Whats the fastest time a HOBBY JOGGER can run??????

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Master HobJog wrote:

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Not if you have asthma.

I am most definitely NOT a hobby jogger and my last 5k was 21:22.

So I'd say the cutoff has to be upwards of 22. Maybe 25 or something like that.

Master HobJog wrote:

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Wow, so you are the legendary EVERYMAN, long rumored to exist but frustratingly difficult to locate. What an opportunity! Do you mind if I ask you some important questions?

How tall are you? Because obviously any normal person should be at least that tall.

What is your racial makeup? Because clearly any normal person will be just as as you.

What is your IQ? No doubt any ordinary fellow will have an IQ at least that high.

You are truly a boon to those of us struggling to determine what should be expected of any relatively normal person.

Thanking you SO MUCH in advance.

Flagpole wrote:

Debate the difference between jogging and running if you want, but when you add the word "Hobby" to that, it simply means making enough money to support yourself or not.

So, if you do not make a living from your running, you are a hobbyist and therefore a "Hobby Jogger" or "Hobby Runner" if you want. If you make a living from running, you are NOT a Hobby anything. So, there is not a time cutoff, but there is only a money issue.

So, is a guy who ran 13:52 in college and cleans up on the local road running circuit a "Hobby Jogger" or "Hobby Runner"? Yes.

^^ this is the best response so far. You can be slower than 13:30 and cherry picking road races for money. If you can do neither you ARE a HOBBY JOGGER.

For all the hobby joggers that think they're elite, better get to Home Depot for some tools to build your AEROBIC HOUSE.

Trick question. Hobby joggers don't measure time, just number of finisher medals.

2:08:14, of course.

Wowzers wrote:

Master HobJog wrote:

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Wow, so you are the legendary EVERYMAN, long rumored to exist but frustratingly difficult to locate. What an opportunity! Do you mind if I ask you some important questions?

How tall are you? Because obviously any normal person should be at least that tall.

What is your racial makeup? Because clearly any normal person will be just as as you.

What is your IQ? No doubt any ordinary fellow will have an IQ at least that high.

You are truly a boon to those of us struggling to determine what should be expected of any relatively normal person.

Thanking you SO MUCH in advance.

6'4"

White (although pretty tan)

Relatively intelligent if grading on a curve.

Even participated in HobbyJogger Olympics (Boston, for anyone new).

I embrace my common man status.

Master HobJog wrote:

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Sorry, dude. You are very far from the truth. If all the above is true (and who knows?), you are genetically gifted. Top 1% handily. Top 0.1% possibly. well done by mom and dad!

try-ath-uh-leet wrote:

Master HobJog wrote:

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Sorry, dude. You are very far from the truth. If all the above is true (and who knows?), you are genetically gifted. Top 1% handily. Top 0.1% possibly. well done by mom and dad!

These are facts, these times.

Absolutely considered myself a Hobby Jogger. Certainly by LR standards.

EVERYMAN wrote:

Wowzers wrote:

Wow, so you are the legendary EVERYMAN, long rumored to exist but frustratingly difficult to locate. What an opportunity! Do you mind if I ask you some important questions?

How tall are you? Because obviously any normal person should be at least that tall.

What is your racial makeup? Because clearly any normal person will be just as as you.

What is your IQ? No doubt any ordinary fellow will have an IQ at least that high.

You are truly a boon to those of us struggling to determine what should be expected of any relatively normal person.

Thanking you SO MUCH in advance.

6'4"

White (although pretty tan)

Relatively intelligent if grading on a curve.

Even participated in HobbyJogger Olympics (Boston, for anyone new).

I embrace my common man status.

OK, so now we know.

Any normal person should easily be able to be 6' 4".

Any normal person can readily be white (with a nice tan).

And any ordinary fellow can be relatively intelligent. Or at least above average (which reminds me a fair bit of Lake Wobegone).

Thank you, EVERYMAN. You have made so much so clear for so few.

Wowzers wrote:

EVERYMAN wrote:

6'4"

White (although pretty tan)

Relatively intelligent if grading on a curve.

Even participated in HobbyJogger Olympics (Boston, for anyone new).

I embrace my common man status.

OK, so now we know.

Any normal person should easily be able to be 6' 4".

Any normal person can readily be white (with a nice tan).

And any ordinary fellow can be relatively intelligent. Or at least above average (which reminds me a fair bit of Lake Wobegone).

Thank you, EVERYMAN. You have made so much so clear for so few.

The 6'4" thing may be a bit unrealistic...?

But I'd have to agree with all else.

Master HobJog wrote:

Took running up at 39.

Then set the standards.

5k 18:32

10k 38:59

1/2 1:26

Full 3:12

Any relatively fit person can achieve these.

Interestingly those are almost exactly my times to the second at the same age. Though I was a heavy 195 pounds. I still considered myself a recreational runner and ashamed that I could only manage 35 to 40 miles per week because my body just couldn't handle more at that weight. (I never ran a marathon during that time)

It is kind of sad though that some need to classify another group as "hobby jogger" which is obviously derogatory. I mean really, if you aren't in the Olympics or WC you have zero room to cap on someone else's ability. Hell if you aren't the WR holder then there is always someone faster than you.

luv2run wrote:

Anyone slower than you is a hobby jogger.

As usual, the first response was the best, and the correct one.

Don't view it as derogatory. Who cares?

If you ain't competing for the Big Cardboard Check...then you get a bottle of water and a t-shirt like the commoners.

And it ain't the real fast guys who are going to pick on you on this site. It's the 15:30 5k Big Fish Wannabe Elite In Small Pond.

Hobby jog away, brother.

oh please wrote:

It is kind of sad though that some need to classify another group as "hobby jogger" which is obviously derogatory.

... and patently immature.

14 minute 5k is still a hobbyjogger.

13:50

So since you're you're probably about 30:00 for 5K, are you just a jogger and not a hobby jogger?

Your insecurity in the fact that you bumped an 8 yr old thread to spew your drivel is telling.