Running with a 9-5 job is f*cking impossible

It's perfectly okay to run after 5:00 PM you know.

There are 168 hours in a week.

A 9-5 job takes up 40 of those.

Run in the other 128 hours.

op, for some inspiration you should check out the history of Bob Kempainen

i can sympathize with how hard the adjustment is transitioning from collegiate runner to post-collegiate runner, but ultimately it's all about time management and if you're "only" working 9-5 you can definitely figure this out eventually

don't give up! non-impact endurance athletes would kill to be able to train as little as runners do:
- 2 hours a day as a runner and you're basically at 100% of the volume you could ever expect to handle
- 2 hours a day as a cyclist and you're basically a weekend warrior operating at 50% of capacity

also keep in mind, most people are at their physical peak potential from about 23-29, so you've prob got 6-7 years left you could still PR in shorter events like 1500/5000

don't throw away your potential because your time management skills need leveling up

Dk how serious this is OP but I guess it depends on your age/other responsibilities (married, kids, etc). You can do a lot with just an hour M-F. Depending on your commute you could run 7-8 & be fine or run after work 5-6. It's not ideal but you can easily be running 60-70mpw like that & go as high as you need extending a couple runs or adding in some doubles. People run on their lunches too. Just depends what your work culture is like. Running 7-8am means not really having to sacrifice on sleep. Can wake up 6-630 on easy days & could wake up earlier & get in real food on workout days. You make it work if you want to make it work.

Before we can really answer this question, we need to know some more details:

• How fast to you want to run?
• How fast are you now?
• How many miles a week do you think you need to do to reach your goals?
• How many hard sessions will you need per week?
• What kind of 9-5 job do you have?
• How long are your commutes?
• Do you have a training group you can meet up with?
• Do you have coach who can support you with some of the planning?
• Do you have a wife and kids who deserve your time after work?
• Are you financially stable or should you be hustling/studying to take it up a notch?

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Spot on !

4mile shake out in am @7:00=28minutes.

13miles in pm @6flat=1:18

Total miles day=17 X 7 days=119\week !!!!

Total time 1:46\day

Basement treadmill was an absolute game changer when I had young kids living in MN.

Go to bed early and get up early, do a 8-10 miler before work, then take a late lunch break and do a 5 miler, this worked for me.

Run before, during, or after work. I'm not a morning person so I usually either block out the middle of my calendar and do a run instead of eating lunch or a run between the end of work and dinner.

Lots of marathoners run 100+ mile weeks while working full time. If they can do it I guess anyone can do it. I definitely understand the struggle though, especially if its a physically draining job, I worked full time during this past summer break and I had a couple weeks where I barely ran at all.

I can see this going over well. Tell the kids, if they‘re not faster than you were at their age, then they don‘t deserve a dad.

You’re soft, dude. Pack it in.

Meth

Most elite runners who say they work usually work part time and have jobs that allows them to go on training camps during the winter.

For sub elite runners they usually have jobs that allows them run to n from work (shower facilities etc)...

Lots of people who live where I do have to commute to Boston for their 9 to 5. It's about 45 minutes without traffic and easily almost twice as long during rush hours. I never had to do that commute but always thought that if I did I'd run straight from work at 5:00 and let the traffic die down. By 6:00 or so the worst is usually over.

England 40 years ago, all but a very few runners had full time jobs. I generally trained around 6pm after work, and sometimes another run in the morning.

We had a 1:46.1 guy (11th in Europe that year) who had a full time job, and numerous club runners - and this was just an average club competing in area track and x-country leagues - who were sub-15:00 5k runners. Two of our girls were GB internationals (and one at one point had the 10000m record) working full time.

Had another friend on this side of the Atlantic who ran 4:01 for a mile while working full time.

I'd admit you're not going to be world, or probably not even top of national class with a 9-5 job, but you can certainly be an extremely good area runner, or something like a 2:20 marathon runner.

Wow, is that your day, trying leaving the house for work at 6:50 am and getting home at 7:30 pm, yet I still managing to run daily, just means you don’t have much time for anything else.

try and get a lunch time run in or run to work, I can’t as it’s about 80miles away

Stop making excuses and go for it.