Are you a
mom and have you ever tried to find a training program for a specific running
distance (e.g. 10K, half marathon, etc.) that would fit into your busy daily
life? If you have, it’s possible you stopped right there when realizing that
you would not even be able to complete the first week of the program, let alone
continue with it for several weeks or months. Most training programs you can
find online have only 1 or 2 resting days per week and at least 5 workouts per
week including runs as well as cross training sessions. Some lucky moms might
have enough discipline, energy and family support to be able to actually
complete these training programs, but for most of us it would not be realistic
to set a goal of 5 or 6 training sessions per week. This is why I’ve decided to
dedicate several posts to suggested training programs for moms who would like
to start running, train for a specific distance or increase their running
distance in general, but who do not have time (or energy!) for so many training
sessions per week. In this first post I’ll give some general advice for
beginning runners / beginning running moms. In following posts, I’ll be
including training programs for 5K and 10K distances as well as for a half
marathon (21K).
