Summer job and training

If you are willing to get up early enough than you could double, but it sounds like you could also just do singles at like 8 or 9 in the evening

If you work, run, sleep, and don't have a commute, you could do this. You may push most of your miles to Friday-Sunday. Think about how good you are with organizing your daily activities and what else you will normally do on a weekday. It would be easier to work 8.5 hours a day instead of 10.5 hours and move the hours to Friday.

I worked about 20-30 hours a week on top of 13 credit hours at university and 50 mpw. It wasn't too bad and forced me to manage my time wisely.

Got burnt out between work, school and running after a while though and had to pick two so I quit my job. The accumulated fatigue will get to you, but it's definitely doable.

At 60mpw, doubling is not necessary. Just shoot for 9 miles every evening and you will be just fine.

By the way, you will be mentally drained after a shift. Just drag yourself there and you'll feel great after the first mile or two. Especially if you work retail and have to blow off steam from dealing with narcissists and entitled pricks the entire day.

I am currently doing that right now. It's not too bad and it is definitely doable. The worst for me is having to wait until the evening to do speed workouts.

What will you be doing at the job?

I did landscaping and I ran 5 miles to my bosses house (they drove us to the jobs) in the morning and 5 more home at night, then longer on the weekend. There are lots of jobs that involve sweating outside where this would work.

IMPOSSIBLE

reconsider. that's too many hours for someone at that stage. sounds horrible for a summer job. you will hate work after that kind of job. do something part time for spare spending money.

It's absolutely possible. Almost every non-profession adult runner does it and you can do. If fact, many people juggle much, much more- try throwing night school and kids into the mix!

I assume you are working 6am - 4:30pm and that you have at least a short commute to/from work. If you want to do morning workouts to beat the heat you'll probably need to be on the roads around 4am. If you are a morning person that's an option.

I work very similar hours. M - F, 7am - 5:30ish but I'm salaried so it can be much later if there is a lot going on. I am not a morning person so I rarely do an AM workout. I eat a small meal at my desk around 4 or 5 pm (PPJ sandwich or similar) and start my workout around 6pm. Afterwards I go home and heat up a second dinner (chicken, rice, and veggies that I prepare on Sunday) and I try to finish eating before 8pm. I'll do school work (grad school online) from 8 - 10pm a few nights per week. If not Ill just grab a beer with friends or chill at home and watch some TV. Saturday is a 100% rest day. Long runs on Sunday. I usually get in between 40 and 50mpw without doing any doubles.

@^%YTUH N(sdvvo8p7 wrote:

What will you be doing at the job?

I did landscaping and I ran 5 miles to my bosses house (they drove us to the jobs) in the morning and 5 more home at night, then longer on the weekend. There are lots of jobs that involve sweating outside where this would work.

I'll be working construction, sweating it out in the sun. If only it was retail instead.

Thanks for the responses guys, you're giving me hope that it's possible.

Working construction will make it a bit more difficult but not impossible. This is summer base building so it's not vital that you have your A-game for every workout. Look at the benefits- manual labor will help strengthen the rest of your body. You're young. You're body can and will adapt just fine to it.

summer job wrote:

@^%YTUH N(sdvvo8p7 wrote:

What will you be doing at the job?

I did landscaping and I ran 5 miles to my bosses house (they drove us to the jobs) in the morning and 5 more home at night, then longer on the weekend. There are lots of jobs that involve sweating outside where this would work.

I'll be working construction, sweating it out in the sun. If only it was retail instead.

Thanks for the responses guys, you're giving me hope that it's possible.

It is possible but not easy.

In college i worked as an engineering tech for 2 summers. 45-55 hrs/wk. Spent every day on a construction site. Not manual labor necessarily, but I was on my feet, up and down ladders, crawling through hot attics, working on the roof, etc. It was in Texas, so 100+ a lot of days.

I managed to get in about 75mpw. I'm not a morning person, so I'd run singles about 8pm. Sometimes i'd do a quality session but mostly just easy to moderate paced miles.

It was extremely draining. All I did was work, eat, run. Every summer i looked forward to school starting so I could relax. It was good experience for my future career, but going back I probably would have done something else.

i'll add that i chose to run at 8pm because that's when my teammates ran. Having them around made it much easier to get my run in. If I had to do every run solo i would have probably quit the job or not run as much.

What has become of this world. They just don't make'em like they use to.

It's possible but not easy. In college during the Summer I worked a split shift at a trucking company unloading trucks. 4-9 then 5-8. Very physical work, very very hot. I got in my training but there were days where I just didn't have it.

pretzel man wrote:

What has become of this world. They just don't make'em like they use to.

So true. Judging by the hs mile times this year they make 'em faster.