What do people do for work post-college while running seriously?

I heard that investment banking is low hours and low stress :)

Define 'seriously'?

Many people have run 100-140+ mina week while working a normal 9-5 job/career.

Alan

Officer in Army.

I taught, drove cabs, delivered pizza, resolved running shoes, worked in mental health clinics.

I waited tables for three years after college and before coming meeting in the Olympic Trials.

Yes, it was lots of time on my feet and likely was detrimental to running as fast as I could.

I mean as serious as college/professional in the sense that with your resources and time, you are maximizing what you can do and trying to achieve the best results possible.

Thought about military before as I know people who have done it, either active, reserves, or guard. Was wondering what the initial cost would be of having to go to all the schools and training, but I believe you can get back to it once you get your career, is that true for you?

I served one summer and it fried my legs. If you could have, would you have done anything different in that time? Serving can be very great money for "part time" work and i understand the need to earn.

I work in finance doing maybe avg of 55 hours per week year round, in recent years had a few training blocks with months of 90-100+ weeks which led to big PRs.

Wake up early to run mostly singles only double occasionally, stay focused at work and don’t waste time with lunch breaks, plan ahead with meal prep, don’t waste time in front of tv get your chores done to save time for training and family/social life. Stay motivated by focusing on goals, look yourself in the mirror everyday saying “I will be a XX:XX runner” and make everyday a step towards that.

Shoe salesman

It's your life ultimately but if you're working 55 hours a week and running 90-100 miles a week, you're neglecting quality time with your family. That's pretty selfish to put what is probably a far fetched goal running wise over family.

Yeah, that's psycho stuff.

Working 55 hours a week is psycho stuff to begin with. More understandble if you need to do it to make ends meet. I guess no one has ever regretted working too much in their life though, right?

There are heaps of jobs out there that have a remote or hybrid set-up. Find a 9-5 desk job with good work/life balance where you only have to work overtime occasionally or not at all. Honestly, that’s good advice for most people, whether they are running a lot or not. Time with family and friends is important. At work, you’re just another cog in the wheel. Easily replaceable. Find a job that pays well enough so that you don’t have to stress about money. Don’t work too much.

If you need a job, then your serious running days are over. Time to balance your hobby with the rest of your life.

Most of them have super relaxed, flexible jobs with low work demands like school teacher or accountant. A ton of them have family financial support but you never hear them talking about that because it's frankly embarrassing.

I worked in a warehouse for a bit while racing kind of seriously. Didn't go to great.

Got a real office/software job. Set some solid PRs. It was tough, and something that I really only could have done right after college. Ran in the evenings, hated early mornings.

Although RW has been total trash for years, one thing they used to do that was good was profiling people that qualified for the Olympic Trials Marathon that were not the super stars. Most of them were either professionals that had some flexibility in the schedules, or they were "livin the dream" aka working in a running shoe store and training like a mad man.

This guy is probably young, in his 20s, with minimal family commitments. And that's fine, better to focus on running at that point in life before other priorities and demands begin to pick up later.

repeat after me:

”see how your ankle rolls in there? That’s called pronation, let me get you some Kayanos and Adrenalines to try on”

”would you like fries insoles with that?”