The best hobby jogger wrote:
You must be new here. You're first post. Welcome to the forums!
You must be someone we want gone. Learn English and don't be an f'tard. Whether it's on purpose or because you're just dumb, it's dumb either way.
Best hobby jogger equals letsrun loser
Fatigue wrote:
frank charles wrote:We have the same thing. I gave the fitbit to my wife and have never worn it, but I looked at the leaders. A few guys that are doing 25,000 steps per day every day.
Maybe runners? But doing 10-15 miles per day every day? Seems difficult (at least if singles) with a full time job.
They are cheating - I am currently working 10 hours each day on my feet as a porter in a large hospital. Basically I get paid to walk people around. At work I log 10-12,000 steps and then run 6 miles when I get home. This gives me 20,000-22,000 steps each day. I don't see how it is possible for someone at a desk to get this number every day.
Similar to my work. We started the program and there were some people getting an insane amount of steps. There steps were EASILY equaling 20 - 25 miles a day; each and every day. Typically not desk workers but those that claimed they walked as part of their job (getting more steps than a typical mailman).
Our company put limits on the amount of steps you could earn because of this, 30,000 I believe. It was kind of funny cause we would have team competitions and people would always recruit me for their team since they knew I was a runner. I couldn't even come close to the numbers these non-runners were putting up.
coach tinman wrote:
Splendid wrote:I went 2:22 a couple of times working about 60hrs/week with two kids. Have a supportive wife and I made a few sacrifices. Did my quality runs at 400am, got my doubles in at lunch, and/or after kids went to bed. I spent a lot of quality time with the kids .
Ha ha...right on cue and just as I predicted! "quality time"!
Let's see, wake up at 3:30 am for 4:00 am runs, what time did you go to bed? 9:30? That's only 6 hrs of sleep. I am sure you were NEVER tired running all those miles, getting no sleep and working 60 hours. I bet it NEVER interfered with the quality of time or the energy you could spend with/on your kids. "double....after kids went to bed. " So a run after they go to bed....what time, 9:00? And then back up at 3:30 for a track workout?? lol! You're superman dude!
Look, you sacrificed quantity AND quality of time with your kids for you job (which is fine, gotta make $) and your hobby. Sounds like you were successful at both. No surprise, driven, selfish, egotistical people often are. But don't be dishonest and act like your high level of training didn't take time or energy away from "kid-time" when doing it on top of 60 hours work weeks. You may deny it to the grave, but it simply did. I probably spend more time with my kids in a week then you do every 6 months. I am fortunate to have that time, but I could more hours, but since I don't have to, I don't, and max my time with kids. Running always comes about 4th on my list of priorities. Kids/family first, work second, other responsibilities next.....my hobby (exercise) next.
But we all make choices, that's life.
Helicopter parent. Give your kids some space.
So whats your point?
Jackey wrote:
coach tinman wrote:Ha ha...right on cue and just as I predicted! "quality time"!
Let's see, wake up at 3:30 am for 4:00 am runs, what time did you go to bed? 9:30? That's only 6 hrs of sleep. I am sure you were NEVER tired running all those miles, getting no sleep and working 60 hours. I bet it NEVER interfered with the quality of time or the energy you could spend with/on your kids. "double....after kids went to bed. " So a run after they go to bed....what time, 9:00? And then back up at 3:30 for a track workout?? lol! You're superman dude!
Look, you sacrificed quantity AND quality of time with your kids for you job (which is fine, gotta make $) and your hobby. Sounds like you were successful at both. No surprise, driven, selfish, egotistical people often are. But don't be dishonest and act like your high level of training didn't take time or energy away from "kid-time" when doing it on top of 60 hours work weeks. You may deny it to the grave, but it simply did. I probably spend more time with my kids in a week then you do every 6 months. I am fortunate to have that time, but I could more hours, but since I don't have to, I don't, and max my time with kids. Running always comes about 4th on my list of priorities. Kids/family first, work second, other responsibilities next.....my hobby (exercise) next.
But we all make choices, that's life.
Helicopter parent. Give your kids some space.
60 hours per week?
As in 12 hours a day, 7am-7pm? You must be terrible at whatever you do.
Wow you're the best dad wrote:
You are awesome! You must be the best dad ever! I'm glad your children are learning that everything revolves around them and adults should never chase their goals. Great job!
Few things are more pathetic than a grown "man" putting his hobbyist goals over his kids.
Unless you're Mo Farah or Galen Rupp travelling to train so that your kids have a bright future off of your time-limited career, putting your 3:00 marathon (or 2:20 marathon) ahead of even a tee-ball game is just embarrassing yourself.
Tell her you'll be glad to hand the prize to the 2nd placer yourself after first receiving it.
I admit I once ran a 4:50 mile in a college gym class (gen ed reqs) where the 2nd place guy didn't even break 7. Kinda felt like an idiot afterwards though.
Thank you for posting this is great to consider
Let's suppose that Kenyan runners show up at a local race and are supposed to win prizes. Race director decides not to give anything to them because they are "too fit." Imagine the outrage that would ensue. Fortunately, most race directors aren't a-hole corporate executives.
Companies often have this "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" mentality. That's just how they work.
duppy dippy derpy wrote:
give me a break.
you have no idea what you are talking about.
i know 3 guys who live within 5 miles of me with full-time jobs at real companies where they need to be actively engage in what they are doing daily. hell, i ran 2:26 this year and average like 50 hours a week at my job and was only running 65 miles a week
these guys i run with occasionally ran 2:20-21 this year. usually run once a day. they ran like 80-90 miles a week and maaayyybe did one workout a week to get those times. nothing serious, just consistent miles. they will tell you their 2:20-21's aren't that special.
talented people don't need to dedicate their lives to marathon training. and smart people don't need to dedicate their lives to corporate jobs to make lots of money. they can have good, flexible lives
wake up kiddo
derp wrote:
So 2:21 while working a corporate office job. And you still have time to argue with Janice from accounting.
Ya, what an idiot! A 2:20-21 is only a minute or two off from the OTQ standard, so clearly it is nothing special.
An entire 86 people in the US were able to run sub 2:19 to qualify for the trials, that kiddo needs to wake up!
I too can run 2:20 off of 20 mpw all easy while working 80 hours a week and raising a family, like there is nothing to it
I wore my suunto gps while building trail. Looked at my watch in the afternoon and had almost 30,000 steps. Figured out it was counting everytime I swung my cutter mattock as a step. I just counted it as 12 extra miles in my running log. Gotta pad the stats when you can!!
F yeah dude keep it going. Stomp them into the ground haha
corporate suckers wrote:
Let's suppose that Kenyan runners show up at a local race and are supposed to win prizes. Race director decides not to give anything to them because they are "too fit." Imagine the outrage that would ensue. Fortunately, most race directors aren't a-hole corporate executives.
Companies often have this "we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone" mentality. That's just how they work.
I once won a road race and was told that I wouldn't be awarded the first place prize because "this race isn't for professionals".
I'm not a pro, I PR'd in 16:10.
We have a similar thing, although there aren't really any rewards tied to performance.
I've been off and on with my running in the past year, but have probably logged about 1,600 miles running and 4.2 million steps overall. I'm not in the top 10 for steps, but I'm #1 in activity time by more than 10%. ?
wake up people wrote:
I actually believe this one. We have the same thing at work. It's obvious the program was not intended for you, but for sedentary folks trying to fight off diabetes.
I was given a Final Warning™ at my last job when I had to work for puny little humans... at a secret location... somewhere in the southwest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rum6MlWU9f4I was terminated at my last job... for doing Yoga in the conference room and playing really loud music all at the same time..:
http://img.breakingmuscle.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/full_width/images/bydate/20121211/onehandhandstand.jpgIt was the 3rd infraction in a 12 month time period.
It turns out that I ended up going into full retirement at the age of 39... and today I am a Multimillionaire.
Oh well.
It's not a big surprise.
Assuming you're the average male, 5'9, that would put you at 2,186 steps/mile. 800,000/2,186=366mi/month or 92mpw. Impressive that you can maintain that kind of mileage at an office job.
