I was a mediocre track and field athlete and chose an easy degree so I’d have more time to train. I never made it to the pros, and now I’m stuck working as a coach, earning minimum wage. I can’t find a good job, I’m struggling financially, and I regret the choices I made with my life.
Dunno man.
Do you love running? Does it make you excited and passionate? Do you look forward to your job? Does it make you smile?
You could be clocking into a 50 hour a week corporate job of looking at excel, dealing with grief, bored to tears, answering an endless stream of emails.
I wish I could be a coach, but no-one wants me to help unlock the secrets of a 47 minute 10k or 1:25 10 mile
I was a mediocre track and field athlete and chose an easy degree so I’d have more time to train. I never made it to the pros, and now I’m stuck working as a coach, earning minimum wage. I can’t find a good job, I’m struggling financially, and I regret the choices I made with my life.
Dunno man.
Do you love running? Does it make you excited and passionate? Do you look forward to your job? Does it make you smile?
You could be clocking into a 50 hour a week corporate job of looking at excel, dealing with grief, bored to tears, answering an endless stream of emails.
I wish I could be a coach, but no-one wants me to help unlock the secrets of a 47 minute 10k or 1:25 10 mile
Do you love running? Does it make you excited and passionate? Do you look forward to your job? Does it make you smile?
You could be clocking into a 50 hour a week corporate job of looking at excel, dealing with grief, bored to tears, answering an endless stream of emails.
I wish I could be a coach, but no-one wants me to help unlock the secrets of a 47 minute 10k or 1:25 10 mile
Go work for TSMC in Tuscon. They need all the help they can building semiconductors. China could take Taiwan and its semiconductors in the near future. for https://www.tsmc.com/static/abouttsmcaz/index.htm
I was a mediocre track and field athlete and chose an easy degree so I’d have more time to train. I never made it to the pros, and now I’m stuck working as a coach, earning minimum wage. I can’t find a good job, I’m struggling financially, and I regret the choices I made with my life.
Assuming your thread isn’t a troll thread, in fact I just thought of something. Let’s have troll be variable T, and X be whatever the response is if the constant T was subtracted from it. In other words we will just act as though the thread question is real, and we are just eliminating the possibility of it being fictitious.
So,
Thread Reply= X-T.
Seems like a fair equation to write as a heading in a reply post from now on.
Anyway, I think you have found that running and coaching are not life fulfilling. My advice would be to just take a risk and apply for maybe two easy entry level jobs just to get out of doing something you hate. For instance Uber driving and food delivery. The pay will be variable but still dependable because of high demand and you can set your own schedule. There will be big tip opportunities occasionally. Take a weekend bartending or waiting job. These are jobs that will give you stable pay and just a way to get out of coaching until you find something you are passionate for. They are just temporary but robust enough to give you options. Avoid cashiering and fixed pay checks with no options.
I was a mediocre track and field athlete and chose an easy degree so I’d have more time to train. I never made it to the pros, and now I’m stuck working as a coach, earning minimum wage. I can’t find a good job, I’m struggling financially, and I regret the choices I made with my life.
Assuming your thread isn’t a troll thread, in fact I just thought of something. Let’s have troll be variable T, and X be whatever the response is if the constant T was subtracted from it. In other words we will just act as though the thread question is real, and we are just eliminating the possibility of it being fictitious.
So,
Thread Reply= X-T.
Seems like a fair equation to write as a heading in a reply post from now on.
Anyway, I think you have found that running and coaching are not life fulfilling. My advice would be to just take a risk and apply for maybe two easy entry level jobs just to get out of doing something you hate. For instance Uber driving and food delivery. The pay will be variable but still dependable because of high demand and you can set your own schedule. There will be big tip opportunities occasionally. Take a weekend bartending or waiting job. These are jobs that will give you stable pay and just a way to get out of coaching until you find something you are passionate for. They are just temporary but robust enough to give you options. Avoid cashiering and fixed pay checks with no options.
To add, if you still seriously train, my advice would be to quit. You’ll find a healthier exercise routine through; moderate to heavy few reps barbell weight training, long brisk walks or hiking, recreational sports, some swimming and biking. The key with all of these exercises is to avoid a middle way moderate approach. Take walking easy and don’t exert. Same with swimming or biking. Maybe one moderate intensity aerobic workout per week. Never red-line again. Protein rich and vitamins rich foods with no sugar whatsoever and two days per week for the weightlifting. Follow these guidelines and you’ll be out of your funk in no time.
You may be happier coaching as a private coach on the side and not a coach dictated by the insane stifling insensible policies of the public school system. 2 jobs with flexibility, coaching gig for enthusiastic athletes on the side, and new exercise approach. You’ll be happier in weeks.
Your first mistake was thinking running was a sport. And it all snowballed from there.
Aren't semi-pro Japanese runners part-time deskies for corporations. Why can't corporations like Target/Home-Depot do that in America? And make a relay race. That is a sport.
But...Average Joe's play golf. Golf is a "sport". It is more socially accepted than running in America.
Join the military.Coast Guard is wanting 15,000 more people by 2028. Decent pay, rewarding missions, see cool places and fitness is taken pretty seriously (at least compared to any civilian job othe than fire fighters.)
Join the military.Coast Guard is wanting 15,000 more people by 2028. Decent pay, rewarding missions, see cool places and fitness is taken pretty seriously (at least compared to any civilian job othe than fire fighters.)
Meh. Slow and unpredictable promotions. The pay is not great, the missions are dangerous with little to no recognition for being accomplished, the places you go will be uncomfortable and unsanitary, and military fitness is calculated by group statistical averaging with no consideration of how the standardized exercises fit the individual’s health. Being in the military sucks. Trust me, I was in. Don’t join OP. There are probably a thousand better decisions you could make to get out of your situation before you should ever resort to joining the military. Life at Sea is selling it as a fun adventure. It isn’t. It’s hours of low paid unrecognized drudgery in dangerous and awful conditions. You’d be better off staying in your miserable current coaching job. Don’t do it.
I came from a similar background. I went to 5 different colleges in a 6-year period trying to chase the running dream. My high school PRs were 800m 2:02.32; 1600m 4:24.16; 3200m 9:19.66; and 5K xc 16:00.00. In college I ran 800m 1:52.05; 1500m 3:45.09; Mile 4:04.35; 5000m 14:17.05; and 10,000m 29:05.07, and didn’t complete my degree. I was convinced I was going to be a pro. By the summer of 2006 I was living with my sister in AZ 24 years old with zero plans, only that I was going to continue running. I went to OK to try and continue only to make stupid mistakes and screw that up. In December 2006 I ran a marathon in 2:23:16. Went back to AZ trained alone until I went to California to take care of legal crap and stayed on my dad’s boat in Marina Del Rey. I was working as a host for California Pizza Kitchen trying to save for a motorcycle with paychecks that were $350 every 2 weeks. I eventually said enough of this walked into a recruiter’s office and joined the military. I served 8 years of active duty and completed my bachelors, and master’s degrees. I was medically retired out in 2015 after a nearly fatal heart attack which indicated I probably would have been in a graveyard if I had kept training. I have worked for a DoD for 10 years now and have added 2 more master’s degrees to my academic qualifications along with multiple post graduate certifications. My wife is also DoD, and we have a household income of $225,000. However, we are looking into career changes to go from DoD to defense contractors. My wife has been recruited by a highly respected defense contracting company with an offer of $160K. I applied to keep our lives on a similar schedule and was offered a position at $145K. Which if we decide to take the positions will increase our household income to $305,000. My advice is if you’re not going to go pro let it go find something that will give you direction. The military is not for everyone I had to do it I desperately needed discipline and direction in my life and it has been the best thing for me. The military also provides a VA pension which assists in my medical costs and other things that I need such as security if something ever happened in which I was unable to work.
I came from a similar background. I went to 5 different colleges in a 6-year period trying to chase the running dream. My high school PRs were 800m 2:02.32; 1600m 4:24.16; 3200m 9:19.66; and 5K xc 16:00.00. In college I ran 800m 1:52.05; 1500m 3:45.09; Mile 4:04.35; 5000m 14:17.05; and 10,000m 29:05.07, and didn’t complete my degree. I was convinced I was going to be a pro. By the summer of 2006 I was living with my sister in AZ 24 years old with zero plans, only that I was going to continue running. I went to OK to try and continue only to make stupid mistakes and screw that up. In December 2006 I ran a marathon in 2:23:16. Went back to AZ trained alone until I went to California to take care of legal crap and stayed on my dad’s boat in Marina Del Rey. I was working as a host for California Pizza Kitchen trying to save for a motorcycle with paychecks that were $350 every 2 weeks. I eventually said enough of this walked into a recruiter’s office and joined the military. I served 8 years of active duty and completed my bachelors, and master’s degrees. I was medically retired out in 2015 after a nearly fatal heart attack which indicated I probably would have been in a graveyard if I had kept training. I have worked for a DoD for 10 years now and have added 2 more master’s degrees to my academic qualifications along with multiple post graduate certifications. My wife is also DoD, and we have a household income of $225,000. However, we are looking into career changes to go from DoD to defense contractors. My wife has been recruited by a highly respected defense contracting company with an offer of $160K. I applied to keep our lives on a similar schedule and was offered a position at $145K. Which if we decide to take the positions will increase our household income to $305,000. My advice is if you’re not going to go pro let it go find something that will give you direction. The military is not for everyone I had to do it I desperately needed discipline and direction in my life and it has been the best thing for me. The military also provides a VA pension which assists in my medical costs and other things that I need such as security if something ever happened in which I was unable to work.
^Must be vaxxed and kiss Jewish ass.
I quit my DoD corp job in 2021 because of hypocritical Zionists and corona vaccine mandate.
I came from a similar background. I went to 5 different colleges in a 6-year period trying to chase the running dream. My high school PRs were 800m 2:02.32; 1600m 4:24.16; 3200m 9:19.66; and 5K xc 16:00.00. In college I ran 800m 1:52.05; 1500m 3:45.09; Mile 4:04.35; 5000m 14:17.05; and 10,000m 29:05.07, and didn’t complete my degree. I was convinced I was going to be a pro. By the summer of 2006 I was living with my sister in AZ 24 years old with zero plans, only that I was going to continue running. I went to OK to try and continue only to make stupid mistakes and screw that up. In December 2006 I ran a marathon in 2:23:16. Went back to AZ trained alone until I went to California to take care of legal crap and stayed on my dad’s boat in Marina Del Rey. I was working as a host for California Pizza Kitchen trying to save for a motorcycle with paychecks that were $350 every 2 weeks. I eventually said enough of this walked into a recruiter’s office and joined the military. I served 8 years of active duty and completed my bachelors, and master’s degrees. I was medically retired out in 2015 after a nearly fatal heart attack which indicated I probably would have been in a graveyard if I had kept training. I have worked for a DoD for 10 years now and have added 2 more master’s degrees to my academic qualifications along with multiple post graduate certifications. My wife is also DoD, and we have a household income of $225,000. However, we are looking into career changes to go from DoD to defense contractors. My wife has been recruited by a highly respected defense contracting company with an offer of $160K. I applied to keep our lives on a similar schedule and was offered a position at $145K. Which if we decide to take the positions will increase our household income to $305,000. My advice is if you’re not going to go pro let it go find something that will give you direction. The military is not for everyone I had to do it I desperately needed discipline and direction in my life and it has been the best thing for me. The military also provides a VA pension which assists in my medical costs and other things that I need such as security if something ever happened in which I was unable to work.
^Must be vaxxed and kiss Jewish ass.
I quit my DoD corp job in 2021 because of hypocritical Zionists and corona vaccine mandate.
I was a mediocre track and field athlete and chose an easy degree so I’d have more time to train. I never made it to the pros, and now I’m stuck working as a coach, earning minimum wage. I can’t find a good job, I’m struggling financially, and I regret the choices I made with my life.
Join the military.Coast Guard is wanting 15,000 more people by 2028. Decent pay, rewarding missions, see cool places and fitness is taken pretty seriously (at least compared to any civilian job othe than fire fighters.)
Meh. Slow and unpredictable promotions. The pay is not great, the missions are dangerous with little to no recognition for being accomplished, the places you go will be uncomfortable and unsanitary, and military fitness is calculated by group statistical averaging with no consideration of how the standardized exercises fit the individual’s health. Being in the military sucks. Trust me, I was in. Don’t join OP. There are probably a thousand better decisions you could make to get out of your situation before you should ever resort to joining the military. Life at Sea is selling it as a fun adventure. It isn’t. It’s hours of low paid unrecognized drudgery in dangerous and awful conditions. You’d be better off staying in your miserable current coaching job. Don’t do it.
Damn this kinda disheartening. I'm a college runner hoping to join as an officer after, with a big reason why being fear of ending up like OP (no offense).
I was a mediocre track and field athlete and chose an easy degree so I’d have more time to train. I never made it to the pros, and now I’m stuck working as a coach, earning minimum wage. I can’t find a good job, I’m struggling financially, and I regret the choices I made with my life.