Will a wife and kids crimp my training?

Just find a single mother. Those kids are pre-raised, so you’ll likely have dodged the hard part.

Another plus is that the single mother will be so used to raising kids herself, that it won’t matter if you’re not active in their lives.

You should have some time to train with a wife and stuff, but maybe become a hobby jogger when you have kids

If you need to ask this you are not ready to settle down and have a family. You will know when the time comes for you, if it ever does.

He is already a hobby jogger.

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I myself ran 14:20 @ 5000m and 29:51 @ 10000m. on 6 sessions per week. To run faster I didn't need more training but just faster threshold intervals than I did.

Pretty much spot on.

Or see it like that: family, career, training: you can probably get a somewhat decent 2 out of 3.

Keep up the training, make the olympics, then settle down. You'll have many more options once you have a huge tattoo of the rings.

I think the word you want is "cramp." To "cramp someone's style is to "prevent a person from acting freely or naturally." A "crimp" is a climbing term for a very small edge that's only big enough for the pads of your fingers.

Yes

The idea behind having a family is that you start to put others' needs before your own at times, so yeah I'd say you're not quite ready. NOT a character flaw by the way- do your thing! The bad thing to do would be force it before you're ready and then create a toxic situation which your wife and kids didn't deserve/ask for.

Post college? So you’re in college? Why would you feel the need to settle down right after college? You have a good ten years bro just train

Is there a line of women outside your door begging to marry you and have your babies?

It depends. Too many variables to give you a definitive answer. Maybe finding another runner as a partner would help at least until (if) kids some into the picture. A key is that understanding from the start.

I assume you plan on working and that might put more of a crimp that being in college where you have a lot more unstructured time.

Also your priorities may (likely will) change as you age.

A lot of people seem to be able to manage it.

I used to be a hobby skier in my youth but a pretty good one. Girl I had started to date said she loved skiing. Great. We get married, have kids, go on a Colorado trip. Hey babe, aren't you going to gear up? Oh, I have bad knees. Had not mentioned that before. How did that get past me? When I was single, I used to ski alone even though I would go skiing with a group. Used to stuff up my jacket with bagels w/salami so I could eat on the ride up and max my runs. This all happened long ago as our kids are already in college now. Well, after that Colorado incident, wife told me that she did not want to go on ski vacations any more. A few years later, I donated my gear to Goodwill because it was just sitting there. One of my kids recently told me that she wishes she would have learned to ski. A shrug was the best I could manage.

You probably won't have a wife or kids for at least five years out of college. A job will crimp your training way more. Since you're posting on Letsrun rather than talking to a coach or agent, I assume you don't have any real pro prospects in running--not a knock on you, most of us don't. But anyway, all that to say that I wouldn't cut yourself off from the possibility of a family when you don't even know what post-college life has in store for you. I think running will begin to take a backseat without you having to try, and that you will end up pretty happy with that.

I wish more people felt like your wife and didn't want to ski on their vacations.

Eh, if you have one kid, you might miss some training the first few weeks, but there's no reason why you and your partner can't carve out 60 - 90 minutes of alone time each day. In fact, if you don't make that kind of time for yourselves, your marriage will suck. Your sleep will suffer for several months but that would happen even if you stopped training.

Multiple kids becomes a bit trickier, especially when they are older 5+ and their activities take precedent over your interests. Still, there's no reason why most people can't wake up early and get their runs in before their kids get up.

Will a wife and child impact your ability to train? Yes.

I am a recreational runner. I am also a professional artist, successfully self-employed. My career has been profoundly impacted by becoming a parent.
I am OK with it, I married at 43 and became a Dad at 44. I spent 20 years post college, building up my career.
So here's some advice, take your time with your running career. Work it for everything you've got, if it's truly your priority. There is time after to get married and be a parent. But you have to be clear with yourself, and anyone who you date seriously.

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