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  • 13-11-2014 1:44pm
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    thirstywork2
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    Few coaches in the past have told me that a postman is the ideal job for a runner.Sometimes you see runners go full time and it doesn't work out cause they have too much time on their hands.the big benefit of running full time is the rest that one can get.
    On another note a cool job that Saucony have advertised if any runners out there interested?

    http://www.sports-insight.co.uk/recruitment/due-to-re-structuring-in-the-region


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    overpronator
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    Might be something in that postman idea! Isnt a prominent masters runner from Dunleer a postman?


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    Peterx
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    Primary school teacher.
    Works for either running or being involved in the GAA. Or both maybe.


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    pistol_75
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    overpronator wrote: »
    Might be something in that postman idea! Isnt a prominent masters runner from Dunleer a postman?

    David Carrie is a postman alright. In my area Mick Traynor is also a postman and is out on a bike every day
    Peterx wrote: »
    Primary school teacher.
    Works for either running or being involved in the GAA. Or both maybe.

    Sean Hehir is a teacher afaik in Inchicore.


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    sconhome
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    Micheal Shannon in Clare
    Padraig Marrey in Mayo (more cycling & AR)

    Both posties


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    run_Forrest_run
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    Peterx wrote: »
    Primary school teacher.
    Works for either running or being involved in the GAA. Or both maybe.

    yep, few primary teachers in our club and the amount of time they have for training in enviable.


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    run_Forrest_run
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    any job where you are moving would be highly beneficial. I'm in IT and it's an absolute disaster towards the running.


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    pointer28
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    I think I read somewhere that Steve Way is or was a Postman too.


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    Chivito550
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    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    yep, few primary teachers in our club and the amount of time they have for training in enviable.

    Yeh half my group in Melbourne were primary teachers. When they were on holidays they sometimes met up earlier to get their session done, and I'd end up running on my own at the originally appointed time. Wasn't pleased. Thankfully it didn't happen too often.


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    RacoonQueen
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    thirstywork2 wrote: »
    On another note a cool job that Saucony have advertised if any runners out there interested?

    http://www.sports-insight.co.uk/recruitment/due-to-re-structuring-in-the-region

    Do you think they'd be cool about paying me in shoes?


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    rom
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    pointer28 wrote: »
    I think I read somewhere that Steve Way is or was a Postman too.

    He used to work in a bank doing IT. He then got made redundant. He took about 2 years off to concentrate on running. I think you may be right that he did that for a bit but he then went back to working part time in IT.

    Having no kids helps a lot for his training also. tbh most jobs you have enough time. Kids are what make you have not enough time. If Paul Pollack could run 100+ miles a week as a junior Dr then there is a way for us all.


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    average_runner
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    run_Forrest_run wrote: »
    any job where you are moving would be highly beneficial. I'm in IT and it's an absolute disaster towards the running.

    Only thing about IT, you can use ur lunch hour what ever time you take it at or come in early to build time up for lunch, its what i do


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    Cona
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    So is a job where you sit down all day (like IT) less beneficial to a runner? If so, can anyone explain...I would have thought that sitting around all day would allow you to have more energy to get out training every night...and also allow you to recover well the next day


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    TFBubendorfer
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    Cona wrote: »
    So is a job where you sit down all day (like IT) less beneficial to a runner? If so, can anyone explain...I would have thought that sitting around all day would allow you to have more energy to get out training every night...and also allow you to recover well the next day

    Sitting for hours will shorten your hamstrings, which isn't good, neither for running nor for your body in general.

    With regards to energy, the body doesn't work like a battery that runs out of energy after a certain amount has been used. Basically, the more active you are the more energy you will have, due to the body's adaptation.

    Just sit on a couch all day and notice how you will have absolutely no energy - the same works the other way as well, be active all day (obviously, don't wear yourself out) and you energy levels will rise.


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    Clearlier
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    rom wrote: »
    He used to work in a bank doing IT. He then got made redundant. He took about 2 years off to concentrate on running. I think you may be right that he did that for a bit but he then went back to working part time in IT.

    Steve did work as a postie for a couple of years before going back to what was basically his old job - always a full time job though not part time. He has recently been made redundant again, may possibly have taken up a less demanding job or a break - not entirely sure.


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    frankxxxx
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    Danny mcdaid...

    I don't know the exact science but I reckon an active job is way
    better ime
    I even noticed a big improvement in breathing when I was mobile at work


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    Timmaay
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    Mark England studying medicine can't be easy, but he seems to enjoy the challenge and wouldn't be happy doing nothing between training!


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    amcgee
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    Hi

    I work in IT, i spend most of my days sitting down and spend 3 hours approx every week day commuting to Dublin on the train. this clearly is not an ideal job or worklife for running. I do my running at approx 9pm at night...thats after getting home at 7 and putting the kids to be bed etc..and it does affect my ability to do the best i can. I tend to be tired or cranky by that time, but i do get the miles in. i don't get enough mileage in though, for marathon running. my mileage near the end tends only to be in the 40 mile range per week. , i am done 2 marathons this year one 3:26, and one 3:33.
    So i can tell you one thing..working in it and commuting to work every day is not an ideal job for running.
    If i was working at home and had no or even a shorter commute i think i could run in the 3:15 range.


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    thirstywork2
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    If Paul Pollack could run 100+ miles a week as a junior Dr then there is a way for us all.[/QUOTE]


    He can run 100+ miles per week but can he get sufficient rest between runs?


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    average_runner
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    thirstywork2 wrote: »
    If Paul Pollack could run 100+ miles a week as a junior Dr then there is a way for us all.


    He can run 100+ miles per week but can he get sufficient rest between runs?[/quote]


    Throw in young kids and a 100 miles is impossible.


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    ploughon
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    Good question!

    I often thought a Bin Man would be a great way to train and work.

    My job involves a lot of sitting down too.
    I try to get as much time on my feet as possible (use any excuse to get out of the chair and planning the office space so I have to) and yesterday I ordered a standing laptop station.

    Some offices have work stations with adjustable height legs so you can alternate between sitting and standing at your desk.


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    Krusty_Clown
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    average_runner wrote: »
    Throw in young kids and a 100 miles is impossible.
    It's difficult, but certainly not impossible. Look at Mo Farah. He has a scattering of young kids and still manages 120+ miles per week. Of course, he doesn't get to see them for months on end, but that comes down to personal choices. We choose to spend quality time with our family, instead of running, as it's a higher priority, but at the end of the day, it's a choice thing. Same thing with choosing where we work, where we live, and what we do. All personal choices. Any of us could run 100 miles per week. We just choose not to as we have other priorities.


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    average_runner
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    Krusty_Clown wrote: »
    It's difficult, but certainly not impossible. Look at Mo Farah. He has a scattering of young kids and still manages 120+ miles per week. Of course, he doesn't get to see them for months on end, but that comes down to personal choices. We choose to spend quality time with our family, instead of running, as it's a higher priority, but at the end of the day, it's a choice thing. Same thing with choosing where we work, where we live, and what we do. All personal choices. Any of us could run 100 miles per week. We just choose not to as we have other priorities.

    True, but Mo technically doesn't have a job. Also I was talking about young kids really. But there is always a way


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    pointer28
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    Surely running these huge mileage weeks IS his job?


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    Krusty_Clown
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    average_runner wrote: »
    True, but Mo technically doesn't have a job. Also I was talking about young kids really. But there is always a way
    His twins are around 2 years old, if I remember correctly, but the point I was trying to make was about choices. You could start knocking out 100 mpw now, but your wife/partner would think you were an awful excuse for a human being, so the cost would likely be too great and so you choose not to (as most reasonable people would). Don't worry, the children will grow up eventually (as mine have), and you'll find that you have more time on your hands to knock out those 100 mile weeks, without the parenting angst!

    One of my pet peeves (not related to your post average_runner), is comments like 'if I had more time, I could run xx minutes quicker'. Well then go and do it. If you believe you can, then make the time and go and do it. Don't use your life choices and circumstances as an excuse ('I could have been a contender' speech). Many of Ireland's foremost distance runners have full-time jobs and demanding family circumstances and still manage to knock out the kind of weekly miles that put us all to shame. That's what separates them, from us. They make the commitments that we're not willing to.


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    aero2k
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    Sounds like the best job for a runner is, well, to be a paid runner.

    Different sport, but I've just finished reading "Domestique" by Charly Wegelius. He gives a great description of people completely obsessed with their chosen sport above all else - calling cyclists a bunch of selfish a**holes, and saying how he would never wash the dishes as it would mean 10 min standing up.

    I agree with Krusty regarding how we are all free to make choices - after all, you can't manage time, but you can manage activities. I think we do have to be careful however not to say that one set of choices is "better" than another - what the elites gain in faster times may be lost in another area of our lives. The important thing, as I see it, is to actively make choices - i.e. decide to watch that hour of TV because you think it's really well made and a good use of your time, rather than just collapsing on the sofa, night after night, half zoned out, remote in hand, flicking through all 300 channels because you haven't decided what's really important to you.


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    #27
    Domer
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    This may have been an urban legend that went around in the 70s or 80s...

    Wasn't there an Irish athlete who worked for CIE operating the level crossing gates. He would go for a run and target a specific pace to get him back in time to open the gate. Basically if he slowed down, or dropped the pace, the gate didn't get opened... and disaster loomed. Again, my have been a myth, but I do like the story!!

    Seems like a good job for training though!


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