Hi everyone. I’ve been away from running for some time now and I’m thinking about getting back into it. I’m in my early 20’s and haven’t run competitively in about 5 years since I went to college. When I was running competitively I was a 4:25/9:30/15:30 guy and could consistently do about 60mpw. I had a racing weight of about 150lbs and since stopping running I’ve gained only about 10-15lbs.
I’ve ran sporadically over the past few years but haven’t been able to consistently get into it. It’s pretty demoralizing to have been able to run 10-15 miles no problem whereas I now can only do about 2-3 miles and I’m left winded.
I’m interested in if y’all have any suggestions about training plans to get back into shape or ideas of how long this process would take? I don’t think I have the time or dedication to be as committed to the sport as I was in high school but it would be cool to be able to be in the space where I could do some fast tempo runs or compete locally and push myself. I guess I’d love to be back in the position where I could run ~16 min for a 5k or do a 5 mile tempo run at ~6min/mile pace.