After years of the daily grind, I'm out in the real world. I have not been able to keep up a daily schedule, nor get in any of the miles I used to be able to get in.
Anyone take time, even years off after college and get back into running later on?
After years of the daily grind, I'm out in the real world. I have not been able to keep up a daily schedule, nor get in any of the miles I used to be able to get in.
Anyone take time, even years off after college and get back into running later on?
Yea. I took basically a year off which turned into a year and a half because I got injured as soon as I started back. However, I didn't stop b/c of time constriants I stopped b/c I was tired of the runner lifestyle, constantly trianing/travel/etc. Now I am really getting back into it and putting in good runs. Sometimes breaks are a really good thin, even injury induced breaks. I honestly feel almost as good as I did in my college days (of course I prolly want reach that far).But its interesting, everytime have come back from a layoff I feel twice as strong as did before, maybe it had something to do with letting the body recover, idk.
most quit and don't start up again, maybe till they are 40.
20 years is a long frigin time to not run if you are a perspn who enjoys running. I'm calling BS on this one. What do you do for a hobby/exercise?
I'm only about a year removed from college, and it's not that I don't run anymore, I just haven't been able to get back into a routine schedule. I've never been a morning person to get up in the morning, and I'm too tired after work. I absolutely love running.
In addition to being unable to get in a routine, any signs of me getting back in a routine is derailed by injury.
I took three years off after college with only sporadic running. The running that I did do was enough to have kept me from becoming a sloppy mess, but I was certainly not "fit". When I resumed regular running, I actually felt pretty refreshed and it only took a few months before I was close to college fitness. I have since kept running regularly for the last 22 years without a significant layoff.
In my case, becoming a morning runner was the key. Like the OP, I am too tired after work. In addition, family and job responsibilities often prevent many people from regularly getting a run in after work. Getting it done 1st thing in the morning has proven to be the best way to be consistant.
(From my experience, It is not that unusual for people to not run in their 20's and 30's and to resume when they near 40.)