Running while working overtime

elucanski

My wife has recently mentioned she wants to start running, but she is also a UPS driver that leaves for work at 8 am and does a physically demanding job until 6-8 in the evening. I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions on the best way to approach this.

JenObRN

I guess waking earlier and going for a run before shower and leaving for work?

TavistockToad

C25k is a good place to start

PaytraB

C25K is an excellent program for training to a goal of running for either a time of 30 minutes or a distance of5K (depending on which version). It calls for training 3x a week, for about 30 minutes each session. Your wife could adjust her training days to coincide with her busy schedule.

SezxyStef

I am ex military and it was a very physical job (wasn't an office job) and I managed to run almost everyday...or at least get to the gym.,

Just means going in the morning or after work.

Even now I run after work...after i get home and unpack and tidy the house and do my weight lifting and cook dinner...I am usually sitting down by 8pm...

and I agree C25K is a great program.

_mr_b

Just a case of scheduling it in. The first few will be hard in terms of motivation either way you do it but it'll soon become part of the routine.

cwolfman13

Start with something like C25k...it's only a few days per week which is a good place to start and it doesn't take a ton of time and you work up to running a full 5K...It sounds like she'll have to get up early in the AM or just come home and do it right when she gets home.

With my commute I typically have 10-12 hour days...I still get in about 4 rides per week on my bike and lift a couple times per week...hit the climbing gym on weekends every couple of weeks...it's just a matter of getting it on the schedule and doing it like you would anything else.

DX2JX2

She can limit her runs to 20 minutes plus a 10 minute warm up/cool-down at first. Truthfully, that may be all she can handle early on, anyway.

All she has to do is to find 30 minutes a day for 2-3 days a week to ease herself into it. I wouldn't be surprised if she finds that she doesn't mind staying out a bit longer after a while.

BrianSharpe

Does she have any plans to start doing longer distance endurance events (half-marathon or longer)? If not it's shouldn't be too hard to schedule a program like C25K into her day (I'm another morning runner) as the maximum time commitment is a half hour or so.

Even if she decides later on to go longer later on the long runs are usually reserved for weekends.