You keep saying you'll get back into it.
Here's the plan that actually survives family life. Six weeks, three sessions a week, none longer than 30 minutes. Built by a running coach who is also a dad.
Get the Plan · $39Why your last restart failed.
You used to be fit. Footy, the gym, or you just ran whenever you felt like it. Then the kids arrived and somewhere between the night feeds and the job, you stopped. Every few months you say you will get back into it. Maybe you even started once or twice, went too hard, felt wrecked or got injured, and quietly let it slide again.
Here is the trap: most blokes restart at the fitness level they remember, not the one they have. Your engine remembers being fit. Your tendons, calves and knees have been off duty for years. That gap is where every failed comeback lives. Week one feels fine, week two your calf goes, and that is the end of it until next year.
This plan starts slower than your ego wants. That is not an accident, it is the entire strategy. Six weeks later you are running 25 minutes straight, and more importantly, you have a routine that survives contact with family life. I know it works because it is the exact restart I wish someone had handed me.
What's inside
The 6-week progression
18 mapped sessions from walk/run intervals to 25 minutes of continuous running, including the hold week that stops your comeback dying at the usual point.
Finding the windows
The early window, the lunch window, the pram window and the handover deal. How to claim training time that already exists without trading it against your family.
Calf and tendon insurance
A 3-minute pre-run routine and a twice-weekly 10-minute strength set, built around the number one dad comeback casualty: your calves.
The rules that keep you running
Four simple rules covering soreness vs pain, missed weeks, and why you never race the young bloke at the park. You know the one.
Effort guide
Conversation-pace running explained simply. No heart rate zones, no gadgets required, no pretending you are 24 again.
What comes next
Where to take it after the restart, whether that is your first parkrun, a full 5k, or just keeping the routine alive for good.
Back to Running for Dads
The 6-week restart that sticks
- Full 6-week plan as a beautifully designed PDF
- 18 mapped sessions, all under 30 minutes
- The windows strategy for finding training time
- Calf-saving warm-up and strength routine
- Delivered to your inbox straight after checkout
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Fair questions, straight answers.
I haven't run in years. Literally years.
Perfect, that is exactly who this is for. Week one starts with more walking than running. There is no fitness test and nobody is watching.
My knees/calves/back gave out last time.
That is the dad trap, and this plan is built around it. The progression is deliberately slower than feels necessary, and the strength routine targets exactly the spots that ended your last comeback. Sharp pain rules are included. If in doubt, see a physio first.
I genuinely don't have time.
Three sessions a week, none longer than 30 minutes, and the plan shows you where they already fit: before the house wakes, at lunch, or with the pram. If a week collapses, the fallback rules handle it.
Is this a subscription?
No. $39 once, yours forever. The PDF lands in your inbox straight after checkout.
What if it's not right for me?
Email me at ryan@buildingbalance.com.au within 14 days and I'll sort you out with a refund or point you to the right plan.
Want to test the water first? The 4-week plan is free.
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