Yup I did this. Was basically burnt out my entire senior year of college. Was injured during cross, and come track season I just had other things on my plate (finding a job, figuring out living situations, was about to propose, etc.)
Talked to my coach and we decided we were going to completely adjust my training to keep things interesting. Went from about 80MPW to 35, but basically everything was speed related. Lots of track workouts and short/fast tempos. Ran some decent races, but nothing crazy. Finally the last week of the season came, and everything kinda set in. This was my last track meet. This was my last week with my teammates. This was my last chance to ever race in this setting.
I was entered in the 800m and before the race I told my coach I was just going to go for it. Take it hot from the gun and if I crash and burn, so be it. Ended up running 1:51.9 which was about a 2 second PR. Took my spikes off at the finish line and I haven’t run a mile since then (this was about 2 years ago).
Eventually I’ll probably pick it up again, but right now I have zero desire to run (which btw is totally okay!). I still love the sport of running, the community, and everything else. I think it’s very normal to feel “burnt out” from running, especially if you’ve been competing since middle school or before.
The funny thing I’ve noticed is that many of my teammates that I would consider “great runners” (sub 9:00 steeple, 14:10 5k, sub 3:50 1500) feel the same way I do and haven’t run a step since they graduated. The ones that have stayed active runners are those that were always the lower end performers on the team.