• Hopkinton
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 12:14PM - in reply to Want to be clear
      • Hopkinton
      • Want to be clear wrote:
        Everyone else who runs is a hobby jogger. Do I have that right?
        Since you asked, the answer is no.
    • 74 left dive
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 12:18PM - in reply to Want to be clear
      • 74 left dive
      • Genie appears and offers to grant the wish: 1 year of perfect training followed by 6 months of PRs at every event. Only caveat is that you die at the end of the 6th month

        Runners: accept the gift without question

        Joggers: pass and say no
    • Consider This
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 12:28PM - in reply to 74 left dive
      • Consider This
      • hobby jogger - noun, thought to have originated on the popular website letsrun.com in the early years of the 21st century - a term used to insult a distance running enthusiast who is not as accomplished in the sport as the speaker. Ex: "You're 5000 PR is 30 seconds slower than mine? You're such a hobby jogger!"
    • Randy Oldman
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 12:29PM - in reply to redux
      • Randy Oldman
      • What do you call the class of runner below hobby jogger?

        People who:

        - only run outside the 3 months of the year that the weather is perfect
        - show up for the workouts but never the long runs, because they're "no fun"
        - x-train on an elliptical because "it puts less pressure on the knees"
    • Evo
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 2:37PM - in reply to Want to be clear
      • Evo
      • To quote from Vivobarefoot:"Humans naturally display three forms of locomotion: walking, running and sprinting." "Jogging is a modern invention. In fact, it only began to gain popularity in the 1960’s, around the same time as padded running shoes were becoming more common."
        So the question of who is a jogger is a question of form. That running should be a hobby (enjoyable) isn't a negative. Just because the word can be attached to stamp collectors and train spotters doesn't make it derogatory.
        On this basis I am a hobby runner.
    • this thread is all about me
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 4:59PM - in reply to Turbo breaks it down
      • this thread is all about me
      • Turbo breaks it down wrote:
        Letsrun:
        10% has beens
        40% never weres
        50% hobby joggers
        Dude, I consider myself a "never was has been hobbyjogger" so your %'s have to add up to MORE than 100%.

        Randy,

        I don't consider myself less than a hobbyjogger (see above) even though I only run when the weather is nice, I only run twice a week (15-20 miles each run) and I ELIPTICAL the other days. You are describing a fitness enthusiast, not a less than hobbyjogger.
    • a not even for hobby jogger
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 5:46PM - in reply to Want to be clear
      • a not even for hobby jogger
      • Its vitally important to find a way to put a bunch of people down. How dare they do something that makes them happy and helps their heath? They are only a hair better than rapists, mass murderers and such! Come on, lets come up with a harder hitting label!
    • Call me whatever...
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 6:41PM - in reply to Absolute value
      • Call me whatever...
      • Absolute value wrote:
        It cannot be defined in absolute terms
        This.

        Every sport and activity and religion has those who think they are the "true believers" and want to mark others as mere pretenders, dabblers, etc. And every sport and activity and religion also has people who view themselves as speaking for the common person and labels the True Believers as snobs, elitists, etc. Whatever anyone calls my particular take on "running" or "jogging" or "hobby jogging," I won't stop doing it. But it's always interesting to see the different ways people define "it." Whatever "it" is.
    • Bell Lapper
    • tom petty and heartcrackers
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 10:03PM - in reply to Bell Lapper
      • tom petty and heartcrackers
      • hobby jogger a person who:

        1. runs less than 5 times a week.
        2. enters races for the social aspect of it.
        3. follows any kind of "couch to 5k/10k/marathon program
        4. wears an Ipod during a race.
        5. admires Dean K.
        6. has vibrams
        7. thinks you can get in "race shape" by going spin class
        8. puts 13.1 or 26.2 stickers on their cars that literally walked either
    • coach d
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 10:20PM - in reply to Absolute value
      • coach d
      • The Urban Dictionary version:


        Term of mild abuse describing recreational runners. Normally invoked by more experienced and accomplished athletes.

        I watched the New York Marathon on TV last week and after the first couple of hundred went by it was wall to wall hobbyjoggers.
        If you are not:

        (a) A professional athlete making his living of sponsorship, appearance, and/or prize money;
        (b) A D1 athlete receiving full/partial sponsorship money for competing;
        (c) A coach of (a) or (b) for pay...

        you ARE a "hobby jogger" and you are not any better than any others out there. The only people I see using such a term are wannabe non-elites with ego/attitude issues. I have never heard of ANY true professional/elite athlete using such as term.
    • I am not
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/5/2012 11:29PM - in reply to Want to be clear
      • I am not
      • I am 13
        I train 1-2 hours a day, running 4 days a week, cross training twice a week
        I love to run
        I am very competetive
        I am not a hobby jogger.

        I think a hobby jogger runs to stay in shape, but a competetive runner runs to win or for time.
    • the smartest letsrunner
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/6/2012 6:33AM - in reply to I am not
      • the smartest letsrunner
      • I am not wrote:
        I think a hobby jogger runs to stay in shape, but a competetive runner runs to win or for time.
        Smartest answer all day. From the 13 year-old.
    • Ralphie!
      • RE: Definition of a hobby jogger 2/6/2012 8:48AM - in reply to lamb cannon
      • Ralphie!
      • We need a good term to describe threads like these... If letsrun went on Rickey Lake it would have probably sounded like this. I never knew jogging was such a dirty word!