 15K 13% 5. 20K/Half-Marathon 15% 6. Marathon 13% 7. Ultra 3% 8. None of the above 5% October 30, 2006: Which of the "World Marathon Majors" is the top marathon? Answers Percent 1. Berlin 7% 2. Boston 37% 3. Chicago 11% 4. London 30% 5. New York 16% October 23, 2006: What is your level of interest in the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii on October 21, 2007? Answers Percent 1. High 43% 2. Moderate 14% 3. Low 12% 4. Nil 31% October 16, 2006: "Are you a member of a running or triathlon club?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 80% 2. No 20% October 9, 2006: "What is the highest entry fee you have paid or would pay to compete in a road race or triathlon?" Answers Percent 1. Under $25 16% 2. $25 - $34 2% 3. $35 - $49 8% 4. $50 - $74 16% 5. $75 to $99 14% 6. $100 to $149 16% 7. $150 to $199 4% 8. $200 - $299 0% 9. $300 plus 25% October 2, 2006: "Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months?" Answers Percent 1. Outdoors 53% 2. Indoor track 18% 3. Treadmill 29% September 25, 2006: Regarding China's record of human rights abuses, what is your opinion regarding a boycott of the Olympics? Answers Percent 1. There should be one 64% 2. There will be one 0% 3. There should not be one 36% 4. No opinion, don't care 0% September 18, 2006: Should altitude tents and similar training aids be banned? Answers Percent 1. No 55% 2. Yes 34% 3. No opinion, don't care 10% September 11, 2006: "Will Paula Radcliffe regain her previous form after giving birth?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 82% 2. No 18% September 4, 2006: "Which sport has the greater drug problem, athletics or cycling?" Answers Percent 1. Athletics 6% 2. Cycling 9% 3. They're equally bad 84% August 28, 2006: "What is behind the recent rash of positive drug tests?" Answers Percent 1. More athletes are taking drugs 33% 2. The testers are getting smarter 34% 3. The drug users are getting dumber 33% August 21, 2006: How should potential Olympic athletes be supported? Answers Percent 1. Government 40% 2. Sponsors 27% 3. Self-financed 33% August 14, 2006: "Has the threat of terrorism caused you to reconsider flying to competition sites?" Answers Percent 1. No 63% 2. Yes 37% August 7, 2006: "Should television be able to dictate the timing of finals in the Beijing Olympics? Answers Percent 1. Yes, the North American TV audience is important 34% 2. No, the athletes needs should come first 55% 3. No opinion, don't care 11% July 31, 2006: Do you believe Floyd Landis is guilty of doping? Answers Percent 1. Innocent 42% 2. Guilty 42% 3. Don't care 17% July 24, 2006: "How many miles per week did you average prior to your last marathon?" Answers Percent 1. I have never run a marathon 15% 2. 100+ 0% 3. 80 - 100 20% 4. 70 - 79 0% 5. 60 - 69 8% 6. 50 - 59 17% 7. 40 - 49 14% 8. < 40 25% July 17, 2006: "What percentage of athletes use doping to enhance their performance?" Answers Percent 1. 100% 2% 2. 75 - 99% 40% 3. 50 - 74% 13% 4. 25 - 49% 9% 5. 10 - 24% 18% 6. 5 - 9% 11% 7. < 5% 7% July 10, 2006: "Which is the most challenging endurance event?" Answers Percent 1. Adventure Race 7% 2. Decathlon/Heptathlon 24% 3. Ironman Triathlon 19% 4. Marathon 13% 5. Tour de France 33% 6. Ultra-Marathon 4% July 3, 2006: Are you following the Tour de France? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 39 78% 2. No 11 22% Total Votes: 50 June 26, 2006: Who will set a new world record in the men's 100M? Answers Percent 1. Asafa Powell 60% 2. Justin Gatlin 23% 3. Other 17% June 19, 2006: "Which of the following events have you done or will you do in 2006?" 1. Adventure Racing 1% 2. Bike Road Racing 6% 3. Duathlon 7% 4. Ironman Triathlon 9% 5. Marathon 32% 6. Mountain Bike Racing 0% 7. Olympic Distance Triathlon 7% 8. Running Road Racing (5K - 30K) 38% June 12, 2006: "Which event did run/walk in this year's Ottawa Race Weekend?" Answers Votes Percent 1. 2K 0 0% 2. 5K 2 6% 3. 10K 1 3% 4. Half-marathon 4 11% 5. Marathon 10 29% 6. Have competed in the past but not this year 13 37% 7. Have never competed 5 14% Total Votes: 35 June 5, 2006: "Should there be temperature restrictions for long distance events such as the marathon and Ironman triathlon?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 23 38% 2. No 35 58% 3. No opinion, don't care 2 3% Total Votes: 60 May 28, 2006: "Should charities get guaranteed entries into marathons which have an entry limit?" Answers Percent 1. Yes 13% 2. No 81% 3. No opinion, don't care 6% May 19, 2006: "Should the use of altitude tents - which are used to boost an athlete's red blood cell count - be banned?" Results at publication time: Not available May 12, 2006: "What should the cut-off time be for marathons?" Answers Votes Percent 1. 3 hours 16 13% 2. 3 Hours 30 minutes 4 3% 3. 4 hours 6 5% 4. 4 hours 30 minutes 7 6% 5. 5 hours 33 26% 6. 5 hours 30 minutes 8 6% 7. 6 hours 21 17% 8. 6 hours 30 minutes 1 1% 9. 7 hours 12 10% 10. As long as the LAST finisher 17 14% Total Votes: 125 May 5, 2006: "What attracts you to a road race or triathlon?" Results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. Prize money 17 8% 2. Size of field 27 12% 3. T-shirts 27 12% 4. Post event buffet 29 13% 5. Proximity to residence 40 18% 6. Vacation destination 18 8% 7. Race course 32 14% 8. Event distance 34 15% Total Votes: 224 April 28, 2006: "Deena Kastor set a new American record of 2 hours 19 minutes 36 in winning the recent London Marathon. She was assisted by two male pacers one of which was her training partner despite the fact that the race was supposed to be a "women's race". Should pacers be allowed?" Results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. No 56 70% 2. Yes 22 28% 3. No opinion 2 3% Total Votes: 80 April 21, 2006: Lance Armstrong has announced that he is running the NYC Marathon. What time will he run? Results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. Sub 2:20 8 6% 2. 2:20 - 2:29:59 17 14% 3. 2:30 - 2:39:59 19 15% 4. 2:40 - 2:49:59 27 22% 5. 2:50 - 2:59:59 28 22% 6. 3:00 - 3:09:59 9 7% 7. 3:10 - 3:19:59 3 2% 8. 3:30 - 3:29:59 4 3% 9. Over 3:30 10 8% Total Votes: 125 April 14, 2006: "Which marathon, Boston or London (England), has more stature in the running community?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Boston 30 58% 2. London 17 33% 3. They are equal 3 6% 4. No opinion 2 4% Total Votes: 52 April 7, 2006: "Which race entry methods do you use?" Results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. Postal 27 26% 2. Online 46 45% 3. In person 30 29% Total Votes: 103 March 31, 2006: "Which of the following workouts do you incorporate into your training on a regular basis?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Long runs 48 20% 2. Tempo runs 34 14% 3. Hill training 34 14% 4. Pace intervals 24 10% 5. Speed intervals 29 12% 6. Running drills 15 6% 7. Pilates, yoga, etc. 28 12% 8. Other 24 10% Total Votes: 236 March 24, 2006: "If you are unable to run, what do you do?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Cycle 55 27% 2. Pool run 20 10% 3. Swim 29 14% 4. Row 10 5% 5. Use elliptical trainer 16 8% 6. XC-ski 22 11% 7. Other 16 8% 8. Watch TV 35 17% Total Votes: 203 March 17, 2006: "How days per week do you run?" Answers Votes Percent 1. One (1) 3 3% 2. Two (2) 7 7% 3. Three (3) 13 12% 4. Four(4) 19 18% 5. Five (5) 32 30% 6. Six (6) 21 20% 7. Seven (7) 11 10% Total Votes: 106 March 10, 2006: "In which of the following competitions are you interested?" Answers Votes Percent 1. IAAF World Indoor Championships - Moscow, Russia 25 20% 2. NCAA I Indoor Championships - Fayetteville, AR 18 15% 3. Commonwealth Games - Melbourne, AUS 39 32% 4. World Cross Country Championships - Fukuoka, JAP 40 33% Total Votes: 122 March 3, 2006: "Which of the following changes to triathlon and duathlon do you support?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Allow drafting 24 16% 2. Allow fixed times for transitions and do not count it 32 22% 3. Change the swim/cycle/run distances to equal duration 40 27% 4. Make the duathlon a run/cycle instead of run/cycle/run 26 18% 5. None of the above 25 17% Total Votes: 147 February 24, 2006: No poll this week February 17, 2006: "Which of the following injuries (conditions) have you had: Answers Votes Percent 1. Patellofemoral Syndrome 42 14% 2. Pulled Hamstring 26 8% 3. Iliotibial Band Syndrome 45 15% 4. Shin Splints 41 13% 5. Stress Fractures 27 9% 6. Exercise Induced Compartment Syndrome 25 8% 7. Achilles Tendonitis 31 10% 8. Plantar Fasciitis 29 9% 9. Hip Bursitis 31 10% 10. Mononucleosis 12 4% Total Votes: 309 February 10, 2006: Should women's road race records("best times") be allowed to be established in mixed (men and women) races? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 32 60% 2. No, women only races 21 40% Total Votes: 53 February 3, 2006: "Do you support Women's Only races?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Female - Yes 23 27% 2. Female - No 19 22% 3. Male - Yes 29 34% 4. Male - No 14 16% Total Votes: 85 January 27, 2006: "What is your favourite post-race activity?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Massage 26 21% 2. Ice bath 8 6% 3. Swimming 8 6% 4. Walking 21 17% 5. Drinking a beer 24 19% 6. Chilling out 23 18% 7. Other 16 13% Total Votes: 126 January 20, 2006: "Do you listen to an MP3 player (or equivalent) when working out?" Answers Votes Percent 1. In the gym 19 13% 2. On the treadmill 28 20% 3. Cycling indoors 26 18% 4. Running outdoors 31 22% 5. Cycling outdoors 9 6% 6. None of the above 29 20% Total Votes: 142 January 13, 2006: "How much money did you spend on your sport in 2005, including gear, entry fees, travel, memberships, etc.?" Answers Votes Percent 1. < $500 19 23% 2. $500 - $999 13 16% 3. $1,000 - $1,999 12 15% 4. $2,000 - $2,999 13 16% 5. $3,000 - $3,999 3 4% 6. $4,000 - $4,999 6 7% 7. $5,000 - $5,999 4 5% 8. $6,000 - $ 6,999 2 2% 9. $7,000 - $9,999 2 2% 10. $10,000+ 7 9% Total Votes: 81 January 6, 2006: "How much money did you spend on your sport in 2005, including gear, entry fees, travel, memberships, etc.?" Answers Votes Percent 1. < $500 19 23% 2. $500 - $999 13 16% 3. $1,000 - $1,999 12 15% 4. $2,000 - $2,999 13 16% 5. $3,000 - $3,999 3 4% 6. $4,000 - $4,999 6 7% 7. $5,000 - $5,999 4 5% 8. $6,000 - $ 6,999 2 2% 9. $7,000 - $9,999 2 2% 10. $10,000+ 7 9% Total Votes: 81 December 30, 2005: "Does prize money enhance a race?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 40 53% 2. No 36 47% Total Votes: 76 December 23, 2005: "Which aspects of race organization are important to you?" The results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. Certified course 27 12% 2. Accurate timing 31 14% 3. Traffic-free course 41 18% 4. Aid stations 24 11% 5. T-shirts 24 11% 6. Finisher medals 22 10% 7. Prize money 8 4% 8. Medical services 14 6% 9. Large field 7 3% 10. Other 26 12% Total Votes: 224 December 16, 2005: "Do you work out on Christmas Day?" The results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 54 73% 2. No 20 27% Total Votes: 74 December 9, 2005: "Which of the following events are you planning for 2006: 5/10K races Half-marathon Marathon Ultra Ironman Olympic distance triathlon Sprint triathlon Adventure race Cycle race?" The results at publication time: Answers Votes Percent 1. 5/10K races 60 21% 2. Half-marathon 53 18% 3. Marathon 43 15% 4. Ultra 19 7% 5. Ironman 33 11% 6. Olympic distance triathlon 29 10% 7. Sprint triathlon 23 8% 8. Adventure race 11 4% 9. Cycle race 16 6% Total Votes: 287 December 2, 2005: Could Lance Armstrong win the Ironman? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 63 61% 2. No 36 35% 3. No opinion 4 4% Total Votes: 103 November 25, 2005: "What is/are your favourite medium(s) for getting the latest news on athletics and multisport?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Internet 49 56% 2. Television 8 9% 3. Radio 6 7% 4. Newspapers 7 8% 5. Magazines 17 20% 6. Other 0 0% Total Votes: 87 November 18, 2005: "On which of the continents have you run?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Africa 12 9% 2. Antarctica 1 1% 3. Asia 16 12% 4. Australia 14 11% 5. Europe 31 24% 6. North America 48 37% 7. South America 7 5% Total Votes: 129 November 11, 2005: A number of charity "runners" were found to have taken some shortcuts in the Marine Corps Marathon. What would be a suitable punishment? 1. The runners should be banned from future MCMs 15 19% 2. The runners should be banned from all running events 10 12% 3. The association should be banned from future MCMs 14 17% 4. The association should be banned from all running events 35 43% 5. They have suffered enough embarrassment 7 9% Total Votes: 81 November 4, 2005: "Olympic team selection in athletics and the triathlon should be based on what criteria" 1. One competition (Trials) 31 53% 2. Best result over multiple competitions 13 22% 3. Average result over multiple competitions 12 20% 4. Ranking over the previous year 3 5% Total Votes: 59 October 28, 2005: "Winter is coming! Where do you run during the winter months?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Cross country 9 9% 2. Roads 48 50% 3. Outdoor track 1 1% 4. Indoor track 14 15% 5. Treadmill 24 25% Total Votes: 96 October 21, 2005: " Paul Tergat set the current world marathon "best" (as of October 14, 2005) of 2:04:55 in the Berlin Marathon in 2003. When will the 2:04 mark be broken?" Answers Votes Percent 1. This year 3 7% 2. 2006 13 30% 3. 2007 4 9% 4. 2008 3 7% 5. 2009 4 9% 6. 2010+ 6 14% 7. Never 11 25% Total Votes: 44 October 14, 2005: "Should there be an age restriction for the marathon?" Answers Votes Percent 1. No restriction 15 22% 2. 12+ 1 1% 3. 14+ 0 0% 4. 16+ 23 34% 5. 18+ 16 24% 6. 21+ 13 19% Total Votes: 68 October 7, 2005: "What is your favourite running workout?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Drills 3 4% 2. Fartlek 2 3% 3. Hills 10 13% 4. Intervals 23 30% 5. Long run 27 36% 6. Tempo 8 11% 7. Time trial 3 4% Total Votes: 76 September 30, 2005: "What is your favourite running workout?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Drills 3 4% 2. Fartlek 2 3% 3. Hills 10 13% 4. Intervals 23 30% 5. Long run 27 36% 6. Tempo 8 11% 7. Time trial 3 4% Total Votes: 76 September 23, 2005: "In which of the following events have you competed?" Answers Votes Percent 1. 100M 23 6% 2. Mile/1500M 43 10% 3. 5,000M 75 18% 4. 10,000M 80 19% 5. Marathon 73 17% 6. Sprint triathlon 43 10% 7. Olympic distance triathlon 27 6% 8. Ironman 12 3% 9. Off-road triathlon 2 0% 10. Duathlon 40 10% Total Votes: 418 September 16, 2005: "A "real marathoner" is someone who completes the 42.195 Km distance in?" 1. Any time 41 29% 2. Sub 5:00 4 3% 3. Sub 4:30 3 2% 4. Sub 4:00 18 13% 5. Sub 3:30 15 11% 6. Sub 3:00 50 35% 7. Sub 2:30 8 6% 8. Sub 2:15 2 1% Total Votes: 141 September 9, 2005: "When you are unable to run, what do you do for exercise?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Cross-country ski 7 7% 2. Cycle 45 45% 3. Pilates or yoga 1 1% 4. Pool run 7 7% 5. Stairmaster or elliptical trainer 15 15% 6. Swim 15 15% 7. Other 10 10% Total Votes: 100 September 2, 2005: "Which of the following marathons gives the winner the most significant status? Answers Votes Percent 1. Olympic Games 27 32% 2. World Championships 2 2% 3. Amsterdam 1 1% 4. Berlin 2 2% 5. Boston 21 25% 6. Chicago 2 2% 7. Fukuoka, Japan 0 0% 8. London, England 24 28% 9. New York 6 7% 10. Rotterdam 0 0% Total Votes: 85 August 26, 2005: "Do you believe Lance Armstrong is guilty of using EPO in the 1999 Tour de France?" Answers Votes Percent 1. No 52 58% 2. Yes 29 32% 3. No opinion, don't care 9 10% Total Votes: 90 August 19, 2005: The most outstanding performance(s) in the recent World Athletics Championships was/were:? Answers Votes Percent 1. Justin Gatlin's 100M/200M double 13 8% 2. Rashid Ramzi's 1,500M/800M double 19 12% 3. Craig Mottram's bronze medal in the 5,000M 16 10% 4. Carolina Kluft's Heptathlon Gold 13 8% 5. Ethiopia's 1-2-3-4 sweep in the women's 5,000M 15 9% 6. Paula Radcliffe's Marathon Gold 36 22% 7. Bryan Clay's Decathlon Gold 12 7% 8. Tirunesh Dibaba's 10,000M/5,000M double 24 15% 9. Yelena Isinbayeva's 5.01M world record in the pole vault 12 7% 10. Other 1 1% Total Votes: 161 August 12, 2005: Which is the hardest running double in athletics? Answers Votes Percent 1. 100M/200M 3 3% 2. 200M/400M 2 2% 3. 400M/800M 9 10% 4. 800M/1500M 10 12% 5. 1500M/5,000M 8 9% 6. 5,000M/10,000M 3 3% 7. 10,000M/Marathon 51 59% Total Votes: 86 August 5, 2005: What is your level of interest in the Athletics World Championships being held in Helsinki, Finland from August 6th to 14th? 1. High 36 55% 2. Moderate 16 24% 3. Low 7 11% 4. No interest 7 11% Total Votes: 66 July 29, 2005: What is your level of interest in the Athletics World Championships being held in Helsinki, Finland from August 6th to 14th? 1. No 51 65% 2. Yes 25 32% 3. No opinion, don't care 2 3% Total Votes: 78 July 22, 2005: "What is your feeling in regards to charity fund raising involvement with a race?" 1. More likely to run it 21 34% 2. Less likely to run it 15 24% 3. No effect 26 42% Total Votes: 62 July 15, 2005: What is your level of interest in this year's Tour de France? Answers Votes Percent 1. High 51 62% 2. Moderate 19 23% 3. Low 8 10% 4. What's the Tour de France? 4 5% Total Votes: 82 July 8, 2005: Do you support the selection as London for the site of the 2012 Olympic Games? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 41 80% 2. No 5 10% 3. No opinion, don't care 5 10% Total Votes: 51 July 1, 2005: Which of the following magazines do you read on a regular basis? The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent Competitor Magazine 1 1% 2. InsideTri 18 14% 3. Runner's World 48 37% 4. Running Times 28 21% 5. Sports Illustrated 12 9% 6. Triathlete Magazine 24 18% Total Votes: 131 June 24, 2005: "Which of the following is the biggest doping threat facing sports today?" Answers Votes Percent 1. EPO 9 22% 2. Genetic Engineering 13 32% 3. Human Growth Hormone 7 17% 4. Steroids 12 29% 5. Other 0 0% Total Votes: 41 June 17, 2005: "Do you agree with the decision by the New York City Marathon to award higher prize money to women than to men?" Answers Votes Percent 1. No 42 58% 2. Yes 22 31% 3. No opinion, don't care 8 11% Total Votes: 72 June 10, 2005: "Which city will win the 2012 Olympic Games?" Answers Votes Percent 1. London 22 39% 2. Madrid 2 4% 3. Moscow 0 0% 4. New York City 8 14% 5. Paris 25 44% Total Votes: 57 June 3, 2005: Will Marian Jones ever regain her former performance standard? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 3 4% 2. No 61 80% 3. No opinion 1 1% 4. Don't care 11 14% Total Votes: 76 May 27, 2005: Which of the following is your favourite running (athletics) movie? 1. Chariots of Fire 26 37% 2. Golden Girl 1 1% 3. Marathon 1 1% 4. On The Edge 0 0% 5. Personal Best 2 3% 6. Running Brave 3 4% 7. See How She Runs 0 0% 8. St. Ralph 20 28% 9. The Jericho Mile 6 8% 10. Have not seen any of the above 12 17% Total Votes: 71 May 20, 2005: Which of the following US marathoners has had the greatest impact on running in the USA? 1. Alberto Salazar 9 11% 2. Bill Rodgers 26 32% 3. Deena Kastor 5 6% 4. Frank Shorter 29 36% 5. Meb Keflezighi 4 5% 6. Joan Benoit-Samuelson 8 10% Total Votes: 81 May 13, 2005: Would you pay $250.00 for the new adidas 1 computerized shoe? 1. No 74 80% 2. Yes 13 14% 3. Possibly 5 5% Total Votes: 92 May 6, 2005: These marathons were rated the top 10 in the world by Runner's World. Which of them belong in your top ten? Answers Votes Percent 1. Amsterdam 16 6% 2. Berlin 19 7% 3. Boston 45 17% 4. Chicago 29 11% 5. Honolulu 20 7% 6. London 46 17% 7. New York City 43 16% 8. Paris 16 6% 9. Rotterdam 16 6% 10. Stockholm 17 6% Total Votes: 267 April 29, 2005: No poll this week April 22, 2005: Do the shoe companies provide a fair level of support to the sports of track and field, and triathlon? 1. Yes 19 22% 2. No 42 49% 3. No opinion, don't care 25 29% Total Votes: 86 April 15, 2005: "How many years have you been a runner?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. 30+ 24 24% 2. 20 - 29 16 16% 3. 10 - 19 19 19% 4. 5 - 9 16 16% 5. 1 - 4 15 15% 6. < 1 3 3% 7. I am not a runner 5 5% Total Votes: 98 April 8, 2005: "Do you plan on watching OLN's live coverage of the Boston Marathon on April 18th?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 29 64% 2. No 16 36% Total Votes: 45 April 1, 2005: Which of the following have your purchased ONLINE in the past year? Answers Votes Percent 1. Books, Magazines 20 21% 2. Coaching Services 6 6% 3. Clothing 18 19% 4. Heart Rate Monitor 9 9% 5. Running Shoes 20 21% 6. Speed/Distance or GPS Watch 7 7% 7. Sports Drinks, Bars, Gels, etc. 8 8% 8. Sports Watch 8 8% Total Votes: 96 March 25, 2005: "In which of the following events will you compete this year?" nswers Votes Percent 1. Adventure Race 5 3% 2. Cycling - Mountain 5 3% 3. Cycling - Road 10 6% 4. Running - Marathon 39 24% 5. Running - Road race 52 33% 6. Running - Track 13 8% 7. Triathlon- Ironman 6 4% 8. Triathlon - Olympic 12 8% 9. Triathlon - Sprint 18 11% Total Votes: 160 March 18, 2005: When training for a marathon, how far is your longest run?" Answers Votes Percent 1. 26.2 miles 6 4% 2. 20 - 26.2 miles 73 53% 3. 15 - 20 miles 37 27% 4. 10 - 15 miles 6 4% 5. < 10 miles 4 3% 6. Don't run marathons 11 8% Total Votes: 137 March 11, 2005: Will Lance Armstrong win a 7th Tour de France this summer? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 38 44% 2. No 36 42% 3. No opinion, don't care 12 14% Total Votes: 86 March 4, 2005: "What is your fastest (all-time) mile performance?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Sub 4 minutes! 5 3% 2. 4:00 to 4:29 26 17% 3. 4:30 to 4:59 53 35% 4. 5:00 to 5:29 22 15% 5. 5:30 to 5:59 14 9% 6. 6:00 to 6:29 12 8% 7. 6:30 to 6:59 6 4% 8. 7:00 to 7:29 4 3% 9. 7:30 to 7:59 4 3% 10. 8:00 plus 5 3% Total Votes: 151 February 25, 2005: "Which of the following technologies have you used?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Chronometer 24 24% 2. Fitsense 14 14% 3. Nike Triax 7 7% 4. Timex GPS 7 7% 5. Heart Rate Monitor 49 49% Total Votes: 101 February 18, 2005: "Should marathons restrict entry to serious runners by imposing time standards similar to those at the Boston Marathon?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. No 66 53% 2. Yes 54 44% 3. No opinion, don't care 4 3% Total Votes: 124 February 11, 2005: Are you male or female and do you support women-only races? Answers Votes Percent 1. Female - Yes 12 15% 2. Female - No 11 14% 3. Male - Yes 35 43% 4. Male - No 23 28% Total Votes: 81 February 4, 2005: "How many days per week do you train?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Seven 20 14% 2. Six 55 40% 3. Five 25 18% 4. Four 21 15% 5. Three 10 7% 6. Two 3 2% 7. One 0 0% 8. I don't train 4 3% Total Votes: 138 January 28, 2005: Which of the following major marathons have you run? 1. Chicago 19 16% 2. Honolulu 16 14% 3. London 4 3% 4. Los Angeles 5 4% 5. New York 15 13% 6. Ottawa 28 24% 7. Paris 2 2% 8. Toronto 20 17% 9. Quebec City 5 4% 10. Vancouver 4 3% Total Votes: 118 January 21, 2005: "Which type of running shoe(s) do you wear?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Cushioned 28 24% 2. Motion Control 33 28% 3. Neutral 14 12% 4. Performance 9 8% 5. Racing 7 6% 6. Stability 17 15% 7. Trail 9 8% Total Votes: 117 January 14, 2005: "Why did Paula Radcliffe choose to run the London Marathon over the Boston Marathon?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Appearance money 44 50% 2. Patriotism 12 14% 3. Both 20 23% 4. Other 7 8% 5. No opinion 5 6% Total Votes: 88 January 7, 2005: "Should the Ironman triathlon be added to the Olympics?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes, added 34 31% 2. Yes, replace Olympic distance 7 6% 3. No 68 61% 4. No opinion, don't care 2 2% Total Votes: 111 December 31, 2004: "What sport will be your prime focus for 2005?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Adventure racing 14 7% 2. Athletics (track & field) 18 9% 3. Ironman triathlon 30 14% 4. Marathon 31 15% 5. Mountain biking 15 7% 6. Olympic distance tri 24 11% 7. Road cycling 20 10% 8. Road racing 37 18% 9. Other 20 10% Total Votes: 209 December 24, 2004: What should the penalty be for doping in sport? Answers Votes Percent 1. Next Olympics ban for athlete 1 1% 2. Next Olympics ban for federation/country 1 1% 3. Fine for athlete 2 3% 4. Fine for federation/country 0 0% 5. Lifetime ban for athlete 45 61% 6. Lifetime ban for federation/country 10 14% 7. Fine and next Olympics ban for athlete 9 12% 8. Fine and next Olympics ban for federation/country 6 8% Total Votes: 74 December 17, 2004: Do you train on Christmas Day? Answers Votes Percent 1. Regular workout. 47 56% 2. Abbreviated workout. 19 23% 3. No 15 18% 4. I don't train any day. 3 4% Total Votes: 84 December 10, 2004: Who do you believe in the BALCO affair, Marion Jones or Victor Conte? Answers Votes Percent 1. Marion Jones 7 7% 2. Victor Conte 64 67% 3. Neither one 17 18% 4. No opinion, don't care 7 7% Total Votes: 95 December 3, 2004: Would you support the concept of a permanent site for the Olympic Games? Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 40 47% 2. No 43 51% 3. No opinion, don't care 2 2% Total Votes: 85 November 26, 2004: Which of the following marathoners has had the greatest impact on the sport? Answers Votes Percent 1. Derek Clayton 17 18% 2. Paula Radcliffe 23 24% 3. Bill Rodgers 23 24% 4. Joan Benoit Samuelson 12 13% 5. Frank Shorter 11 12% 6. Paul Tergat 3 3% 7. Grete Waitz 6 6% Total Votes: 95 November 19, 2004: "Which city should host the 2012 summer Olympics?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. London 47 52% 2. Madrid 3 3% 3. Moscow 4 4% 4. New York 25 27% 5. Paris 12 13% Total Votes: 91 November 12, 2004: "What would be the best way(s) to manage the excessive demand for entry into many of the major marathons and triathlons?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Time stamped on-line entry 29 22% 2. Geographical quotas 20 15% 3. Performance standards 57 44% 4. Lottery 24 18% Total Votes: 130 November 5, 2004: Which of the following women played the greatest role in advancing women's distance running globally? Answers Votes Percent 1. Grete Waitz 37 38% 2. Joan Ullyot 0 0% 3. Kathrine Switzer 30 31% 4. Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 28 29% 5. Lynn Jennings 2 2% 6. Nina Kuscsik 0 0% Total Votes: 97 October 29, 2004: "Will Paula Radcliffe win the women's race at the New York City Marathon on November 7th?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 50 62% 2. No 28 35% 3. No opinion, don't care 3 4% Total Votes: 81 October 22, 2004: The U.S. Olympic Committee has filed an appeal with the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to block a decision that would strip Michael Johnson and the rest of the U.S. men's 4x400 relay team members of their 2000 Olympic gold medals because of a positive drug test by relay team member Jerome Young. Should the entire team lose their medals? October 22, 2004: 1. Yes 61 77% 2. No, only Jerome Young 17 22% 3. No opinion, don't care 1 1% Total Votes: 79 October 15, 2004: "Following her Athens disappointment in the marathon (and 10K), how will Paula Radcliffe perform in her next marathon?" Answers Votes Percent 1. New world record! 7 11% . 2:16 - 2:18 22 36% . 2:18:01 - 2:20 12 20% 4. 2:20:01 - 2:25 20 33% Total Votes: 61 October 8, 2004: "Which of the following sports deserves more television coverage? Answers Votes Percent 1. Adventure Racing 22 11% 2. Athletics 34 16% 3. Cycling 39 19% 4. Road Racing (Running) 70 34% 5. Triathlon 43 21% Total Votes: 208 October 1, 2004: Which is your favourite running season? Answers Votes Percent 1. Summer 17 23% 2. Fall 46 62% 3. Winter 3 4% 4. Spring 7 9% 5. No opinion 1 1% Total Votes: 74 September 24, 2004: Answers Votes Percent 1. High 4 5% 2. Moderate 7 9% 3. Low 62 82% 4. No opinion 3 4% Total Votes: 76 September 17, 2004: "Which of the following events have you competed in during 2004? The answers at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Cycling - Mountain BIke 9 3% 2. Cycling - Road Race 15 5% 3. Running Road Race - 5/10K 75 27% 4. Running Road Race - Half-Marathon 64 23% 5. Running Road Race - Marathon 29 11% 6. Track Race - 800M to 10K 6 2% 7. Triathlon - Ironman 18 7% 8. Triathlon - Olympic Distance 17 6% 9. Triathlon - Sprint Distance 29 11% 10. Ultra/Adventure Race 13 5% Total Votes: 275 September 10, 2004: Which of the following services do you use on a regular basis Answers Votes Percent 1. Chiropractor 10 13% 2. Massage 31 41% 3. Physio 15 20% 4. Podiatrist 1 1% 5. Sports doctor 18 24% Total Votes: 75 September 3, 2004: Do you think it was wise for Paula Radcliffe to have started the Olympic 10K after not being able to finish the marathon? Answers Votes Percent 1. No 62 68% 2. Yes 24 26% 3. No opinion 5 5% Total Votes: 91 August 27, 2004: Have the Olympics inspired you to train harder? Answers Votes Percent 1. No 37 36% 2. Yes 63 62% 3. No opinion 2 2% Total Votes: 102 August 20, 2004: Which of the following sport(s) should be dropped from the Olympics? 1. Archery 30 6% 2. Bowling 73 14% 3. Equestrian 54 10% 4. Fencing 45 9% 5. Roller sports 54 10% 6. Shooting 49 9% 7. Softball 54 10% 8. Synchronized anything 65 12% 9. Taekwondo 45 9% 10. Water skiing 52 10% Total Votes: 521 August 13, 2004: Should countries use the IOC standards for athlete selection for the Olympics or create their own tougher criteria? Answers Votes Percent IOC standards 40 58% 2. Create their own 27 39% 3. No opinion, don't care 2 3% Total Votes: 69 August 6, 2004: Which is/are your favourite event group(s) within athletics at the Olympic Games? Answers Votes Percent 1. Sprints/hurdles 12 8% 2. Middle distance 55 36% 3. Long distance 65 43% 4. Steeplechase 15 10% 5. Jumps (high, long, triple jump) 1 1% 6. Throws (shot, discus, javelin) 0 0% 7. Pole vault 3 2% Total Votes: 151 July 30, 2004: Rate Lance Armstrong's six, consecutive wins at the Tour de France. Answers Votes Percent 1. One of the greatest sporting achievements of all time. 52 59% 2. One of the greatest cycling achievements of all time 30 34% 3. No opinion, don't care 6 7% Total Votes: 88 July 23, 2004: Which are your favourite places to run? Answers Votes Percent 1. Cross-country 21 17% 2. Indoor track 7 6% 3. Outdoor track 11 9% 4. Road 40 32% 5. Trail 45 36% 6. Treadmill 1 1% Total Votes: 125 July 16, 2004: "Which is/are your primary sport(s)" Answers Votes Percent 1. Adventure racing 0 0% 2. Athletics (T & F) 29 18% 3. Duathlon 20 13% 4. Mountain biking 18 11% 5. Road cycling 23 15% 6. Road racing (Run) 52 33% 7. Triathlon - Ironman 5 3% 8. Triathlon - Olympic 11 7% Total Votes: 158 July 9, 2004: "If Lance Armstrong wins a sixth consecutive Tour de France, should he try for a seventh?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 38 53% 2. No 26 36% 3. No opinion, don't care 8 11% Total Votes: 72 July 2, 2004: "Will Lance Armstrong win his sixth-straight Tour de France this year?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 53 60% 2. No 27 31% 3. No opinion, don't care 8 9% Total Votes: 88 June 25, 2004: "What are the odds for terrorist activity at the Athens Olympic Games?" Answers Votes Percent 1. 0 - 14% 24 25% 2. 15 - 29% 16 17% 3. 30 - 49% 7 7% 4. 50 - 64% 14 15% 5. 65 - 79% 9 9% 6. 80 - 100% 25 26% Total Votes: 95 June 18, 2004: "Will Marion Jones be allowed to compete in the Athens Olympics?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Yes 38 54% 2. No 22 31% 3. No opinion, don't care 10 14% Total Votes: 70 June 11, 2004: What is/are your favourite sport(s) of the summer Olympics? 1. Athletics - track 63 30% 2. Athletics - marathon 48 23% 3. Cycling - road 25 12% 4. Cycling - track 20 9% 5. Swimming 11 5% 6. Triathlon 40 19% 7. Other 6 3% Total Votes: 213 June 4, 2004: How will you follow the Athens Olympics this summer? Answers Votes Percent 1. In person, at the Games 5 6% 2. Television 20 25% 3. Print Media 3 4% 4. Internet 8 10% 5. Combination of above 42 53% 6. No interest 1 1% Total Votes: 79 May 28, 2004: The women's world record for the mile is 4.12.56 set by Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996. Will a woman ever break 4 minutes for the mile? Answers Votes Percent 1. Never 22 21% 2. 50 years 8 8% 3. 25 years 20 19% 4. 10 years 23 22% 5. 5 years 7 7% 6. 1 - 4 years 25 24% Total Votes: 105 May 21, 2004: Should Transgender Athletes Be Eligible for the Olympics? Answers Votes Percent 1. No 94 93% 2. Yes 3 3% 3. No opinion 4 4% Total Votes: 101 May 14, 2004: What is the probability of terrorist attacks at the Athens Olympics? Answers Votes Percent 1. Zero to 9% 17 16% 2. 10 to 24% 17 16% 3. 25 to 39% 13 13% 4. 40 to 54% 12 12% 5. 55 to 69% 7 7% 6. 70 to 84% 9 9% 7. 85 to 99% 6 6% 8. 100% 23 22% Total Votes: 104 May 7, 2004: "Do you believe Marion Jones has taken illegal performance enhancing substances?" The results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. No 22 18% 2. Yes 70 58% 3. Don't care 20 17% 4. No opinion 8 7% Total Votes: 120 April 30, 2004: "Do you stretch?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Before exercise. 9 7% 2. After exercise. 33 27% 3. Before and after exercise. 53 43% 4. On occasion only. 22 18% 5. Never. 6 5% Total Votes: 123 April 23, 2004: Which marathon has the greatest stature? Answers Votes Percent 1. Boston 73 59% 2. London 18 15% 3. New York 3 2% 4. Olympic 28 23% 5. World Championship 1 1% 6. Other 1 1% Total Votes: 124 April 16, 2004: What is your favourite drink after a race or hard workout? Answers Votes Percent 1. Beer 20 17% 2. Juice 15 13% 3. Soft drink 4 3% 4. Sports drink 31 26% 5. Water 44 38% 6. Other 3 3% Total Votes: 117 April 9, 2004: What is your 'coach' status? Answers Votes Percent 1. In person coach 11 15% 2. Internet coach 2 3% 3. Internet program 2 3% 4. Peer group 3 4% 5. Self coached 45 60% 6. Combination of above 12 16% Total Votes: 75 April 2, 2004: What is you all-time personal best marathon time? Answers Votes Percent 1. Never run one 43 26% 2. Sub 2:20 5 3% 3. 2:20 to 2:30 8 5% 4. 2:30 to 2:40 5 3% 5. 2:40 to 2:50 24 15% 6. 2:50 to 3:00 12 7% 7. 3:00 to 3:20 22 13% 8. 3:20 to 3:40 14 9% 9. 3:40 to 4:00 15 9% 10. 4:00 Plus 15 9% Total Votes: 163 March 26, 2004: Which of the following marathons would you run if you had an unlimited amount of time to train and cost was not an issue? Answers Votes Percent 1. Berlin 21 8% 2. Boston 47 18% 3. Chicago 20 7% 4. Honolulu 39 15% 5. London 46 17% 6. Los Angeles 17 6% 7. Marine Corps 13 5% 8. National Capital (Ottawa) 17 6% 9. New York 26 10% 10. Rotterdam 21 8% Total Votes: 267 March 19, 2004: Which of the following distance running events is the most demanding? Answers Votes Percent 1. 1500M / Mile 12 10% 2. 3000M Steeplechase 10 8% 3. 5000M/10000M 6 5% 4. Marathon 65 52% 5. Cross-Country 33 26% Total Votes: 126 March 12, 2004: What was your level of interest in the recent World Indoor Athletics Championships? Answers Votes Percent 1. Very high 28 31% 2. High 7 8% 3. Moderate 14 16% 4. Slight 15 17% 5. No interest 26 29% Total Votes: 90 March 5, 2004: No Poll This Week February 27, 2004: How should Olympic athletes be selected? Answers Votes Percent 1. A formula based on performance over a year 32 28% 2. Multiple trials events 42 37% 3. One trials event 37 33% 4. Picked by the coaches 2 2% Total Votes: 113 February 20, 2004: When did you set your last PR (Personal Record)? Answers Votes Percent 1. 2003 - 2004 34 38% 2. 2 years ago 6 7% 3. 3 years ago 4 4% 4. 4 years ago 1 1% 5. 5 years ago 4 4% 6. 10 years ago 10 11% 7. 20+ years ago! 30 34% Total Votes: 89 February 13, 2004: What was the greatest running achievement(s) of all time? Answers Votes Percent 1. Emil Zatopek wins the 5K, 10K and Marathon at the 1952 Olympics 65 29% 2. Roger Bannister breaks 4 minutes for the mile 46 20% 3. Abebe Bikila wins the 1960 and 1964 Olympic Marathons 18 8% 4. Lasse Viren wins the 5K and 10K in 1972 and 1976 Olympics 27 12% 5. Flo Jo runs 10.49 in the 1988 U.S. Olympic Trials 18 8% 6. Joan Samuelson wins the first Women's Olympic Marathon 24 11% 7. Michael Johnson runs 19.32 in the 1996 OIympics 27 12% Total Votes: 225 February 6, 2004: What is the toughest feat to accomplish in track and field? Answers Votes Percent 1. Sub-10 seconds for 100m 10 8% 2. Sub-4 minutes for the mile 9 7% 3. Sub-13 minutes for 5km 29 23% 4. Sub-2 hours, 10 minutes in the marathon 35 28% 5. Pole vault 6m+ 14 11% 6. Shot put 20m+ 2 2% 7. Score 8500+ points in the decathlon 16 13% 8. Run the steeplechase sub 8:30 2 2% 9. Throw the javelin 80m+ 3 2% 10. Triple jump 17m+ 5 4% Total Votes: 125 January 30, 2004: "Which category of athlete are you?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Elite 11 11% 2. Fitness 29 29% 3. Recreational 13 13% 4. Recreational - competitive 46 46% 5. Other ? 1 1% Total Votes: 100 January 23, 2004: Which shoe(s) are your favourites?" Answers Votes Percent 1. adidas 37 11% 2. Asics 46 13% 3. Brooks 25 7% 4. Fila 17 5% 5. Mizuno 32 9% 6. New Balance 55 16% 7. Nike 46 13% 8. Reebok 25 7% 9. Saucony 49 14% 10. Avia, Diadora, Etonic, Puma, Other 18 5% Total Votes: 350 January 16, 2004: "What is an acceptable level of the use of drugs in sports?" Answers Votes Percent 1. There is no acceptable level 104 90% 2. <10% 5 4% 3. 10 to 30% 1 1% 4. 31 to 50% 1 1% 5. 51 to 70% 0 0% 6. 71 to 90% 0 0% 7. 100% 4 3% Total Votes: 115 January 9, 2004: "Which events will you do in 2004?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Adventure race 16 7% 2. Cycling (road race) 19 8% 3. Cycling (mountain biking) 15 6% 4. Ironman Triathlon 26 11% 5. Marathon 56 23% 6. Road race (non-marathon) 65 27% 7. Triathlon (Olympic or sprint) 45 19% Total Votes: 242 December 19, 2003: "What was your favourite athletic moment(s) of 2003?" Answers Votes Percent 1. Cycling: Lance Armstrong's 5th TDF win 72 33% 2. Marathon: Paula Radcliffe's new marathon record 68 32% 3. Ironman: Peter Reid and Lori Bowden win Hawaii 39 18% 4. Athletics: IAAF Championships in Paris 6 3% 5. Marathon: Paul Tergat's new marathon record 20 9% 6. Triathlon: Emma Snowsill's ITU Championship win 7 3% 7. Athletics: Talk of a re-run of the Seoul Olympics 100M 3 1% Total Votes: 215 December 12, 2003: "What are the chances of Lance Armstrong winning the 2004 Tour de France?" Answers Votes Percent 1. 100% 1413% 2. 90% 2321% 3. 80% 1917% 4. 70% 2018% 5. 60% 44% 6. 50% 1614% 7. 40% 55% 8. 30% 22% 9. 20% 11% 10. 10% or less 76% Total Votes: 111 December 5, 2003: Which of the following runner(s) has made the greatest contribution towards the marathon? Answers Votes Percent 1. Joan Benoit (Samuelson) 15 11% 2. Khalid Khannouchi 1 1% 3. Paula Radcliffe 43 32% 4. Bill Rodgers 22 16% 5. Frank Shorter 37 27% 6. Kathrine Switzer 18 13% Total Votes: 136 November 28, 2003: Which of the following event or events will be your primary focus for 2004? Th results at publication time were: Answers Votes Percent 1. Adventure Racing 4 3% 2. Bike Road Racing 7 5% 3. Duathlon 17 11% 4. Ironman Triathlon 19 13% 5. Marathon 33 22% 6. Mountain Bike Racing 8 5% 7. Olympic Distance Triathlon 16 11% 8. Running Road Racing 48 32% Total Votes: 152 November 21, 2003: Vote for your "Athlete of the Year" Answers Votes Percent 1. Lance Armstrong 45 27% 2. Greg Bennett 2 1% 3. Lori Bowden 7 4% 4. Hicham el-Gerrouj 5 3% 5. Barb Lindquist 4 2% 6. Paula Radcliffe 70 43% 7. Peter Reid 11 7% 8. Paul Tergat 20 12% Total Votes: 164 November 14, 2003: Which sport has the greatest drug problem? 1. Athletics (Track & Field) 29 23% 2. Baseball 20 16% 3. Basketball 1 1% 4. Cycling 30 24% 5. Football 36 29% 6. Hockey 2 2% 7. Soccer 2 2% 8. Swimming 4 3% Total Votes: 124 November 7, 2003: The difference between the men's and women's world 'records' for the marathon is currently 10 minutes and thirty seconds (2:04:55 - 2:15:25). What do you think this difference will become over the next ten years? 1. Stay at 10:30 18 16% 2. < 10 minutes 14 13% 3. < 9 minutes 12 11% 4. < 8 minutes 14 13% 5. < 7 minutes 33 29% 6. < 6 minutes 3 3% 7. < 5 minutes 10 9% 8. < 4 minutes 3 3% 9. < 3 minutes 1 1% 10. < 2 minutes 4 4% Total Votes: 112 October 31, 2003: "What City do you think should win the 2012 Olympic Games?" The results at publication time were: 1. Havana 8 6% 2. Istanbul 3 2% 3. Leipzig 4 3% 4. London 45 36% 5. Madrid 6 5% 6. Moscow 1 1% 7. New York 23 18% 8. Paris 9 7% 9. Rio 16 13% 10. No opinion, don't care 11 9% Total Votes: 126 October 24, 2003: "Will sport ever rid itself of drug cheats?" 1. Yes 6 7% 2. No 77 93% 3. No opinion, don't care 0 0% Total Votes: 83 October 17, 2003: Where do you do the majority of your winter training? [multiple choices allowed] 1. Outdoors 97 51% 2. Indoor track 20 10% 3. Treadmill 39 20% 4. Wind Trainer 9 5% 5. Stationary bike 25 13% 6. Rollers 1 1% Total Votes: 191 Total Votes: 191 October 10, 2003: In the past 20+ years the men's marathon best time has progressed from 2:08:28 (Derek Clayton) to Paul Tergat's recent 2:04:55. What do you think the men's best time will get under over the next 20 years? 1. Sub 2:04 20 18% 2. Sub 2:03 27 24% 3. Sub 2:02 23 21% 4. Sub 2:01 7 6% 5. Sub 2:00 !! 35 31% Total Votes: 112 October 3, 2003: Which of the following magazines would you rank the highest? 1. Runner's World 38% 43 2. Running Times 22% 25 3. Triathlete Magazine 14% 16 4. Inside Triathlon 6% 7 5. 220 Magazine 7% 8 6. Other 13% 15 Total Votes: 114 | Top of Runner's Web Triathlon Voting Booth Page | | FrontPage |