So I'm 18, finishing up my senior year of high school. I've always been pretty athletic, playing baseball, basketball, lacrosse, and golf through middle school. In high school, I had to cut back and now only play golf and baseball. I'm not playing either in college (although I will more than likely continue to golf throughout life). So, with my last sports season coming up, baseball through the spring and summer, I figured I needed to get into something to keep me in shape when I go off next year and don't have teams or organized practices or workouts. 

I had tried running a few times before, without ever really committing to anything. This fall, the day after my golf season ended, I started on a 5k plan (ended up with a 24:50 PR) and then moved on to a 10k plan (52:48). I wrapped that up in the last week of January. Since then, I've been bogged down with work and snow in the Northeast, so I haven't had much chance at all to run. It's actually been pretty depressing, as I felt like I was making good progress. I had cut down about 15 pounds, which is a definite positive for me. But that's kind of beside the point.

Moving forward into the spring/summer, I'm worried about keeping up running in addition to baseball. I'll have games 3 days a week in the spring, and 4-5 days a week in June/July, and I'll have practice most days I don't have a game. I know I can't do a hard training plan, it will probably affect my performance in both areas. I guess my question is, does anybody have any experience running while in a season for another sport? What should I expect? Does anybody have any recommendations? I want to perform at a high level for my team, but this is it for baseball for me. I really fell in love with running this year, and want to carry it with me for the rest of my life, and I definitely don't want to lose all the progress I feel like I made.
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I'm a baseball player who wants to start running, but I'm trying to keep up with
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So I'm 18, finishing up my senior year of high school. I've always been pretty athletic, playing baseball, basketball, lacrosse, and golf through middle school. In high school, I had to cut back and now only play golf and baseball. I'm not playing either in college (although I will more than likely continue to golf throughout life). So, with my last sports season coming up, baseball through the spring and summer, I figured I needed to get into something to keep me in shape when I go off next year and don't have teams or organized practices or workouts. 

I had tried running a few times before, without ever really committing to anything. This fall, the day after my golf season ended, I started on a 5k plan (ended up with a 24:50 PR) and then moved on to a 10k plan (52:48). I wrapped that up in the last week of January. Since then, I've been bogged down with work and snow in the Northeast, so I haven't had much chance at all to run. It's actually been pretty depressing, as I felt like I was making good progress. I had cut down about 15 pounds, which is a definite positive for me. But that's kind of beside the point.

Moving forward into the spring/summer, I'm worried about keeping up running in addition to baseball. I'll have games 3 days a week in the spring, and 4-5 days a week in June/July, and I'll have practice most days I don't have a game. I know I can't do a hard training plan, it will probably affect my performance in both areas. I guess my question is, does anybody have any experience running while in a season for another sport? What should I expect? Does anybody have any recommendations? I want to perform at a high level for my team, but this is it for baseball for me. I really fell in love with running this year, and want to carry it with me for the rest of my life, and I definitely don't want to lose all the progress I feel like I made.
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18 year old guy with a chance to be a professional athlete wants to know what
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