**********ALRIGHT HERE WE GO...... ANOTHER RUNNING COMEBACK THREAD***************

rocky balboa wrote:

So the question is how do i become a runner again.

Go out and run. That's it. Don't overcomplicate things with a "plan" before you've even started. Just get your tail out and run. Period.

So just go out and run. Why the hell do you have to ask anyone for a plan?

You've run before. You've read letsrun and the books people use.

Are you looking for a few "dude, you can do it dude and it's amazing you are tryin dude" to stoke your ego?

no, hell did you see my Pr's that is seriously nothing to be egotistical about. The thing is I need to find some thing to get motivated on. I dont have any training partners, it was really easy to stay on a "plan" when I was on a team since I had to show up, but now its all on me. And it also makes it harder to do it everyday since im in college now, I'm a kinesiology and nutrition major and its pretty hard, s shit load of studying.

How do you guys manage academics, social life, and still continue running.

Join a club, homeslice!

rocky balboa wrote:

How do you guys manage academics, social life, and still continue running.

It is not possible. Nobody who has a full courseload and social life can find an additional 60 minutes or so in your jam-packed 24 hours. Just give up.

I started from near scratch five years ago after almost a dozen years off and am running better than I would have ever expected myslef to run in high school. Your motivation issue is that you have already given up on your running. Dream a little.

And if you need a plan, do this:

1. Get your ass out of bed every morning and run before anything else in your life starts happening. It takes a while to get used to running in the morning, but when you join the workforce, you won't have to make an adjustment.

2. Build up your mileage (no speed) until you can run 6 mi a day 6 days a week. Then,

3. Add one hill workout (2x10 min doing reps on a short hill) a week and build your weekend up to 12 mi (add 2 mi a week). Then,

4. Add one interval workout a week. Same sort of work as your high school days, but not as many reps. Then,

5. Run a 5k or 10k.

6. If you haven't hurt yourself by this point, then it is time to find your local running club and get in a trainning group. You can only do so much on your own. You need rabbits to chase if you are going to improve. There are no magic schedules that will do for you what running in a group will. Hopefully you can find decent runners.

Good luck

good advice, I appreciate the it.

bump

all of those times were from my sophmore year I was about 15 or 15 @ the time.

i mean 15 0r 16

Try to get out there 5 times a week, even if it is just a mile each time. Get into the habit. Then start bumping up the length of those runs. Month after month it should be easier. Nothing but easy runs for a few months. Bump the thread then for further instructions.

Set a goal and go for it. My high school times were similar to yours, slightly faster then I stopped running for 20 years. For me to get off the couch and get moving I just signed up for a marathon a few months away then figured out how to finish it in that few months adding little by little each week. Didn't drop any weight as I couldn't really add too much mileage coming off the couch or I'd get hurt - still 185 like you at that first race - but gave me the running bug and by the next year I'd dropped to 165 and dropped the pace in the marathon from 10 mpm to 7:15 mpm. In another year down to 150 lbs and dropped 7:15 mpm down to 6:10 mpm. Now I'm coming up on another year and shooting for sub6mpm. Step one is set a goal and go for it.