Jehdhjsjsjjs wrote:
RED-S and a string of stress fractures followed by three years of healthy running (3-4 days a week). Then came back strong, fast and healthy.
I think I could have RED-S, never heard of it until now. How did you get over it?
Jehdhjsjsjjs wrote:
RED-S and a string of stress fractures followed by three years of healthy running (3-4 days a week). Then came back strong, fast and healthy.
I think I could have RED-S, never heard of it until now. How did you get over it?
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Late response (I check in on this thread every year or so), but this is a good approach. I'm a former cyclist turned runner for similar reasons. For what it's worth, I know many former runners who are now cyclists, and former cyclists who are now runners. It seems to be a good way to move on from competition without giving up the things we love.
Not performing as I wanted / expected.
Tendonitis.
Getting nothing out of the sport anymore.
Too many people at parkrun and races. 800 people on a small parkrun course or 1000 packed into a 5k race really ruins the experience.
The problem I have with running, is when you play any other sport (tennis, golf, soccer) you develop and hone a skill over time. With running, if you take some time away you regress back to baseline. It is fleeting and doesn't stick with you long term like learning how to hit a serve. That has always annoyed me. It's one of the reasons I do lots of easy mileage in moderation, because I don't want to be out of action for weeks or months with an injury. Another problem with running is lack of strategy or logical thinking. You either have the fitness for x, y, z, or you don't.
Just like those famous stages of going through death experience. Denial—To acceptance. But personally I’m not so sure about that “acceptance” business. It’s still a gyp.
I think I qualify as having quit. I still run about 2-5x a month. I started freshman year of high school and was very competitive through all of high school. Ran in college and started to get burnt out around sophomore year. Stuck it out through graduation, but was really just going through the motions my senior year. It was not fun anymore. Took some hard time off (absolutely no running) for about 8 months. I just needed a mental break from being competitive for so long. Had 2-3 stints if training pretty seriously after that, but now approaching 20 years since graduating college, life has gotten to busy and I just run very rarely when I think I'm getting fat.
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