It took me about 12 weeks to get back in the 18s after 19 years off.
It took me about 12 weeks to get back in the 18s after 19 years off.
Well, it sounds like this guy runs a fair amount right now, correct? How many miles is he putting in right now? Seems like six weeks is not very much to make that huge of a difference, depending on what he's doing right now it seems to me.
Anyway, I was a 17:30 5K guy in high school and I haven't done an actual run more than a few times in the last ten years. I did run two miles about 5 years ago once (for a class in college) and about had a heart attack after running it in about 15:00 flat! Sad, sad, sad. It would probably take me 6 months (or more) of solid running to even have a chance at 18:00 flat now.