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

You’ve come to the right place, bro!

Is Noah Droddy your role model?

Find a good balance man. No one in their right mind runs 50 mile weeks if they aren’t training for something competitively haha. You can stay generally really healthy with like 20-25 and lifting.

Even though I hate both apps, I think Snapchat and Instagram are both pretty good tools for networking and making/maintaining friendships when you’re in the college age range. If you’re lacking in the connection/friendship department, go to social activities, and go out of your way to meet people. It’s hard at first but it’s a great life skill to learn. You just approach people at parties or school activities (social media and networking will help you find out about those) and see if you have anything in common. If they seem like people you’d like to hang out with, just tell them you think they seem like cool people, and that you should hangout or catch them at another party sometime, and then grab their Snapchat. That’s how you can get invited to more stuff and eventually find a social circle that sticks.

Better than binge drinking while watching sports ball with normies.

Cut back your running for a while to make time for other things.

40-50 mile weeks is barely even training dude thats not even an hour a day HAHAHA

Even if the team is bad at running they might be really great at partying. You should join and party with them.

This doesn't make any sense. You're running 40-50 miles a week, there's an organized group of like-minded individuals are your school, and you're choosing not to join them because why exactly? You think you're too good for them? You're already at the school, you're already running, you're looking for friends...what's the harm in joining the team, even if it's for social reasons?

Just here to say it’s okay to quit running competitively. You’re not making a living off it. If it’s not enjoyable, stop doing it.

I'll bight. How on earth is running consuming your life at 40 to 50 miles a week?

I've been kind of exercise addicted before I guess. Maybe just drop it down a bit? Find some balance? One thing you probably don't want to do is go all-or-nothing and get fed up with it and quit completely.

That many miles is definitely like having a daily part time job

maybe take off exactly one week and take a short online class in something or something otherwise productive that is realistic and you'll feel good about when you finish.

or just take it off and don't feel bad about it. chances are you'll get excited about running again and come back fresh.

The thing is I have a no contact order from my university that bars me from joining the team and there is no running club at my university so 2 strikes against me.

Warzone 2.0 drops in 16 days, why do you need friends? You've got to get ready for the grind and find a squad!

wait, what is a no contact order?

I do 40-45 mpw over 4 runs. 3 days completely off. Hoping to go 16:30 and 34 in the 10K.

It's at most about an hour a day. How many part time jobs are there where you only show up for an hour a day? Maybe a neighborhood paper route? How many kids with paper routes had their lives consumed by them?

You can always run later. You're very young. Enjoy things other college students do.

Then become a founding member of the running club at your university.

Problem solved!