So it's page 3 and no one seems to have gotten Flagpole's point. Flagpole is implying that OP was ALWAYS a hobby-jogger, because he wasn't getting paid for it, and that creating some dichotomy between his former runner self and his new less serious persona is a silly, self-serving distinction. The broader point is that runners are always doing this, creating hierarchies that place themselves higher in the moral/lifestyle pyramid over someone else, slower runners, cross-fitters, 5 hour marathoners, etc. Like this great article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/sports/23marathon.html?pagewanted=all
in which a 4:05:52 marathoner says "“I always ask those people, ‘What was your time?’ If it’s six hours or more, I say, ‘Oh great, that’s fine, but you didn’t really run it," to which i want to say, you're slow too dude.
Point is, all but a handful of us are doing this as a hobby. It should be possible to enjoy the sport without putting other people down in the process; OP falls into that trap unintentionally.
I wish I had flagpole's PRs and fail to see how they have any impact on how we read his posts one way or the other.