Running club in awe of 3:27 marathon guy, rate these times LRC style

Like this one best -

36 yo female, 40:40 10K

25 Year old female run 3:07....That's 30+ minutes under her BQ (Women have it pretty easy)

Well what are your times? Is he the fastest guy in the club? Those other times you mentioned can't be from your club.

Judger of Time wrote:

Rate these times LRC style, like I know you will - fast/legit, decent, laughable

Why? So we can all feel superior? WOT. No thanks.

Sounds like he is well liked and has developed friendships in the club and they are happy for him that he reachied his goals. You may run faster and are jealous he gets more attention. People in running clubs generally are supportive of each other.

22 yo male, 3:27 marathon - fun jog, probably had a great time with buddies

26 yo male, 2:54 marathon and former college runner - same as above

29 yo male, 3:45 marathon - good for you, man. Keep running.

25 yo female, 3:07 marathon and former college runner - solid day, could be really good if was serious

40 yo male, 3:07 marathon - another solid day. Typical Higdon plan follower. no shame there

50 yo male, 3:45 marathon - eleventieth marathon of the year for him. Tough old dude.

28 yo male, 19:45 5k - missed AG pie by 40 seconds. Stayed to hit on soccer moms

36 yo female, 40:40 10K - Her friends don't believe it. They're all meeting up for margaritas at Friday's later. They secretly hate her.

34 yo female, 1:47 1/2 marathon[/quote] - Into Shakeology. Has weird skin - like Kendra whatsername.

Why are they in "awe" of this time when they have a guy 33 minutes faster, and a woman and 40 year old man 20 minutes faster? Sounds like they're just being supportive to someone who is probably a newer runner.

Judger of Time wrote:

So my running club (shut up) is in awe of a 22 year old guy who just ran a 3:27 marathon. The only person people respect more is the guy with high socks who cranks out ultras but can't break 44 in a 10K.

Rate these times LRC style, like I know you will - fast/legit, decent, laughable

The guy above

26 yo male, 2:54 marathon and former college runner

29 yo male, 3:45 marathon

25 yo female, 3:07 marathon and former college runner

40 yo male, 3:07 marathon

50 yo male, 3:45 marathon

28 yo male, 19:45 5k

36 yo female, 40:40 10K

34 yo female, 1:47 1/2 marathon

The only time that is worth sh:t is the 3:07 female and even that is not great for someone we ran in college. The 40:40 female is second best but can only be considered decent if she took up running in her 30s or this is a post-pregnancy PR.

Judger of Time wrote:

So my running club (shut up) is in awe of a 22 year old guy who just ran a 3:27 marathon. The only person people respect more is the guy with high socks who cranks out ultras but can't break 44 in a 10K.

Rate these times LRC style, like I know you will - fast/legit, decent, laughable

The guy above

26 yo male, 2:54 marathon and former college runner

29 yo male, 3:45 marathon

25 yo female, 3:07 marathon and former college runner

40 yo male, 3:07 marathon

50 yo male, 3:45 marathon

28 yo male, 19:45 5k

36 yo female, 40:40 10K

34 yo female, 1:47 1/2 marathon

I have no idea why you created a thread.

Pictures of the 25 year old female so I can do a better analysis.

You have hit on something here.

The more casual running clubs are more focused on being supportive. They are going to take good runners somewhat for granted ("oh sure, Fast John ran another 250 marathon, who cares"). They can't relate to you since they only run for fun. They see you as uptight because you care about mile splits, even though that is something that most competitive runners care about.

Meanwhile they will be very supportive of

1. First timers/less skilled runners (like them)

2. People who talk about running incessantly and post pictures of the club's runs all over social media (perceive this as flattering/running "means a lot" to them)

3. Old people who still run, like the 55 year old mom who wears a fuel belt with 4 bottles for a half marathon.

4. People who run ultras, or in the rain (perceived as hardcore "crazy" runners).

But if you're a former competitive runner looking for comraderie in a laid back running club you can forget it.

flying flight lilght wrote:

Pictures of the 25 year old female so I can do a better analysis.

Yes, this.

This is a hobby jogging club

Hobby jogger spotter wrote:

This is a hobby jogging club

^ ...and the local imbecile has just barged into this thread.

The obvious answer wrote:

Judger of Time wrote:

So my running club (shut up) is in awe of a 22 year old guy who just ran a 3:27 marathon. The only person people respect more is the guy with high socks who cranks out ultras but can't break 44 in a 10K.

Rate these times LRC style, like I know you will - fast/legit, decent, laughable

The guy above

26 yo male, 2:54 marathon and former college runner

29 yo male, 3:45 marathon

25 yo female, 3:07 marathon and former college runner

40 yo male, 3:07 marathon

50 yo male, 3:45 marathon

28 yo male, 19:45 5k

36 yo female, 40:40 10K

34 yo female, 1:47 1/2 marathon

The only time that is worth sh:t is the 3:07 female and even that is not great for someone we ran in college. The 40:40 female is second best but can only be considered decent if she took up running in her 30s or this is a post-pregnancy PR.

3:07 @ 25 is worth 72% age grade. 40:40 @ 36 is 75%. The latter is certainly more impressive, especially if the 25 yr old is a former college runner and the 36 yr old is someone who started running as an adult.

(2:54 for 26 yr old male is 70%. But a former college runner should do better than that.)

E. Bonix wrote:

Hobby jogger spotter wrote:

This is a hobby jogging club

^ ...and the local imbecile has just barged into this thread.

^ ...and the local 4 hour marathoner who is training for marathon number 6 this year but can't figure out why he can't get faster and takes offense at the truth, has barged into this thread.

Age grade for all the other people.

3:22 @ 22M -- 60.87%

3:45 @ 29M-- 54.64%

3:07 @ 40M -- 67.61%

3:45 @ 50M -- 60.98%

19:45 @ 28M -- 65.74%

1:47 @ 34F -- 61.36%

Other than the 2nd guy, those are decent hobby jogger times.

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Accurate wrote:

E. Bonix wrote:

^ ...and the local imbecile has just barged into this thread.

^ ...and the local 4 hour marathoner who is training for marathon number 6 this year but can't figure out why he can't get faster and takes offense at the truth, has barged into this thread.

Don't guess, gentle dork. Now you look even worse.