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I used to run a lot, almost everyday- sometimes even twice a day when I had time. Now, I'm taking harder classes in school and I have a very busy schedule with band and lacrosse. I still think it's important for me to run consistently because that's how I stay in shape for lacrosse. How can I manage my time better so that I can still run everyday without it cutting into my time for sleep? Any tips would be appreciated.
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Time things out. You can manage your life and still run every day, I do. You may not be able to run quite as much as you want to every day, but you can change it up and do sprints, or run harder for a shorter amount of time.
I have four jobs, twelve college credits, a social life, and I run every day. I don't run for ten miles, but I make what I do count.
Get yourself a planner if you don't have one. When you're writing out your day, round your minutes up to the nearest half hour. I don't know if you're in high school or college, but if one day you have something like solid class from 7:30-2:30, band at 5 or so, you can be in your gym clothes ready to run at 2:30 so you have all the time you need to cool down until band starts (because you need air for that, generally). If you have lacrosse instead of band one day, don't run as much, because you're going to be very active in practice anyway - you'll get your cardio in.
Compact things.
Write out your times and STICK TO YOUR SCHEDULE.
Most importantly - get a planner you like, that allows you a lot of space to write in all the stuff you have to do.
Good luck!
-Siren =)
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You just have to fill your days up and sleep well at night. Maybe you could only run on the weekends, or maybe you could wake up eh maybe 30 minutes earlier and run before you start your daily routine (that'll really get you going for the day, too)
I suppose you just need to look at your time and see where you can fit it in.
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I think the best way would be to shorten the time you do other things. Still do what you want just not for as long. Or manage your week, instead of shoving everything into a day expand it into a week. You might not do it EVERY day but aslong as you do it you will be able to stay in shape. If you do not have band or lacross on one day devote an hour or two to Exercise! I hope I helped. PS. Working out is very important but it goes no where if your need sleeping and eating properly because you will have no energy so make sure you have enough sleep to feel awake in the morning and you don't miss any meals.
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