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Too Much Training, Too Little Fun And Massive Burn Out

Well, the headline says it all... cause I think that's pretty much me at the moment. I started training for a June half that didn't happen. ( Decision Made ) And out of that decision I got caught up in the excitement of friends just finishing marathons, and I jumped on board to run a Fall marathon. After training all summer, with higher mileage than I've ever done, super early morning runs, longer runs mid week than I've ever done, and well it just all got to be too intense ( Go Big Or Go Home, Is Marathon Training Over ) I dropped back to a Half marathon for the end of October. I'm coming off a 2 Half Marathons In 2 Days that last year was a blast - this year no so much. To be honest, I really haven't enjoyed running too much this Summer now that I look back on it. The most fun that I had was at the beginning of Summer. ( My First Time Placing In An Overall Category ). And now, well now I went out for a 5 mile run yesterday with my running group, made it ...