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I'm about to embark on a challenging and difficult week at work. Does anyone else dream about leaving it all for something completely different that involves running? Trouble is I'm not sure what that would look like and sadly I'm not Mo Farah...

Any offers considered... I'm a hard worker and I like running :)

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misswobble profile image
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Hmmm, it must be fab to do a job that one loves. Sigh

I wonder how you go about getting paid to run, as in marathons or ultras. I expect you have to be like shit off a shovel! Double sigh

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to misswobble

I have to say sometimes I love my job as its never boring but with that comes great challenges and people being nasty to me which i dont like :(

I think I would need to be just a bit faster to do that ;)

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon

Become a runners' physio?

I follow a couple of blogs by girls who appear to do nothing but go running and then write about it, and I think hmmmm... though I'm not glam enough, but you are! Dunno how it can pay much though :)

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to roseabi

what a great idea.... and I am a nurse by background and I work in healthcare already. I would love to do a course in NLP though and pursue that side of things.....

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RealfoodieclubMarathon

I would love to retrain and be a one to one trainer for those coming back to exercise. I've done sort of do it for my other half and it's so rewarding when he feels well and has more energy, I would love to spend my days helping people to feel like that with food and exercise. I know rose coloured specs and all that but I can dream.

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to Realfoodieclub

you would be really good at that, I can tell. You should explore that but would you prefer that to your current job?

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RealfoodieclubMarathon in reply to ju-ju-

Thank you. We run a bowls club and it's my other half's passion when he's not well enough I have to take up the slack, so I don't have a job of my own but I'm always mega busy. May be if transplant goes according to plan eventually you never know.

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secan

Well, both baby- and dog-sitting involve quite a lot of running around... 😁

benwill profile image
benwillMarathon

I always dreamed of becoming a travel photographer, trouble is i am not so good at photography and not that keen on flying. So i never did! but i guess i could be come a photo model!

You could think of something really clever to do with running and this thing called the internet i heard its fab! or you could go travelling running places and take photo! or hmm open a running shop? or could be a running parcel delivery person or hmm errrr become a parkrun run director! (i don think this is a paid job)

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secan in reply to benwill

Or build a giant hamster wheel and open a recharge station for electric vehicles... 😝

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to secan

nice

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Marathon in reply to benwill

That is hilarious!!!!!! Its a bit like I did a course in fashion as I wanted to be a fashion designer but I couldn't sew!!!!!!! I like the idea of a running parcel delivery person ;)

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JaySeeSkinnyHalf Marathon

Open a running B&B with lots of runs directly on your doorstep. You'd have to try them out first, set up handouts with the routes and provide runners' breakfasts. You could become a pacer for groups wanting to run certain times (from your B&B of course).

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to JaySeeSkinny

I like this one lots :)

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon

Now there's a thing 😊

Terrorrun profile image
Terrorrun

Professional dog runner.

Anaverageman profile image
Anaverageman

working girl pic. LOVED that film!! (oops that's an aside from the topic)

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to Anaverageman

me too.... 'I have a head for business and a bod for sin,' . My favourite line when i'm in an interview ;)

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Anaverageman

- 'sometimes I sing and dance around my house in my underwear. Doesn't make me Madonna'

trouble is JJ...

'I've a head for sin and a body for business' lol ohh that sounds soo wrong.. makes me sounds like a prossie...

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Marathon in reply to Anaverageman

( I dont really say that!!) just love that line and the film!!!

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Anaverageman

well i DID wonder what SORT of jobs you were going for.. and if you were IN your nurse's uniform when you said that... :)

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ju-ju-Marathon in reply to Anaverageman

tempting just to see their reaction but I dont think i would have nailed the job somehow, but you never know!!!!!

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AncientMumHalf Marathon

Man, I'm sooo dull. I always wanted to open a tea shop in Aysgarth Falls in Yorkshire. Lots of baking nice pies, cakes, scones and biscuits and making tea. *Sigh* Not exciting or sexy at all :(

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mfamiliasHalf Marathon in reply to AncientMum

Tell me when you open! Can I work with you? I'm no good at making cakes, but I can pour the tea and hunt down the punters outside (tempt them in with promises of banter and triple chocolate cake). You could running theme your cakes - "triple trainer choc splits", "PB scones"... I'd say that a tea shop CAN be sexy. We can call it "Ye olde sexy Tea Potte". Keep me posted.

ju-ju- profile image
ju-ju-Marathon in reply to mfamilias

I love the names!!!!!! what about fartlek fries.... marathon milkshake, tempo tart!!!!!

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mfamiliasHalf Marathon in reply to ju-ju-

Bugger the physiotherapy, we're opening the funkiest teashop in history. Eat ya heart out, Jamie Oliver, move over Nigella, the running café has arrived. Miss Wobble can drum up her legendary flapjacks and we can ask Rigs for a few pics to decorate. GOOOO!

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AncientMumHalf Marathon in reply to mfamilias

Ye Olde Sexy Teapot - weird, but it just might work, especially with the photos of Rig on the wall and ju-ju- serving behind the counter. :D

misswobble profile image
misswobbleMarathon

Sounds idyllic to me mum 😊 I want my niece to open one as there's one for sale near her.

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misswobbleMarathon

Hmm, I am positive I could temp in the punters with promises of wobbly sommat or other. With Ju behind the counter we'd clean up 😀

I used to be in the cooked breakfasts business 😊

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mfamiliasHalf Marathon in reply to misswobble

Wobbly summat. HmM. Let's see... "Juju's high jump jelly trifle"?

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AncientMumHalf Marathon in reply to mfamilias

Hahaha Wobbly Summat? Who could resist a Wobbly Summat pie? It could be a variation in a custard tart with added jelly, cos, as the man said, "it's gotta be jelly 'cos jam don't wobble that way." :D

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AncientMumHalf Marathon in reply to misswobble

Gotta love a Wobbly Summat :)

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon

parkrun are hiring :)

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