How many people out there ran 4,000 miles AND worked 2,000 hours this year?

Haz Bin wrote:

I just barely made both milestones. I'm proud of this mileage achievement, but not so much with the work "achievement".

To clarify, I'm sure I wasn't productive for all 2,000 hours, but I was at work while not at lunch for those hours. My job's fairly demanding, so I didn't sit around doing nothing.

Unless you're an EM physician I ain't impressed. You averaged 40 hours a week for 49 weeks which is not very much at all.

"Demanding" is very, very subjective. It could just be a job requiring just a bachelors degree in some easy non-science/math major or some easy as crap "grad" degree.

Jim Flowers wrote:

Johnny lately wrote:

3752 miles (with one day to go!) and well over 4000 hours worked: transplant surgeon

You do realize that 4000 hours in a year equates to 11 hours/day...EVERY day. I don't believe that you've worked well over 4000 hours, since there are 8760 hours in a year (leap years aside).

Physicians work a lot bruh. More than what most people think. The money is good but the per hour compensation ain't what people think it be.

Source: myself, doKtor.

oakland runner wrote:

I made the 4000 miles - 2000 hours worked threshold twice when I was younger.

The first year I was an associate in a small law firm, married, with no kids and my wife was a physician working evening clinics so I could run as much after work as I wanted.

The second year I was a partner in a medium size law firm, married, with one kid. I got in mileage by commuting to and from work by running.

As a full time attorney, I hit the 2000 hours worked every year from 1977 through 2014. However, most years the mileage was between 3300 - 3800.

Very impressive. As a partner in a mid-size firm from '83-'90, and then my own firm from '91 to '05 I averaged 2750 hrs worked every year. '06-'10 I cut back to under 2000/yr, and '11 to now I have been under 1500/yr. 3 more years and I am all done.

Since finishing law school in '79 I have run 2000-2500 every year. I am trying to get up to about 3000 for '16.

ecin wrote:

I'll be right at 4,000 miles on the year and also 2,000+ worked hours.

I work in public accounting which puts me well above 2,000 but I'd prefer not to look at the total as it will be depressing.

I don't have have kids and my wife runs a lot too so that does make things easier.

fellow public accountant here. hit 4000/2000 as well, plus a nice marathon pr made it a good year all around for me. keep fighting the good fight

This is such a bean counter thread.

Rudisha's 140+ seconds of beautiful running back at the London Games is worth so much more than all the countless hours slogged through by those here on Letsrun. Train to achieve or triumph, not just to log miles.

"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall." Emerson

You are making a much more gradual transition to retirement than I am. Since 2009 I have been a solo. I worked full time until 7/17/15 when I closed the office and moved into the house. (I represent corporations so I never have to meet with clients.) I am now working around one-half time with the expectation that I will be completely done by 12/31/16.

Good luck with getting the mileage to 3000. At our age (I figure with a 1979 law school finish you are at least 60) that is tough. I did 3244 miles the year I turned 60 but since then I have had a number of injuries, one surgery and was in an accident, all of which have taken a toll on me.

Ran 4,000 miles and worked 1,000 hours of overtime in 5 months. 16's with H!

-Keep on Jumpin'

Having undergone mitral valve surgery two months ago, I greatly respect and appreciate the work surgeons do. With that said, I am often skeptical of the long hours many people claim to work. With a two week vacation, 4,000 hours per year comes out to 80 per week, disregarding the "well over."Working seven days per week for 50 weeks, that comes out to more than 11 hours per day. Taking off one day per week, the hours per day goes up to more than 13. I suspect most people who claim such numbers count the time they are at the work place. To me, having lunch, sleeping while on call, or being on LRC for that matter, isn't working. I once met a guy who claimed to work 110 hours per week. Do the arithmetic: it's a ridiculous number. And again, I say this with great respect for the gentleman's work and great effort.

As one who is retired and very nearly done running,I salute all you people out there working hard and training seriously. You are what keeps this nation going and you are the backbone of our great sport. Thanks, congratulations and have a great year in 2016. 99mn

I ran 2000 miles last year and worked 2000+ hours. Running the 2000 miles did involve a lot of tradeoffs/scheduling with family time, but it was manageable. I would like to run a larger big round number this year of 3000 or 4000, but I'm not sure the tradeoffs will be worth it.

I've been trying to come up with another goal that won't take so long, like running a sub-3 hour marathon. Of course, this usually requires running a lot of miles. On the otherhand, if I ran all of these miles faster, it wouldn't take as long.

Any thoughts?