How to AVOID BURNOUT in Running

[@JTD33]

I'm probably not the target audience but as an average runner I decided to limit running to three times per week and spend the other days doing other aerobic exercise and/or lifting. I could probably do 4 days and be fine most of the time, but for consistency (which I think is most important) being at a frequency where I'm holding back just a little keeps me excited for every run, lets me enjoy other sports and also offers a lot of flexibility in the weekly schedule. If at some point I decide to push for a big PR I might do an 8-12 week plan with more frequency, but honestly I feel like structuring those 3 running days well enables pretty good progress for most people especially at 5k-HM distances.

[@lingerboy1801]

Coming from a runner who used to runs for losing weight, from 240lbs - 190lbs. I am in that stage where I'm trying to increase my pace and with work its often times the burnout comes when there is too little time for me to do my workouts and thats where the burnout kicks in mostly due to not achieving the desired goal at race day. But i never had a time when i truly feel like stopping cuz its been two years since i started running. I always look at my workouts and runs as a time for me to reflect upon my life and with so little time I have. I hope to everyone who runs casually, semi-pro or Elite level always make sure that you wanna be fast but be fast because you want to not because you want to be faster than others.

[@readysetsell5703]

Great video. Best thing ive done is every 4th week i cut milage to 50%. Its like a turbo charger for my motivation and also progress. Not to mention massive injury prevention . By the middle of the third week i can feel myself craving the week of declined volume. Cant imagine training 8 week or 12 weeks and only taking a 10-20% volume cut for 1 week and count that as a rest week!

[@jamindarunner]

I’ve never considered this before, but you might be onto something 🤔

[@readysetsell5703]

​@@jamindarunner its all about how you can stay consistent over years.

[@mahdisultan3546]

YOU SHOULD ADD SPRINTING TO UR TRAINING SESSION, IN THAT CASE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO RUN AT A GOOD PACE FOR LONGER DISTANCES WITHOUT WORRYING FOR THE SPEED AS YOUR LONG RUNS + SPRINT ( 85-95 %) WILL MAKE U EVENTUALLY FASTER...

[@annonschnell4887]

Love the insight! Awesome vid!

[@Nextman916]

Dude honestly you basically wrote the path to burnout. Trying to keep a run streak while going hard all the time is exactly what resulted there. You need easy and recovery days, I don’t mean to be harsh but 7:30 is not your recovery pace, you aren’t an elite level runner. You’re stressing your gains and mentality to keep improving running like that, you can recover at 7:30 pace one day, but that day is probably 2+ years away of consistent smart running. Like you said, stop the comparison, it’s a marathon not a race.

[@capybara5494]

I was thinking about trashing you, then I realized you probably talked in min/mile, not km 😂

[@DakotaNeaman]

well said 🫡