I'm a HS senior deciding wether whether or not to stop running. I was think I was pretty good frosh/sophs years, under 4:50 in the mile as a freshman and late under 10 in two mile, but then after sophomore year I put a lot of work into training and didn't have a great JR year. Then summer going into SR year, I was really dedicated to running. Then got injured, and season went downhill, couldn't come close to sophomore year XC PR ~15:35. Throughout the end of the season I wanted nothing to do with the sport. Then stopped running because i got really busy with school. Anyway, here I am having been running off/on past couple of weeks and have minimal interest in running indoor/outdoor track.
I am a really good student and have high quality extra curriculars ( I started a club as well) and have a difficult class schedule. I feel like I would not have the time to pursue my academics as well as other interests of mine if I did run track. I already got into my top college choice for engineering with decent scholarships. That being said if I did not run, I would spend my time applying for a ton of third party scholarships (college costs a ton) and pursuing my other interests.
My dilemma is I really like my team and do not want to burn any bridges with coaches or teammates. I do not want to come across as arrogant for not doing track just because my heart is not really in it anymore. My parents suggested I suggest to my coach I run on my own and could race in meets when he wants me to. I am not a fan of this idea because I like to be fully committed, and if I am part of the team running races I should be fully committed. Thoughts?
Any input would be apprectiated since this has been really racking my brain the past couple days.