Jesus, I'm turning 40 next October and I think I'm trying on my "cranky old f***er" face. I need coffee.
Jesus, I'm turning 40 next October and I think I'm trying on my "cranky old f***er" face. I need coffee.
Picayune wrote:
You get a fuelbelt DING
You take the fuelbelt on any run that's longer than 2 miles
You regularly post on daily, weekly, and monthly training threads or you post all your training on a personal blog
You wear more than 3 different pair of running shoes in a typical week DING
You wear armwarmers because you saw elites wearing them DING
You wear compression gear because you saw elites wearing it DING
You own a Boston jacket
You desperately want an age group award
You post lengthy race reports to your blog or running forums for 18:00+ 5k's
Your post-race meal is a burger and a beer DING
You care about what shirt a race gives out DING
You care about what's in the swag bag a race gives out
You care about the post-race food at a race DING
You have a Garmin DING
You use the term "training tool" (anyone who does is the real tool) DING
You have ever used the word "smileage"
You have ever read a Penguin column and agreed
What have I missed?
Noted all those that I meet. 14:40 5k, 4:10 mile.
Very believable on this site.
Yes, I definitely qualify as a hobbyjogger. Extremely entertaining thread!
Personal bests:
800m - 1:52
1500m - 3:53
Your race pace is now slower than your easy pace 20 years ago.
you know you're a dick-head runner when...you constantly critique other runners who do things a little differently than yourself.
Honestly, can someone please tell me what the hell "smileage" is. If this was already discussed, I apologize, I got tired of reading all the defensive insecure hobbyjoggers trying to make the OP (and supporters) feel bad or...or insensitive or...whatever. Someone just tell me what smileage is.
Someone post all of these on Joggersworld!
And hell yeah, I kind of like people knowing I qualified for Boston. I was a sprinter my whole life and qualified my first time trying out the marathon. Is there something wrong with being proud about that?
Of course not. Just as there's nothing wrong with being proud of graduating from high school or playing "Chopsticks" perfectly on piano. Or a lifelong distance runner breaking 16 seconds in the 100.
Congratulations on qualifying for Boston. Walk proud.
Boston pride wrote:
Of course not. Just as there's nothing wrong with being proud of graduating from high school or playing "Chopsticks" perfectly on piano. Or a lifelong distance runner breaking 16 seconds in the 100.
Congratulations on qualifying for Boston. Walk proud.
Post of the day AND point of discussion!
this thread is the anti-douchetits
hey guys come on now, RunnersWorld is AWESOME. I can't tell you the amount of great advice I've gotten of of that site. Have any of you checked out the beginner's forum. Didn't think so. You could learn a thing or two from REAL RUNNERS AND THEIR RACE REPORTS.
Here check out some of these great threads. I guarentee you'll learn a thing or two:
http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/beginners/running-race-camera-1
http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/beginners/dns-not-dns
http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/beginners/help-19
I am simply speechless after looking at that first link.
You have never read a running book.
You have not read any book of any kind since getting thrown out of high school.
The only book in your house is the phone book.
Runnersworlder wrote:
Here check out some of these great threads. I guarentee you'll learn a thing or two:
http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/beginners/running-race-camera-1http://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/beginners/dns-not-dnshttp://www.runnersworld.com/community/forums/runner-communities/beginners/help-19
Ho-lee crap. People are lugging cameras to document their "races?" And to think that at some point, some poor saps have to feign interest in the jogger/photographer's snaps.
For some reason I am reminded of a coworker who ran the Boston several years back and penned a mile-by-mile account. Ten pages of it, emailed out to the entire department. Perhaps the weirdest bit of unsolicited email I've received.
It's not what they're doing, so much as how they are doing it...
If you are not paid to run then you do it as a hobby or recreational activity. However, that does not make you a hobbyjogger. Another distinction, lots of yuppie runners are hobbyjoggers but not all yuppie runners are hobbyjoggers.
Being slow does not by itself does not make you a hobbyjogger. I think the biggest difference has to do with motivation. If you are in a race to simply finish and enjoy the crowds and take pictures with no consideration for your time then you are probably a hobbyjogger.
It's not about running, it is about worshipping themselves.
lol @ the post with this picture:
who you laughing at pale face?
