Should I quit my college team?

sounds like you already have. do everyone involved a favor and disappear

It sounds like you've already decided to quit. Just don't whine about in 20 years, how you should have stayed, would have had a great senior year, etc. And when you have kids, don't try to relive it through them. Remember, you're "not all that great".

No, don't quit. Instead, here's what you do. Take a day off and give yourself a thorough enema. The next day resume training with your team. Run the hard days really hard and the easy days really easy. Take one day a week off and study yourself blind. There is no way a D2 program is keeping you from applying yourself academically.

And if the thought of quitting the team ever enters your mind again, then it's time for another enema.

Quitting is rarely a good thing, but neither is going through the motions. When you no longer have any specific goals in running, it's probably time to stop training at the level of any decent college program - you're going to make yourself miserable and whether you realize it or not you are going to be a negative distraction to those who are trying to achieve their goals.

Either establish some goals for the rest of this year and your senior year - one's that are meaningful to you, or move on with the rest of your life.

Last year there was a girl on my team who was going through the same thing as u. She was our 10th-14th girl on the team in XC, and didnt really contribute to our team in track. Every day at practice she would complain about how she wasnt as good as she was in high school and about how much she hated running track. She brought a lot of negative energy on the team and i even told her a few times to just quit if she really hated it that much.

But she stuck with it and last summer she finally got her act together and came back really strong. This year she was our 2-3 girl and will definitely be helping us out in track.

So heres my advice: suck it up and keep training but keep your negativity to urself. Your teammates dont want to hear it. Chances are that within a few months ull snap out of it and learn to love running again.

You sound like you are experiencing some depression and quitting may not solve that problem; it may even make it worse.

If you are really enjoying your studies, friends, social life, and running is the only dread in your life, then I am probably mistaken. However, try to isolate what is specifically bothering you (running, teamates, coach?), and that might help you work it out. Winter is a tough time and brings on depression in people: less light, cold weather, diets can change, etc.

Unless the coach tells you otherwise, your presence helps the team, it takes all types. If you are not trying, that is a different story, but it sounds like you are.

You should talk to your coach about it too.

If you're still in college (~age 17-23), your best days in running are clearly AHEAD of you. So If you want to reach lifetime personal bests, don't stop now.

Ask yourself why running in high school was so much more enjoyable than it is now for you? Was it because you were more of an IMPACT runner in HS team scoring than you are now in college? If so,keep in mind this happens to high school guys all the time. Say someone is a co-captain on the varsity XC team in high school running in the 16-17s for 5k and all-conference and stuff. This Guy gets to college and is running 27-29 mins frosh year so they may not even be top 10, hell might be way back of the pack/slowest on the team. Keep in mind that everyone running competitively in college was way above average runner in high school so you have to get used to that you might not stand out as much on the college team and have to get used to being considered pretty "average." But tell yourself this. You go home for a turkey trot race or hometown 5k and you can still win it, or at least come in the top5 with a time in the 16-17 range. You will kick all your high school alums butts since they are probably no longer even running. Those still in high school you'll also kill them at running.

Jack Daniels said something once like "if winning a race is the only thing, then there must be a lot of people wasting their time running."

Sometimes I found I get down and more depressed if I'm training way too hard (e.g. running at 6:20-6:40 pace every single day with the team as opposed to listening to my body and running slower to recover more). Running should be relaxed most of the time with progressively higher mileage over the years and some occasionally hard interval workouts.

Let me add that if you're not better since high school you're definitely doing something WRONG in your training. ...in most cases probably training way too hard all the time without enough mileage....or motivation has gone way down because you're no longer near the front of the pack like you were in high school.

Running and achievement in academics often go together so dont be quick to give up the running even if other things pop up. You're not expected to be focusing on running 100% of the time like someone running professionally as you of course need to go to class, need to stay up late to study for a big exam every once in awhile, etc. Enjoy it. Train smart and you should improve year after year.

No one cares if you quit.

No one cares if you stay.

If you quit once in life, chances are you will quit again. Stay consistent my friend.

Fat Boy wrote:

It sounds like you've already decided to quit. Just don't whine about in 20 years, how you should have stayed, would have had a great senior year, etc. And when you have kids, don't try to relive it through them. Remember, you're "not all that great".

Oh my god, this is the projection of the century. Thyerapy, my friend.

You lack testosterone. Get some clear.

If u aint cheatin u aint tryin

Okay I had a big long list to say but im going to keep it short and sweet. It sounds like college running is not enjoyable to you. Walk away get a social life continue to train for fun and focus on school. When you graduate with grades you can be proud of you will look back and say it was the right decision. If you don't care about school then stop going to class train full time and woop some arse.(In order for this plan to work you have to at least skim by and remain eligible so some class attendance is recommended)

Quitting wrote:

...running 9:30ish 3000 and 4:35ish mile. ...Towards the end of the season I was finally hanging with the front pack...

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You are overweight. Get control of your weight and both your school work and running will improve.