You must be able to run a 5k in 18:27 to be considered a real runner. Else hobby jogger.
You must be able to run a 5k in 18:27 to be considered a real runner. Else hobby jogger.
it depends on the distance they are training for. For a half/full runner, I would say they average an hour per run. Maybe 50 miles per week. Ability wise
I'd say sub-4 for the marathon at least for fit males/females as a baseline.
jecht wrote:
I'd say sub-4 for the marathon at least for fit males/females as a baseline.
Yes!!! I make the cut!
like an hour a day every day
half an hour every day, you're half serious.
Serious runner here wrote:
Mileage doesn't matter too much. It's more about your dedication for running over a long time.
If you are not running for at least 5 years you are not a serious runner. Actually I would rather say, 10 years.
If you just run, as long as your times are getting better you are not a serious runner as well.
It's all about dedication.
So in your world, Nico Young is not a runner, but you are.
runnerJim wrote:
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My vote is 40 mpw minimum or else you are a jogger (nothing wrong with that though)
Plenty of 40 MPW guys and gals are actually joggers too.
If you can't actually hit a pace that delineates jogging from running, it doesn't matter if you are at 40 MPW or 70 MPW.
If you're going 40 MPW at 8 minute pace, you are definitely a jogger.
If both feet are always touching the ground at the same time. you're a jogger.
If you couldn't break 60 seconds for 400 meters when you were in high school but run 40 MPW now you're a jogger
60 seconds for 400m? Tough break for women (who you're supposedly including in this assessment: "guys and gals"). There are female pros who can't break 60.
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Before the Chinese virus - 80 miles.
Since the Chinese virus - 20 miles.
serious training starts at 65-70mpw
For me it's 20 miles a week ... to consistently do >= 20.a week, I need to put on my Get Serious hat and say no to a Happy Hour or two here and there.
Caveat though -- there's a co-requirement that I also need to be focused on Getting Faster, which is why I'm doing the 20 mpw in the first place. If my 10K times level off, and I'm just doing 8-10 on Saturday with a few buddies and then 2-3 social runs during the week, I'm not sure how serious I'd feel.
I'm not sure how to categorize my superslow casual marathon friends. They've been running the same 5 hr marathons and 2:20 halves for years, and diligently shuffling through their long runs, which get up to 16-20 for a couple months a year. To all their non-runner friends they're Those Crazy Marathoners, but are they really serious runners? I can't decide.
More miles than posts per week.
The answer is 7 miles/week. Joe Newton ran 1 mile/day for as long as his body would allow it. I think he was a serious runner.
*I did not go to York
50 miles
i would rather ask the question: how many miles a week should a serious runner be running?
I'm not sure how to categorize my superslow casual marathon friends. They've been running the same 5 hr marathons and 2:20 halves for years, and diligently shuffling through their long runs, which get up to 16-20 for a couple months a year. To all their non-runner friends they're Those Crazy Marathoners, but are they really serious runners? I can't decide.
These two really don’t correlate. Every few weeks I dip down from 45 mpw to run a 20-25 mile speed centered week and it kicks my trash every time. I mainly focus on the 600-1000 with the 800 being my main event but I consider myself a very serious runner. Much more serious than the dudes running 50-60 mpw of 8:00+ miles prepping to run in the middle of the pack in a marathon.
Here’s what I think: with the appropriate quality of running this should be what is considered serious:
800m: 30 mpw+
1500/1600m: 40 mpw+
3000m-5k: 50 mpw+
5k-10k: 65 mpw+
10k-HM: 75 mpw+
HM-M: 80 mpw+
runnerJim wrote:
If both feet are always touching the ground at the same time. you're a jogger.
Technically you are completely stationery so this isn't really true unless you are a statue of a jogger.
Depends on the event. For example, 75 mpw could make you a serious 5K runner, but that's not serous marathon training in my opinion.
5k - 60 mpw
10k - 70 mpw
HM - 80 mpw
M - 90 mpw
For shorter distances you can be pretty good on low mileage so I would not use mileage as a requirement.