Hey Mrs. aguirre welcome back to the running family,

You really have answered your own question, I think your setting your expectations alittle to high, because I can understand why your not improving.

There is no cosistant workout, I think you would improve by getting on a training program, there are plenty of free programs available online to help you get started

couch to 5k is one of them or even smart coach on runnersworld.com

Second your working 6 days a week 12 hours a day, your so tired and with no energy I cant imagine even trying to run with the workload.

Third its only been a month i think you need to give yourself a break your not 16 anymore so everything will come alittle slower.

im not here to scold you as its impressive that you can train for a 5k and run it in 48 minutes on you workload

I think it will come to you with a training program consistant training time and energy to do it.

jmho

goodluck and keep us posted

Dennis

mrs.aguirre> First let me say, congrats on running!!! I really think you should be careful not to start too fast too soon. I to am 34, and just started running again in June of this year. I too was anxious to get in to it fast, and was discouraged by my time for running a mile...At the end of July I tried amping up my speed by 1mph, and I really hurt my quads and hips, took a week off of running, because I could barely even walk...I probably should've taken more time off, but like I said I was anxious. Getting back into it was very hard, and very painful, I ran with a limp for almost a week until I could run normal again. I obviously went back down to my comfortable speed, and stayed there for about another month. The end of August I tried amping my speed again, but only by .5mph, again I over worked my quads, and had to take a few days off from running again. Talk about frustrating!!! I got some really great advice from other runners on this site, and went back to my comfortable speed again, and stuck with my comfortable miles, and finally just this week my muscles feel good again. Running too fast, too soon, is not worth the pain, or how much it puts you behind of achieving your ultimate goal. I have been running 19-20 miles a week for the last two weeks since my last injury, and the advice I got from lenzlaw was to gradually increase my mileage, and as I get stronger from running farther I will also get faster, but first work on distance... Next week I will be increasing my mileage by 1 mile per week, untill I am up to 25 miles, then lenzlaw says stay at this for 10 weeks, after this, then start to gradually increase speed. My goal is to be running 5 and 10 k's next spring, so this was his advice for me!!  Best of luck to you, just listen to your body, it will let you know if you are asking it for too much!!! Keep on running!!:)

Carey

Mrs. Aguirre,

Everything everbody has told you is true. If you can run a 5k, try to go for a 10 or 15k next time. This time, don't think about your time of how slow or ' fast you are going. I jumped from running 5k to a 10 mile run. I didnt think I could do it but I told myself that I will run as far as my body will let me. I mapped out a 10 mile run and went for it. I didn't think I would make it the whole way, but I did. My next 5k run was a breeze. No matter how slow you run, if you can improve your distance, you 5k time will get better...with time.

Angela