AM I A HOBBY JOGGER?

Obviously not. But you should be worried about how insecure you are.

Look at your last paycheck. Was it prize money from a race? Was a check from your shoe company sponsor? If the answer is no, well then it's just a hobby for you like it is for most of us here.

News flash - we are all hobby [s]joggers[/s] runners.

Well, you’re not making money out of it, so it’s definitely a hobby.

You’re times are decent enough that you’re not a jogger though.

Anyway, i wouldn’t be worried considering you’re hearing from a (presumably sedentary) 50- something that doesn’t run.

Passing interests have a way of turning into hobbies, which in turn become passions and those have a way of veering into obsessions.

I'm going to suggest that many people posting here are at least passionate runners and maybe even obsessed.

It's time we stopped using the innocuous term "hobby" around here for those who have turned into cranky obsessed runners -- whose times slow year after year.

It's like calling *some* homosexual people GAY when they are morose AF.

If you are asking the question then it’s most definitely a yes.

Easy questions, is your profession a runner? And do you fund your lifestyle through your earnings from running?

If the answers are no it’s a hobby, sometimes we are good enough to be semi professional, as in it’s not our primary profession but we can earn something otherwise it’s all for fun aka hobby.

When it’s fun and enjoyable we will put a lot of effort and hours into it, easier when younger, even training like professional/elite athletes but until we go professional or not it’s still just a hobby. To many people get caught up that honhyhogger is a slur

Yeah but who cares ?

You're faster than me

no you're not. piece of advice don't ask if you are a hobby jogger or post times on here if you are actually asking or insecure. most people on here are D***s and won't give you what you're looking for. your times are decent and if you keep progressing you could get a scholarship somewhere, probably not DI , but who knows. The day you start being lazy with your training and the passion for chasing prs fades then you're a hobby jogger.

You are a hobby runner.

I am faster than you and when people ask me what my hobbies are, I reply with running. Nothing wrong with hobby jogging.

Quote:

Definition of hobby (Entry 2 of 2)

: a pursuit outside one's regular occupation engaged in especially for relaxation

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hobby

Definition of jog (Entry 1 of 4)

intransitive verb

1a : to run or ride at a slow trot

b : to go at a slow, leisurely, or monotonous pace

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jogging

Thanks man. That passion ain’t burning out for a while.

She wasn't talking about "hobby" or "professional".

Her times as a HS sophomore qualify her as "elite" or "subelite" for her corresponding age-category. Sure, she is not the next Katy Tuohy or Grace Ping, but for a sophomore those times are respectable.

Daniel88 wrote:

... one of my parents friends just called me a hobbyjogger (he doesn’t run at all)

One of your parents friends who doesn't run at all just happened to call you a hobbyjogger? A hobbyjogger?

Of course they did.

LOL yes. He’s a man of stature who thinks golf requires extensive amounts of athletic prowess so upon reflection, I probably shouldn’t have taken him seriously.

I’m a guy.

Daniel88 wrote:

I’m a guy.

Ok then that changes things. I would say, in your family circles you can call yourself "ambitious runner" or "serious/semi-serious runner" that races for a high school team.

However, on letsrun and in competitive running, you really are a "hobby jogger" and not more. Talented kids at your age run way faster even with minimal training, so it will always just be a hobby for you, now and then later in D3 or post collegiate-running, whatever you decide to do.

Daniel88 wrote:

Hey guys, current HS sophomore and one of my parents friends just called me a hobbyjogger (he doesn’t run at all). I don’t think he meant to be derogatory but it got me concerned. Am I a hobby jogger?

Did he seriously use that term? No one in real life uses that term except for LRC trolls like us. He must be one of us.

Even hobby jogger IG runners get sponsored and paid... so who cares these days. I look at it more like this hobby joggers are slow (which is relative to all) but typically someone who Joan fo jogs 3 ish miles 2-3 x a week.

Theme there is the athlete: that’s the high school or college runner training for team sport (this is you).

Runner: typically runs 4-5x a week 3 plus miles and consistent. May run races here n there and do some intervals/speedwork occasionally.

Elite: this is relative because you have the local elites and then the real deal elites like Olympian’s/etc

Pros: get paid to be fast, typically a real

Deal elite...(but again hobby joggers and runners are getting paid these days too). And when I say PAID I mean someone actually earning and income not a $50 check once a year

I may not be talented but I work hard. I started running the summer before freshman year. I train by myself every single day of the week because my school doesn’t have any serious runners. 2 days of the week, I go to school early at 7 am and double. I’m dedicated and have been running for a year and a half. My eventual goal would probably be to run in college but I would not call myself a hobbyjogger in a million years. I did a 10 mile tempo run at 6:34 pace last weekend in 20 degree weather with a heavy downpour. I don’t know any “hobbyjogger” that has the drive or the ability to do that.