For some hiring managers and bosses, they view hiring an athlete obsessed with extreme fitness in the workplace (such as competing in marathons and triathlons outside of work) as a negative because they may think that person is too obsessed with personal fitness goals and not that interested in actually doing the job. (Actually Looking back at my first career this was me.) But I would not want to work for one of these companies lol
Watching a lot of running influencers it seems like there are a lot of runners in their mid to late twenties who are afraid to admit that their time has passed. So many running influencers seem like they’re using distance running to live an immature lifestyle and prolonged adolescence.
What is it about distance running that attracts these personalities?
Why do so many people give a sh&t about what other people do with their own lives and not mind their own business?
Watching a lot of running influencers it seems like there are a lot of runners in their mid to late twenties who are afraid to admit that their time has passed. So many running influencers seem like they’re using distance running to live an immature lifestyle and prolonged adolescence.
What is it about distance running that attracts these personalities?
Why do so many people give a sh&t about what other people do with their own lives and not mind their own business?
Running really isn’t that time consuming. People waste way more time staring at their phones. I can drop my kid off at soccer and run for an hour and a half and that’s way more than I need. If you run 1 hour a day that’s less than 10% of it. It’s actually an efficient form of exercise and can be done anywhere. I’ll keep running and still work, parent, and go on with my day.
It’s the guys in their late twenties who can’t stop talking about high school football
It’s the 40 year old men who are obsessed with the NCAAs
it’s the women who still watch the Kardashians and Love island even though they have kids and mortgage
it’s the guy who’s an adult who still plays video games ungodly hours of the day
It’s the idiots who complain about Disney movies in comments sections
Peter Pan syndrome lives in everyone, you’re not special, think about what you hold onto from your childhood or formative years, I’m sure there’s something.
Running really isn’t that time consuming. People waste way more time staring at their phones. I can drop my kid off at soccer and run for an hour and a half and that’s way more than I need. If you run 1 hour a day that’s less than 10% of it. It’s actually an efficient form of exercise and can be done anywhere. I’ll keep running and still work, parent, and go on with my day.
Congrats you're the exact person that this thread is NOT talking about.
Watching a lot of running influencers it seems like there are a lot of runners in their mid to late twenties who are afraid to admit that their time has passed. So many running influencers seem like they’re using distance running to live an immature lifestyle and prolonged adolescence.
What is it about distance running that attracts these personalities?
Maybe some people don’t dream of 9-5 labor for 40+ years. If I could find an alternative I’d probably take it. More power to them.
Watching a lot of running influencers it seems like there are a lot of runners in their mid to late twenties who are afraid to admit that their time has passed. So many running influencers seem like they’re using distance running to live an immature lifestyle and prolonged adolescence.
What is it about distance running that attracts these personalities?
Because distance runners are entitled weirdos who are completely out of touch with reality. Then when they finally decide to stop living the pipe dream, they become coaches and project all those issues onto the athletes that they coach.
I think it’s because most runners are soft upper class white people. They are self-absorbed and believe everything should be given to them because they are such a great people. They are confused and angry, that the world doesn’t seem to work that way.
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I'll also say that its a culture shock for many to have something so closely tied to their identity suddenly not matter as much. I know I struggled with this post college. When you're in high school and college running is seen as a big deal to your peers, parents, and most people around you. You win awards, get scholarship for college, and have special perks being a D1 athlete. Then you graduate and that's all gone. Its really hard to switch the mentality of running not being the number 1 priority when its all you knew for years.
This is a great point, I went through the same thing. Looking back, i realize I was depressed for a couple of years after college because of losing that identity.
College athletic programs should really have some type of exit counseling for graduating student athletes.
I think this thread is triggering a lot of people (myself included) in various ways, good and bad, because it hits us at the root of our identities...and it brings up a lot of emotions.
Watching a lot of running influencers it seems like there are a lot of runners in their mid to late twenties who are afraid to admit that their time has passed. So many running influencers seem like they’re using distance running to live an immature lifestyle and prolonged adolescence.
What is it about distance running that attracts these personalities?
Maybe some people don’t dream of 9-5 labor for 40+ years. If I could find an alternative I’d probably take it. More power to them.
So many people my age are realizing they can't/won't stay in jobs for 30 years--even if they could--earning potential is better if they move every 5-6 years or so and move up. If you stay at one company for 30 years it's a rarity.
A lot of my generation (Xennials--late Xers and early Millennials) are in the 9-to-5 slog where they have young kids or just starting out and retirement seems so far away (25-30 years from now).
Because distance runners are entitled weirdos who are completely out of touch with reality. Then when they finally decide to stop living the pipe dream, they become coaches and project all those issues onto the athletes that they coach.
I think it’s because most runners are soft upper class white people. They are self-absorbed and believe everything should be given to them because they are such a great people. They are confused and angry, that the world doesn’t seem to work that way.
Yikes, that's a huge generalization there...many runners deal with their own issues that the public doesn't face, on the flip side.
Exactly. I made the same point a few pages ago.. look at any "fun" job and you will find a small percentage of people that are living hand to mouth trying to make it work.
When you see people in the music business, photographers, fitness trainers, mid-tier athletes, ski instructors, tennis/golf pros... often all their bills are still being paid by their parents, or maybe they have a spouse that pulls down big $.
Or maybe they've learned to get by on less.
I guess you didnt read the part where I specifically stated "a small percentage of people are living hand to mouth trying to make it work."
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