Two former college runners heard after the race: "Can you believe what those hobby joggers said about the race? What a-holes?"
Two former high school and college football players who just finished the race and who overheard the 'runners,' : "Those are some seriously insecure and physically feminine dudes or trannies."
"Hot Chocolate 5k"
I did a couple of marathons but had no interest in getting faster over a marathon but just wanted to go further.
Facebook ultra runner group
They should make the men's Oly trials qualifier 2:22 so my 2:20 can qualify!
1 2 3 green wrote:
Guys, if you haven't realized by now, being a hobby jogger is not about time. We don't care how slow someone is. We chastise them because of the things they do and say, their ignorance, or laziness. Slow times just happen to correspond with those people. All hobby joggers are slow, but not all slow people are hobby joggers.
Precisely. It's being slow and being self-righteous/having conviction about it, and a certain lack of respect for those faster than you.
Take my dad. He is old and slow. He knows it and doesn't brag. Actually, don't think he refers to himself as a runner. He just runs for fitness sometimes, and does races to challenge himself.
Even though he is slow, he does train with serious intent (runs of 10-12km, does interval workouts to prepare for races, does core/weights). He just runs in a singlet, shorts and hat, no gadgets. He was a serious athlete in his younger days in other sports (football, skiing), so he has that mindset still, even though result isn't there with distance running. Being a serious athlete at any point in one's life (in any sport) gives one respect for the process, if you will.
Many of the people in the races he does that beat him are HJs, and they annoy the crap out of him lol.
IRunXC wrote:
Guy I am cruising by on local path: "are you getting ready for the [insert local race name] 10K?"
Me (who hasn't raced in years): "no, just enjoying the day"
Guy: "some other race, then?"
Me: "nope, just running"
Guy (now shouting): "what?!? you should run it, you'd win!"
Me (to myself, knowing I'd beat 95% of the field but be several minutes behind the winners): "those days are long past"
So you are the hobby jogger in that conversation, right? I mean, the guy who just runs without any competitive goal.
I get paid a small $8k stipend by a prominent shoe company, and I get all the shoes and apparel I want, plus travel. Am I a hobby jogger?
Run007xx wrote:
I get paid a small $8k stipend by a prominent shoe company, and I get all the shoes and apparel I want, plus travel. Am I a hobby jogger?
ask your mama.
UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:
My complaint isn't exclusive to hobby joggers, but I just hate when people inflate their accomplishments. If you tell me your marathon PR was at Tucson or St. George, or some crap course like that, it just bugs the hell out of me. I had one lady tell me her official time was 3:47, but her Garmin hit 26.2 miles at 3:41, so that is what she was calling her PR. GTFO. I'm equally annoyed by people saying Rupp is a 2:04 or 2:05, or 2:06 guy. He's not.
I also get annoyed by people that shy away from adversity. "Oh hills!??! I don't want to run that hilly course." People even complain about it on training runs. Aren't you running to challenge yourself and get stronger? Then quit whining. I hate that sh!t.
I also hate people that buy every single thing they think might make them faster, instead of just training harder or losing a few pounds. Some fatass at work looked down on me because I bought a cheap road bike, and bragged about his custom made frame that he wasted $5k on. Another guy spent $7k on a mountain bike even though he's chubby. I had to wait on both of those a-holes when we went on rides together. But they thought I was the weird one for buying a $900 road bike and a $500 mountain bike. And I guess I'll tack on people that buy stuff that is totally disproven by science. If you're running with a Phiten necklace, I despise you.
0/10 ? Chumpy post.
What's up with this? wrote:
UsedToBeKnowItAll wrote:
My complaint isn't exclusive to hobby joggers, but I just hate when people inflate their accomplishments. If you tell me your marathon PR was at Tucson or St. George, or some crap course like that, it just bugs the hell out of me. I had one lady tell me her official time was 3:47, but her Garmin hit 26.2 miles at 3:41, so that is what she was calling her PR. GTFO. I'm equally annoyed by people saying Rupp is a 2:04 or 2:05, or 2:06 guy. He's not.
I also get annoyed by people that shy away from adversity. "Oh hills!??! I don't want to run that hilly course." People even complain about it on training runs. Aren't you running to challenge yourself and get stronger? Then quit whining. I hate that sh!t.
I also hate people that buy every single thing they think might make them faster, instead of just training harder or losing a few pounds. Some fatass at work looked down on me because I bought a cheap road bike, and bragged about his custom made frame that he wasted $5k on. Another guy spent $7k on a mountain bike even though he's chubby. I had to wait on both of those a-holes when we went on rides together. But they thought I was the weird one for buying a $900 road bike and a $500 mountain bike. And I guess I'll tack on people that buy stuff that is totally disproven by science. If you're running with a Phiten necklace, I despise you.
0/10 ? Chumpy post.
Ooh, did he strike a nerve there bud?
Just read any thread on LRC.
Are you in Marathon Maniacs?
Run007xx wrote:
I get paid a small $8k stipend by a prominent shoe company, and I get all the shoes and apparel I want, plus travel. Am I a hobby jogger?
Depends. Are you a hot female or are you just fast?
attitude, not speed wrote:
1 2 3 green wrote:
Guys, if you haven't realized by now, being a hobby jogger is not about time. We don't care how slow someone is. We chastise them because of the things they do and say, their ignorance, or laziness. Slow times just happen to correspond with those people. All hobby joggers are slow, but not all slow people are hobby joggers.
Precisely. It's being slow and being self-righteous/having conviction about it, and a certain lack of respect for those faster than you.
Take my dad. He is old and slow. He knows it and doesn't brag. Actually, don't think he refers to himself as a runner. He just runs for fitness sometimes, and does races to challenge himself.
Even though he is slow, he does train with serious intent (runs of 10-12km, does interval workouts to prepare for races, does core/weights). He just runs in a singlet, shorts and hat, no gadgets. He was a serious athlete in his younger days in other sports (football, skiing), so he has that mindset still, even though result isn't there with distance running. Being a serious athlete at any point in one's life (in any sport) gives one respect for the process, if you will.
Many of the people in the races he does that beat him are HJs, and they annoy the crap out of him lol.
It's funny. My 8-year-old the other day brought home a flyer for a 5K that his school district is holding soon. One of the big selling points is that it is "untimed," which is in bold letters with an exclamation point. Then it says something passive-aggressive along the lines of, "Our run is about FUN and FITNESS!"
Well, I think it's "fun" to run fast. And I'm pretty sure being fast doesn't mean you're less fit.
I think there is this conception that if you run for speed, you're some sort of showboat. But that's every walk of life, to an extent. My wife takes heat for working hard at work. "Aren't you the little overachiever!"
Gregtucker wrote:
Ooh, did he strike a nerve there bud?
"Ooh"...no, it's just a stupid post. He sounds like he's a frustrated hobby jogger that has turned on his own kind. ???
Run007xx wrote:
I get paid a small $8k stipend by a prominent shoe company, and I get all the shoes and apparel I want, plus travel. Am I a hobby jogger?
I like how you describe tht $8k stipend. Crumbs. Nothing but crumbs.
"A Major Award! 2nd in age group. 3:27!"
On My Way Home From An All-Nighter wrote:
Gregtucker wrote:
Ooh, did he strike a nerve there bud?
"Ooh"...no, it's just a stupid post. He sounds like he's a frustrated hobby jogger that has turned on his own kind. ???
Idk man, sounds like he left you pretty butthurt. Must suck to suck.
Gregtucker wrote:
On My Way Home From An All-Nighter wrote:
"Ooh"...no, it's just a stupid post. He sounds like he's a frustrated hobby jogger that has turned on his own kind. ???
Idk man, sounds like he left you pretty butthurt. Must suck to suck.
jeez ur a whiny little fukk
@Gregtucker wrote:
Gregtucker wrote:
Idk man, sounds like he left you pretty butthurt. Must suck to suck.
jeez ur a whiny little fukk
Says the hobby jogger crying about other people being butthurt
RIP: D3 All-American Frank Csorba - who ran 13:56 in March - dead
RENATO can you talk about the preparation of Emile Cairess 2:06
Running for Bowerman Track Club used to be cool now its embarrassing
Great interview with Steve Cram - says Jakob has no chance of WRs this year
Hats off to my dad. He just ran a 1:42 Half Marathon and turns 75 in 2 months!