Why do people hate on hobby joggers?

Nina Hartley wrote:

"Hobby Joggers" don't bother me. In fact, technically, I suppose that I'm one of them, as I'm not an elite/pro. However the one annoyance is when mediocre competitive accomplishments are trumpeted as something special. If someone is participating only for the health and lifestyle aspects, then that's cool. But when the heavily bumper-stickered person around the office brags about his or her 50-mile week or 1:35 half marathon or age group placing at a small local 5k, it grates on my nerves and I feel that it promotes a general complacency with mediocrity in America these days. We are not tough anymore and the coddling and self-celebration are discouraging.

That does not bother me much. What bothers me is when the hobby jogger goes to the front of the starting line with his crew, sprints the first 100 meters and runs three or four wide in front of faster people who cannot get around them on the narrow course.

nearest hippie wrote:

formerD1 wrote:

Not me but the people who invite me to their running club.

You have run with a running club before? They always introduce new members or guests.

Yes, but although I ran in college (when, where and with whom is irrelevant, suffice it to say not Adam Goucher though) I am pretty near hobbyjogger status now. Nonetheless I have good friends who run with a few of the Boston clubs and have ran with some of them from time to time. I have never heard anyone announced as a special guest, but maybe I was not there on those days. Sounds like you really get off on it though, so whatever gets you through the day.

He reminds me of the special needs guy who used to bag groceries at the local grocery store who people would announce as the "mayor of (insert deleted town name here)". Everyone announced him that way and he was the only one who did not get that the joke was on him.

EZ10Miler wrote:

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QFT

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EZ10Miler wrote:

QFT??

Quite funny, troll?

Quit farking trolling?

Queens fart trumpetlike?

Quick fartlek training?

Quiet farts tickle?

Quixote fights Titans?

Quisenberry flings torpedos?

Quibbling feels tantalizing?

Quoted for truth!

you mad brah?

formerD1 wrote:

I'm part of a few running clubs in NYC and am active in them (I am in an absurd number of different NYC running email/chat groups) and I get asked running advice all the time. Most of them from girls in their 20s, which isn't too bad. I'm even asked to coach track sessions from the local high schools or amateur track clubs from time to time, which is hilarious since I know of at least 4 different Olympic runners in NYC and several D1 runners who were faster than me who live in the city and have more experience than I do. Maybe it's because I'm pretty good looking I don't know.

And you're right, I'm not that interesting of a guy. I'm a family man who rarely goes out and doesn't really do much outside of work besides playing with kids and running/lifting weights.

FormerD1: Did you stop running once you grew older? running isn't fun, remember? You just said so a few posts ago, what's the point of still running then? Are you getting any faster? No? The balls on you for trying to pretend you run... For shame, you should quit.

Are you making any income of running nowadays or can we consider you then just another hobby jogger who is stuck up in his golden years where you *almost* made it as an elite runner yet remained a wannabe at most? Do you cringe at people running "10k in 40mins" because "omg-osh, the balls on these guys for trying to be a little bit faster than the average hobby jogger"?

I think somebody has issues accepting the fact that he's become yet another hobby jogger, runner, or whatever you want to call it, regardless of your past or experience.

You rambled and made so many incohrent points I have no idea what you are trying to say. Let me summarize my points:

1) There is NOTHING WRONG with being a hobby jogger. I even said in another thread we should respect hobby jogging use of the track

2) My ONLY problem with hobby joggers are when they start feeling superior to other hobby joggers by looking down on hobby joggers or offer poor and idiotic running advice on LRC. Making statements like "you must train like Coe and do high mileage if you wish to succeed at the 800m". Idiots.

I'm a hobby runner and no matter why you run, running is great for your overall health.

I always keep a cooler water bottle tumbler with me when I run, anyone else do that?

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