Making excuses or reasonable cutbacks?

College Running

5 years ago 10/12/2018 9:27am EDT

Hey Letsrunners, I'm in my senior year of college and feeling really rundown. I'm a D3 female with only 2 years of collegiate running. This past summer, I ran double what I did the summer before (275ish miles vs 616). I'll try to briefly summarize the rest.

~competing well (top ten), course PRs each time despite illness or high heat/dew point (85+/73+) each race thus far

~workouts a lot better, indicate even faster paces for flat champs courses with good weather

~BUT mileage down from 50-55-->40ish b/c longer runs cut short by evening work/classes and weightlifting stopped as well due to inability to recover from lack of sleep and eating enough (4-5 hrs/night &

5 years ago 10/12/2018 9:33am EDT

re: Rundown student-athlete

Sorry, it deleted the rest, don't know why.

4/5 hours of sleep & 2000 cal/day. Hard to find time to make more food, esp with severe food allergies to wheat and dairy (not self-diagnosed).

~constantly falling asleep during the day, even in one on one meetings

~ferritin was 9 last year, but tested again at beginning of summer and it was in high 30s. Other iron values good. Have been taking iron supplements still, just not as aggressive. Haven't retested due to money constraints bc labs are expensive.

I can't drop any classes or work, but I am super competitive and hate how I've had to cutback, feeling guilty all the time. Any tips for surviving? Did I overtrain or overreach too much at all? Should I just chill out and trt to enjoy whatever is left of my season?

5 years ago 10/12/2018 10:25am EDT

re: Rundown student-athlete

Ummm, sleep more? Plus, you don't have time to make more food? Eat a few bananas - problem solved.

5 years ago 10/12/2018 8:52pm EDT

re: Rundown student athlete

Those races in the heat will take a lot out of you. And rest is part of training; that sounds like the part you're not doing hard enough. So try to get more sleep, even if it means cutting back on mileage or intensity.

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