Ok, this debate is as old as Jamin's great, great, great, great, great grandmother, and there are many opinions on this topic.
According to the narcissistic people on these boards:
Hobby Joggers are people who jog/run/ whatever and don't get paid.
Runners get paid.
I'd like to add a third category.
There are people in between. Not that they get paid, but they run & train like people who do.
What should we call them? Hobby Runners? Serious Joggers?
Discus.
Selfie Joggers.
Delusional
Wouldn't it just be easier to disregard the condescending "hobby jogger" term altogether and simply label everyone who uses the term? I'm thinking a$$hole would be a pretty accurate description.
This is the most hobby jogger thread I've ever seen. 10/10.
How about, self important douchebags who take themselves too seriously?
Or just Douchebags for short.
Why not use professional runner for someone who gets paid to run? That is, afterall, the typical definition. That way you reserve "runner" for someone who does more than the casual jogging, but isn't a professional.
There I said it wrote:
How about, self important douchebags who take themselves too seriously?
Or just Douchebags for short.
Hobby Joggers: those who run not to compete, only to get “fit” or lose weight.
Runners: those who run and compete but are not paid.
Professional Runners: those who compete and have some sort of paid sponsorship.
LetsRunners.
Sad bunch.
Mirrors up wrote:
LetsRunners.
Sad bunch.
+1
Gravy wrote:
This is the most hobby jogger thread I've ever seen. 10/10.
YUP!
"I'm not fast enough to get paid to race but I don't want to be labeled with the masses."
Doesn't matter how hard you train or how fast you run. You can run a 5k in 14 minutes or 44 minutes.
If you're not getting paid for it, you're a hobby jogger. Big deal, own it. 99% of runners are hobby joggers.
You're infinite supply of stupidity doesn't cease to amaze me, morans.
The other categories are middle school, high school and college athletes.
The descriptive characterization of the activity associated with this website is totally arbitrary. One can walk or run. Or one can walk, jog or run. Or one can walk, jalk, jog, jun, run, rint or even sprint. Or one could simply be called an "implementer of multiple bipedal ambulatory capacities". (IOMBAC)
wtfbbq wrote:
If you're not getting paid for it, you're a hobby jogger. Big deal, own it. 99% of runners are hobby joggers.
I may make it my personal mission to squash this nonsense literal interpretation of a commonly accepted slang term. Hobby Jogger does not mean runner who is not paid.
Similarly:
a dumb ass is not a donkey of below average intelligence,
a couch potato is not a potato fashioned into a couch,
an internet troll is not a monster with an iphone,
a black sheep is not a sheep with black wool,
Like many slang terms the exact definition can be fuzzy but you know it when you see it. You are just being intentionally obtuse on it's definition in order to use it as a retort against the people who use it. It annoys me to no end. You can acknowledge the meaning of the term and still admonish anyone who uses it.
wtfbbq wrote:
Gravy wrote:
This is the most hobby jogger thread I've ever seen. 10/10.
YUP!
"I'm not fast enough to get paid to race but I don't want to be labeled with the masses."
Doesn't matter how hard you train or how fast you run. You can run a 5k in 14 minutes or 44 minutes.
If you're not getting paid for it, you're a hobby jogger. Big deal, own it. 99% of runners are hobby joggers.
What is "getting paid to run"? I can get comped in most races I run and occasionally pull in some decent prize money. Obviously I'm not on salary to run, but nonetheless, I make some money running.
Big picture, if you think someone who is running 2:20s for the marathon and consistent 3 digit weekly mileage is categorically no different than someone plodding through 25 minute 5ks, then you must be a hobby jogger who just wants to put himself in the same category as runners who are much more serious than you are. It is a spectrum, and there is definitely another category somewhere between guys like Galen Rupp and weekend warriors.
Jobby Hoggers
Corsicana Pete wrote:
Delusional
Four syllables of gold.
Why limit it to three categories.
Uncle Rico - Those who think they are better than they are and spend their time "training", living in their parents basement and working at the shoe store into their early 30s. Tells everyone they are a pro runner because they once won prize money in a race. Runs club nationals every year and finishes in the bottom half.
Cats in the Cradle - The working dad with the stay at home wife and kids that still tries to run 80-100 miles a week so he can get his Boston qualifier. Wife will either divorce him or poison his coffee.
Forest Gump - Pretty much any ultra marathoner. Could also use the term YETI or Kaczynski here.
Warrior Games - Huskier hobby joggers that do cross fit. A lot of divorcees fall into this category.
Fat Dad - AKA hobby joggers, AKA Clydesdales, etc.
Age Grouper - Not fast enough or too old to contend with youngsters. Has a room dedicated to his age group medals and ribbons.