What time do you have to run in the marathon to not be considered a hobby jogger?

The time's irrelevant. Asking the question itself is enough to confirm hobbyjogger status.

Sub 3 hours for men. Sub 3:30 for women. My personal standards.

For it to be other than a hobby you need to be a pro. Sub-2:20 for men might get you to a point where you can get free shoes but no real sponsorship (a semi-pro but still a hobby). Can a 2:14 guy make a living with no other job? Maybe. Sub-2:10 for sure can be a pro.

Your not me

Sorry wrong thread. Having trouble with this device.

If you are telling a non-runner your time, just entering a marathon is enough to make you not a hobby jogger

If you telling a runner, you must be no more than 15% slower than the runners marathon pb for them to not consider you a hobby jogger

The cut off is OT Qualifiers.

Time is irrelevant.

If you paid to enter the race, you are a hobby jogger.

this is pretty simple wrote:

Time is irrelevant.

If you paid to enter the race, you are a hobby jogger.

This. Almost.

This answer gets to the heart of the question, but incorrectly assumes there are only 2 designations. Don't forget about the 3rd and most important: Hobby Runners.

In order to be considered a Hobby Runner (and not a Hobby Jogger, as the OP asked), one must run a marathon under 3hrs 3mins for men and under 3hrs 29mins for women.

Banana Beard wrote:

The time's irrelevant. Asking the question itself is enough to confirm hobbyjogger status.

I know what side of the line I'm on, just curious how far I am from the border.

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're elite!

Everyone's mentality wrote:

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're elite!

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're lying about your PR's.

Everyone's mentality wrote:

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're elite!

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're doping.

Whatever time it gets to get a shoe sponsor. So if you're a US citizen that is about a 2:13.

fixed that for you wrote:

Everyone's mentality wrote:

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're elite!

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster then me you're doping.

If you're slower than me you're a hobby jogger. if you're faster than me you're doping.

Fast enough to get a shoe deal wrote:

Whatever time it gets to get a shoe sponsor. So if you're a US citizen that is about a 2:13.

Exactly. The requisite time could be quite slow compared to the superstar. For example, if you live in a non-competitive country with a strong olympic development program, a relatively slow time will suffice. If you're Kenyan, you better be good enough to actually win substantial prize money (because national and corporate sponsors won't support Kenyans unable to podium). The US will be somewhere in between those two cases.

sub 2:04, maybe sub 2:03, soon probably sub 2:02

Depends on who you are speaking with, however, fundamentally the fact that you care what others think makes you weak. Worse, the type of person who uses the term "hobby jogger" to describe someone is weak. Caring what a weak person thinks of you is pathetic. Grow a pair, train hard and run.

by whom? wrote:

Depends on who you are speaking with, however, fundamentally the fact that you care what others think makes you weak. Worse, the type of person who uses the term "hobby jogger" to describe someone is weak. Caring what a weak person thinks of you is pathetic. Grow a pair, train hard and run.

Yeah, grow a pair man, or women, or whatever you are b/c I don't assume genders!