I'd say roofer. Asphalt/paving work a close second.
I'd say roofer. Asphalt/paving work a close second.
Division I Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track & Field Coach... tough to get in my training working very long hours recruiting and practices, etc.
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IBelieveICanRun wrote:
Im in the Air Force...
Makes things interesting sometimes
I was in the Air Force too, and my job did make it difficult to get in consistent training. I was stationed at Luke AFB west of Phoenix working 50-60hrs a week outdoors on the flightline. The jet exhaust coupled with the already hot weather made your eyes water. Sometimes we would start work at 11am, then the next week 5am, completely random every week.
working with a mexican lawncare crew 60-70 hours a week.
Well it's nice to know roofing is considered hard. I am a basic laborer in that line of work. Everybody starts there. I'm the guy that strips off the old shingles and carries them with a shovel across the roof and drops them in a trailer. Then I carry the bundles of shingles and place them on the roof for the shinglers to put on. We do have a power ladder to send the shingles up onto the roof.
I start at 7:30 and finish at 5-6 on a good day, sometimes later though. I've started riding my bike to and from work to get some extra aerobic work in and then run at 9-10. Two runs on Saturday and a long run on Sunday.
Cowboying. Tough to justify supplementing your 12-14 hour day running/riding around pens and pastures and alleyways with 12-14 miles of "sport". Also, tough to justify the running with a lip full of snoose to stay awake 'cause the coffee quit working a long while back.
Fun to try though. Runner with a nicotine addiction.
Other mentionables: concrete crews, custom ag machinery operators, and any oilfield work.
SMJO I did that for two summers (sans riding to work. We didn't have a power ladder though. I thought it was great aerobic work I ran 80+ all summer and came into the season very lean and surprised more than a few. I didn't really lift weights those summers, but hauling those shingles up the ladder was tougher than any weight workout I would have designed not to mention probably closer to what I needed with a mix of explosive power but also many reps at lighter weight. I always felt awkward running those first few right after getting off the roof.
factory assembly line worker - thats why we need them illegals.
Pulpwooding, loading green pine by hand all day long in July and August in the deep South. Sticks weighing anywhere from twenty to 150 lbs. and jumping up and climbing up and down from the truck straightening the load out. As the load gets higher thus the climb is to.....top that....
moving furniture is horrible for running. with the smaller upper body musculature that comes with running you end up exhausted at the end of the day. that and inconsistent hours combine to mess up your running.
Cosmonaut on the international space station. Deployed submarine officer. Cheap prositute. Sumo wrestler. Single mom. Antarctic researcher.
Landscaping and tree service is the worst job to have while training, if you're boss is a slavedriver like mine. Nothing like a 5:30 AM to 6:00 PM day where there's only a 1/2 break for lunch and you spend that time carrying 80lbs+ logs to a truck over and over again.
I was a childrens ski instructor a few years ago. It's tough to get any kind of serious training in around skiing all day every day and having to take care of kids.
Fence Installer. Try that and 100 miles per week Deeno.
I can think of two:
Trampoline tester. That'll kill your legs.
Singing the National Anthem at cock fights. Bad hours and a lot of smoke.
It all depends on your attitude.
Bill Dellinger trained for the 1964 Olympic Bronze by pulling greenchain in a lumber mill. He looked at every task or action as a training opportunity. Greenchain is hard, tough work. If you focus on Dellinger in this video you'll see the result of a real blue-collar preparation.
i ran my best ever after paving for a summer i was 135 lbs and it made me ripped
I was a general laborer for a condo developer-doing odd gruntwork that the subcontractors weren't responsible for. If I had a day camp (8 hours/day) like in prior summers I would have stuck with running in college. It was a big mistake and I regret it.
It's stupid to kill yourself for a measly few thousand dollars in the summer just to keep your loans that much lower when you graduate. It's better to run and focus on the income earning years ahead.
Being a full-time athlete!