Those with busy lives how do you get your miles in?
Those with busy lives how do you get your miles in?
bagelwarrior7000 wrote:
Those with busy lives how do you get your miles in?
Whatever works for you.
There is not just one path.
The only important thing is that you realistically line up your goals with your possibilities of training. It's probably better to get a good 25-30 mile week into your busy schedule then trying to push 80 mile weeks until you collapse 4 weeks in.
"Realistic consistency". That at least worked for me pretty well.
By running...
I’m not sure what else to say, you either run before or after work. It’s not rocket science.
Run commute
It is quite simple, to make running a priority, you have to make sacrifices elsewhere. I run both before and after work. This means I completely cut out certain leisurely activities. But, that is the choice I made. No regrets. If you try to "have it all" then you will end up burning the candle at both ends.
There is a saying in the restaurant business, "If you got time to lean, you've got time to clean.".
Running is the same. If you are posting on LRC, binge watching Netflix, sitting on the couch surfing online content, etc., then you had time to train. It's all about prioritizing your time and creating the psychological energy to put forth the training effort.
Morning runs. Throw in an evening double if you want and a longer run on the weekend and you can be over 70 mpw for less than 2 hours a day. (7+3)x6 + 12 = 72. The extra laundry and showers get old though.
Depends what you are looking to do. Despite what some people here say, sometimes life gets busy and its legitimately hard or impossible to get the mileage you would like to have in.
I'm in the last year of my PhD, and there are some weeks (or months) where all I have time for is a quick 3-4 miles a day. This isn't ideal, but its always possible to get out for that quick 30 minutes a day, and it keeps the baseline fitness there for when things slow down and its easier to get much higher mileage in. Obviously I'm not fully maximizing my running this way, but I still stay pretty fit and am able to compete in 5ks and 10ks at a pretty high level.
Obviously if I wanted to ramp up to 100mpw and train for a marathon, I'd have to sacrifice things in my personal life (time with my wife and friends).