I forgot Dewi Griffiths of Wales who recently ran 2:09:49. He is a sheep farmer.
I forgot Dewi Griffiths of Wales who recently ran 2:09:49. He is a sheep farmer.
Me full time engineer 2:18 (almost all American)
Friend full time medical researcher (PhD) with kids 2:16 (almost all American)
Other friend, something finance/sales I never understood it 2:15. (All American xc)
I said if we trained full time we each could have dropped 3 minutes or so. None of us thought the sacrifice was worth it. In hindsight, it might have been closer to 4 and the 2:15 guy was right on the bubble of being a contender.
I know a fellow BYU student who isn’t fast enough for the XC team but runs 2:30ish marathons
Yuki Kawauchi, 2:08:14. Works an office job full-time.
Jonesy.
I've met him once or twice.
UK aircraft mechanic and capable of WR in his first completed marathon
Runningart2004 wrote:
Didn’t Rodgers win his first Boston while employed as a first time teacher?
I would assume any marathoner during the amateur days also had a job.
I wasn’t fast by any means but ran 2:32 while working 50 hours a week as a personal trainer/corporate wellness coordinator.
It’s not hard to train while working a full-time job. 24 hours in a day. 8 hours sleep. 10 hours at work. 6 hours to run.
As far as time management goes running is by far the easiest sport to train for.
Alan
Please tell me what a “corporate wellness coordinator” does
I ran 2:31 in 80-degrees working retail over 50 hours/week with a one-year old baby. Am pretty proud of that.
Derek Clayton was a full time civil engineer and a former WR holder in the marathon. No big money in running back then.
Worked in a hospital and was 3rd in world XC championship.
Runners world published list of people with full time job running Olympic marathon trials in 2016.
https://www.runnersworld.com/olympic-trials/marathon-qualifiers
Anthony Costales was never an All American in college (Chico State) but works full time as a teacher now and recently ran 2:13:12 at Cal International. A pretty cool story in the making.
Another Chico alum who's made a huge name for himself in the ultra world (while working full time as a PT) is Tim Tollefson of Mammoth Lakes. Tim is the 3rd ranked ultra runner in the world this year. Tim was never an All American in college and ran as low as 2:18 for the marathon as well.
Sergio Reyes wins our Flying Pig Marathon like every year here in cincy. He works 50 hours a week with an hour commute and posted a 2:14 during that time. Runner's World did a piece on him for that very reason....
Both from Australia:
Liam Adams - 2:12:52
full time electrician. Apparently he works up to 50 hours some weeks.
Lisa Weightman - 2:25:15 (5th in London last year)
She did work full time in business consulting for IBM, so a very corporate sedentary lifestyle. I believe she cut back recently to 4 days a week because she is also a Mum.
Outside of the US most Olympic marathoners likely have to work to support themselves. Americans are just soft.
Phil Coppess. 2:10, single dad of 3, factory worker. Beat that.
Geb ran 2:03 and change working full time. Kenny B also works a lot.
For Americans the two that come to mind that work full time that I know that are fast Are Malcom Richards and Sergio Reyes. They are a teacher and engineer respectively.
The second place female at CIM this year works as nurse.
Norwegian track and field commentator has 2.32 recently, sub 40 year old guy.
Doesntcount wrote:
lucky ducky wrote:
I know a guy who ran 3 or 4 marathons in the 2:17-2:19 range while working as a full time physical therapist. Also a lot of marathons in the 2:20-2:25 range.
PT isn't a desk job.. much easier to stay active in a role like that versus a job in finance, engineering, etc where you are sedentiary for 1/2 the day
Maybe, but the requirements for the thread were "full time non-running related job". Not every non-running job is a desk job.
Craig Leon.
Tyler McCandless (2:12) works a lot of hours in the energy industry. 40 hours would be a low week for him.
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Jakob on Oly 1500- “Walk in the park if I don’t get injured or sick”
VALBY has graduated (w/ honors) from Florida, will she go to grad school??
NY Times: Treadmill desks might really be worth it. Does anyone use one?
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