Fastest marathoner you know who has a full time non-running related job

What about Jared Ward? He is a statistics professor; I'm not sure how many hours a week he works but it seems to keep him busy enough.

I've run with a guy who ran 2:2x back in September who works as a civil engineer

Yuki kawauchi

working runner wrote:

Hey all,

Out of curiosity, how fast is the fastest marathoner you know who also works a full time forty hour a week non-running related job? Obviously I understand if you can't name names (although if there is an olympic trials runner who has a full time job I would be interested in knowing their name). I know a few sub 2:30 marathoners but they either are (a) students (b) work at a running store or (c) coach track/xc. The fastest marathoner I do know who works a non running job runs around a 2:40. I'll take the fastest female and male marathoner if your acquaintance group is indeed large enough to allow that.

Thanks.

Malcolm Richards. San Francisco. Teacher

2:13:30 marathoner.

there's also some 2:20-2:22 guys in the Bay Area who have full-time tech jobs (more than 40 hrs a week) as well

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

Rodgers wasn't full-time.

he even has a famous (in the running community) quote: : "No one who works 40 hours a week will beat me in a marathon."

that's awesome

Ackley wrote:

I forgot Dewi Griffiths of Wales who recently ran 2:09:49. He is a sheep farmer.

Yes, I've been lapped by Dewi in numerous cross country races, so he knows what my back looks like briefly.

Had 2 former D1 teammates who qualified for OTs after college and working when it was 2:22. 5 more who ran 2:24-2:30. Not sure how many were in a real career at that time, but they were paying their own bills with almost no running income.

2:14

Working full time as a letter carrier before they had trucks so he walked his route daily 6 days a week.

I know a girl who trains with Brad Hudson in Boulder. She works in retail management for Target, over the holidays she worked 60+ hr weeks and still trained for the Houston marathon. Impressive stuff.

The "no one with a job" quite came later in Rodgers' caree,r after he was a professional. He was working as a hospital orderly to fulfill the requirements to maintain his draft status as a conscientious objector when he began running seriously again. It was full time work. Jon Anderson, who won Boston two years before BR did was doing the same thing. BR did change jobs somewhere along the line and became a teacher at the Fernald School for special needs children. That also was full time.

I run a 2:29 PB last year.

I work 37.5 hours/week. Desk job.

I'm taking a second degree in the evenings.

I'm married, have three kids and some social life.

I did it on 3-4 workouts per week, about 40 mpw.

I sleep about 6 hours per night, including weekends.

I'm 41 and have run since 16 with some long breaks.

HRE wrote:

The "no one with a job" quite came later in Rodgers' caree,r after he was a professional. He was working as a hospital orderly to fulfill the requirements to maintain his draft status as a conscientious objector when he began running seriously again. It was full time work. Jon Anderson, who won Boston two years before BR did was doing the same thing. BR did change jobs somewhere along the line and became a teacher at the Fernald School for special needs children. That also was full time.

If we are counting the work that Bill Rodgers did during his marathon career "full time" then I change my answer to Bill Rodgers. You can look up his times.

Pretty sure Trump run a 2:02 marathon time trial once, but not sure his job can be considered full-time.

U guys are missing the point. Most of these guys don't have kids, and aren't working full time, half if these have jobs that they walk around a lot. Aka this helps with endurance.

We are talking true 40+ hours a week marathoners with familys etc.

Pointmissedda wrote:

U guys are missing the point. Most of these guys don't have kids, and aren't working full time, half if these have jobs that they walk around a lot. Aka this helps with endurance.

We are talking true 40+ hours a week marathoners with familys etc.

Your a Moran.

1. Jobs that walk around a lot don't help with endurance. I've trained when I had jobs on my feet all day and jobs where I was at a desk all day. When you are on your feet all day your training suffers.

2. We've made a bunch of examples of people who work 40+ hours and have families.

3. What's your point? Do you need me to tell you you can run fast with a family and a job? Here, you can run fast with a family and a job.

Changing the rules on us. 2:14 still newborn baby a year prior to the run.

And have you walked all day on the job during training at an elite level? If not you best not speak to it.

I don't know what you mean. When Rodgers worked the jobs were full time jobs. He also had a time when he earned all of his money from running, either prize money, appearance fees, or from his shop(s.) Why would we not count the work he did when he was working?

jp88 wrote:

Tyler McCandless (2:12) works a lot of hours in the energy industry. 40 hours would be a low week for him.

2.12 while living in a bus in Alaska and surving (or not!) by foraging for berries.

Impressive stuff.

There are a few nationally competitive athletes who work "real" jobs and have qualified to the marathon Olympic Trials or Olympic T&F Trials.

Its a shame more college athletes don't focus on school to get a CAREER that helps maintain their passion and will provide for their family later in life.