I feel like running is an obsession and it's consuming my life

Why not try cutting down to 20mpw and do all of the social things you want to do and feel you're missing out on.

Join a club at your university

The ones issued by courts are like restraining orders. I don't know about the ones issued by universities.

It is. Stop now. Running is not healthy for anyone over the age of 25 or 150 lbs.

Running miles is waste of time. No one cares about your marathon time.

My brother was a very good runner in high school, then found M&M’s his senior year. marijuana and masturbation became his 2 new best friends. Join the school team. Don’t let the M&M’s get you too!

For gods sake.

There are 168 hours in a week.

You're spending at most 8 hours a week running.

That's a whopping 5% of your life.

Get a grip.

Also, get some hobbies, get out and about, take some risks. LIVE A LITTLE.

Report back when you have done so.

thanks

Start running ultras, at 20 years old, and assuming having run track that you have at least a sub35min 10k. You've got what it takes to become a top trail guy.

The only cure for the darkness in my soul is to run for two hours alone in the woods. Some people are just built differently, don't worry about it

I’ve been at my most social in my life while running base mileage for xc season at 70-85mpw. You should be able to be plenty social on 40-50

If 50 miles a week is too time consuming you need to be running faster.

You're probably right.

Stop.

If you're not enjoying it then I would stop or at least take some time off.

There are a lot of unanswered questions though, like what are your goals and what have you run?

There's a 19 year old girl at my club who has run 17:09 this summer off 15 mpw... she will often do 1 mile warm up, 1-2 mile workout and that's it...

Look this up - but you’re more likely to be gay if you do an endurance type sport, especially if you do it well. Or at least “come out”. I think this is more skewed towards men than women - but a compulsion/need to constantly be running is often used as a way to psychologically ignore another things in life. Think about it. By definition spending a lot of time running you can’t do something else - maybe you didn’t choose running - maybe you just don’t have anything else in you? You spend a lot of time running and it gives you purpose etc etc - it’s basically a way for you to deal with death or any other challenges you have - in a mental/physical way.

to change just pick up something else - and put as much into it as running. You might have to always have a thing, but you can always change it if you throw enough energy at it.

but yeah, like dude…you are dying. You will be dead in less than 100 years…why are you asking about running when you should be asking about death and orientate yourself to the black hole of death, not this mere Pluto of running. When you see death and oblivion clearly, then you will have your answer

why the no-contact order?

They might be great at partying, even if they are terrible at running. Join them and have fun.

an hour a day running is "consuming your life" how is that even possible? however it is much better to be running than going to bars or sitting on a couch watching 'sports'

try trail running to get out in the woods, and hanging out with runners is not a bad thing at all

Anyone who is part of a running club or community knows this is false. We all care -- we are all intensely interested in - how our buds perform. We track their races. We high five them when they kick butt. We commiserate when they fail.
Maybe nonrunners don't care -- but so what? Who cares about they think?