Losing interest in racing, but not in training...anyone else in the same boat?

Yep I hear ya. I’ll still travel to real races in the country, but jumping in stupid weekly ‘fartfestival 5 and 10k’ pretend races are of no interest.

ha! I just started a similar thread earlier today: http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9035176

Most hobbyjoggers are like this.

That's me! I have no interest in racing anymore. The last 10K I ran was in October 2000 almost 18 years ago. I will not set a PR as those were all done last century. I just run to stay in shape. Sometimes I go to the HS track and run a quarter or two after my run just to see if there is any resemblance of speed left in me (usually no, but I like to check).

I've went through this but I got into running as a means of fitness and found out I was actually decent on the local scene.

I only sign up now for big races in other areas its awful to put my eggs into one basket vs doing multiple races all the time but its the only way I get motivated to race.

At my age I'm perfectly fine clicking off seconds in my workout log vs destroying locals by cruising easy.

Sounds like it's time for Ultras.

M.A.G.A.

S.O.W.P.

I.B.B.K.

Just do what you want to do, man.

Sounds like someone is afraid of getting beaten. So long as you never race, you can live in a dream world where you're the champ. Face it: you're too much of a coward to compete.

There's no substitute for a race. I could tweak my workouts all i wanted to, but what i've found is that even the crappiest race is better than my best training run.

Do what you've got to do to keep the flame lit, but every concession comes at a price.

I am the same. I get excited for workouts and do most at noon so that may be one reason for me. The only races that I enjoy now are the few open xc races I can find or the occasional college race.