Hey, I just graduated! Unfortunately, there was a lot of work to do at the end finishing up my credits and graduation requirements, so I didn't run much. Junior year I ran (almost) every day. The first semester of senior year I had to cut that down to about once every other day. The second semester of senior year I had so much work that I only ran about 5 or 6 times, each run being under 30 minutes. I'm trying to get back into it, since everything I've heard indicates that you have a little more free time in grad school so I should be able to keep running regularly again.
However, there is one problem. Last year, junior year, I always felt really good after running. Call it what you want, I felt motivated, at peace with the world, everything was great.
I've been running every day for about a month now, and instead of feeling good after a run, I feel depressed. Not anything like "oh I didn't run fast enough." Just like I'm not on top of my life, I'm going to be a failure in the real world, those type of thoughts. Why? What changed? Does anyone else have this problem? What can I do to fix it?
Thanks!