I was totally burnt out after my last marathon (I DNF'd one and then ran another a month later (seemed like a good idea at the time)). Took some time off to recover and then found that I could not get myself motivated to do it anymore. It's been a month since I last ran and finally feel like I can get out the door. I was able to use this time to get a few things done around the house and reconnect with friends. 😵💫
@@bcockton Training for and running a marathon is a lot and sometimes it hits us harder than other times. Taking a month off doesn’t seem so bad. I bet you’ve still maintained your fitness and getting back into it won’t be too bad! I’m glad to hear you used your time off so well! A lot of life-stuff gets pushed aside when we’re in the thick of training.
Great stuff as always, Matt! Probably a lot of runners get inspired by Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter and stories of gym rats who sign up for a race on a dare and discover that they have elite talent. It's easy to have big dreams when you're enjoying newbie gains and running faster every day, but the typical person who takes up running eventually becomes a typical runner. We have to settle back down and lower our goals and accept that we might not make the Olympics, and it might be less inspiring to keep going then. There's a social side to it too. In my early days I had co-workers and other friends to run with and say hi to at local races. There were times when it was hard to keep at it as they fell away one by one. Also I don't doubt that systemic fatigue or chronic underfueling or a sleep deficit can build up through a long stretch with one goal race after another. Burning the candle at both ends works great until it doesn't. Burnout might be a grab-bag term for a bunch of different individual causes.😵💫
Agreed! Burnout simplifies a problem without necessarily identifying a single cause. BTW, I will never settle down and accept that you and I are not going to the Olympics! NEVER!
@@its_Matt_B_ Some dreams never die!😂I looked at the results for a local neighborhood 5k last month and saw that one of the age group winners was an Olympic gold medalist. He won it in speedskating rather than running, but he'll jog a 20 minute 5k and joke about how out of shape he is. Talent is talent and if you're at that level, you already know it.
I’ve been burned out on pretty much everything. When I first started Karate, I would attend every class I could. Quickly burned out and had to adjust. Same thing with running. Balance is hard. But now I limit myself to a certain number of days for each activity and adjust when needed. Happy running everyone! 🏃🏻♀️🌈😵💫
@@vanessamartinez4917 It’s easy to do too much when we’re new to a sport and really excited about it! I suppose the key to health/happiness in running (and life) is to leave/stop while we still want more! 🤷🏻♂️
Yesterday I ran CIM. It went better than I expected 😊 I think I largely avoided burn-out and was mostly injury free by being more careful about my sleep and making sure I was getting enough calories and nutrients. Still not 8h or more on most days but my average sleep was north of 7h so it is a success! I was glad for reaching 2-week taper and lower volume in the end. Power based training scaled my plan to my current fitness which helped control burnout 😵💫
😵💫 Excellent discussion! There’s always something new to learn (or to invent) in the world of jump rope, thankfully. However - I have experienced a whiff of burnout from being OBSESSED with jumping rope. Maybe two years ago I was done with freestyle jumping and couldn’t resurrect any enthusiasm for practicing new tricks. So I stuck to bland but still satisfying fitness jumping (boxer step and basic bounce.) My zeal for freestyle jumping returned this past summer. So yes, definitely we can burn out on our own overthinking and obsessions.
@@tinalewis6782 I suppose there is a danger of burnout with anything we like to do. I also suppose it may not be a bad thing. Burnout makes us try new things and lets us return to what we enjoyed after we’ve tried it! I’m happy to hear you’re back enjoying freestyle!
😵💫 Yes, usually every autumn I will A - burn out, B - get injured, or C - both. My goal this year was to be consistent over the warmer months where I could run outside so that I wouldn't burn out. I feel I've made good progress on that goal.
Sounds like a successful summer of running! I'm glad to hear you're healthy! I can see how both would happen! It's too easy to get out and run when the weather is good!
Not exactly burn out but I told my self no more marathons after running CIM yesterday. Did not do as well as I had wanted and remembered how hard marathons are. I'm sure by next week I'll probably be signing up for more. 😵💫 wishing you a very happy holidays!
Well done on CIM and I'm sorry it didn't go as well as you hoped. I tend to think you're right about next week (or a few weeks) changing your mind and wanting to run another marathon! Marathons ARE hard and i'm always surprised when I forget that, which happens most times I run one.
Balance, balance and balance. Easier said than done, but it takes only once to be burned out to understand that you don't want to get there again. I try and plan my macro-cycle year plan to have 1-2 marathons a year, adequately spaced(!), and maybe 2-3 Half marathons and 2-3 10K races. I decide where I want to "put my money" and where to attempt to PB, and where a race is just an event I do the best I can, while having an important mantra in my head - "be able to continue running when the race is over". I'm running long enough to know what is realistic for me and what is marginal. On a day to day basis I run 3-4 times and only on very few peak weaks I reach 5 times. I ALWAYS take an easy week every 3-4 weeks, and if, for example, a long run turns out to be a TOO-long run, I cut it short; I know in 2-3 days I'll be eager to be running again. I also do lots of strengh and conditioning - running related but not only. When I find my self a bit knackered from running, a 45 minute KettleBell session does it for me. 😵💫😵💫 p.s - Matt, I miss the shoe gallery in the background! this alone causes me stress and burnout!
@@avifrunner First, let me put your mind at ease with the shoe wall; it appears only in shoe review videos. The back drop in this video is for this type of video. 😄 It sounds like experience has you well positioned to avoid burnout! You know what you’re doing and what works best for you. Where you are is where we all want to get! 🙌🏽
I’ve burned out before. I find opting for a different form of exercise that still works the legs is good to have in the rotation. For some it might be biking. For me it’s doing the stair stepper.
😵💫 Burnout to me is more of a mental/motivational condition. Knowing that progress is not necessarily a straight line and it is difficult to maintain constant motivation, I like leverage discipline to help carry me through.
@@Dave_Balensiefen I’m surprised that I haven’t thought of it that way, but after you said it I have to agree; it can be largely a mental condition! Thanks, Dave!
To prevent burn out I started mixing in road cycling few years ago, which led to gravel cycling obsession then that led to mountain biking obsession. Now only my bank account is burnt out.
😵💫 Your thoughts during this video made me laugh! Who needs a social life when you can run cool marathons? Or at least that’s what I tell myself! Maybe I’m also headed towards burnout. 😂
@@annewright3486 For some, the decision between a social life and running cool marathons wouldn’t even be a decision. Well, I guess it’s the same for us, just in favor of the marathons. Maybe we’re both heading towards burnout but are enjoying the ride. 🤷🏻♂️
I think more about the opposite to this story…how burnout from other aspects of your life can impact your fitness and running. My running paces have fallen off hard over the last year and I attribute it to chronic burnout from other aspects of my life
I'm currently burnt out 😵💫. I was struggling with motivation this year and signed up for a marathon that was in October. Life went crazy and my training wasnt great due to sickness asd life events. I did the marathon and almost ruined myself and since then have hardly run at all. I have a half marathon in March so im going to give myself a break and do a few runs between now and christmas and start afresh in January.
Ugh! Sorry to hear it! You're doing well to take some time off and to start fresh in the new year! Do you feel good/healthy/happy in every other area of your life, or has the burnout affected that too
@its_Matt_B_ to be honest no, life is hard at the moment and I think that's what has contributed to my running burn out rather than the other way around.
@@fatrunner I understand and again, I’m sorry to hear it. It’s hard to do one thing when another thing is in shambles. Here’s hoping things improve for you in the new year! 👊🏽
@@ParasiticOne Ahh, great point! You’re absolutely right! There’s a lot more than just running that can cause burnout, and I guess it’s more likely people would get burned out from work!
I was totally burnt out after my last marathon (I DNF'd one and then ran another a month later (seemed like a good idea at the time)). Took some time off to recover and then found that I could not get myself motivated to do it anymore. It's been a month since I last ran and finally feel like I can get out the door. I was able to use this time to get a few things done around the house and reconnect with friends. 😵💫
@@bcockton Training for and running a marathon is a lot and sometimes it hits us harder than other times. Taking a month off doesn’t seem so bad. I bet you’ve still maintained your fitness and getting back into it won’t be too bad! I’m glad to hear you used your time off so well! A lot of life-stuff gets pushed aside when we’re in the thick of training.
These are all great points. My motto is so more of what makes you happy, unless you are training for a race. Then you should follow the plan😊
@@IRunThings I love the recognition that training is hard and is unlikely to make us happy in the moment. 🤩
@its_Matt_B_ training for a race is hard and there will be many days when the last thing youd want to do is go for a tempo run 😆
Great stuff as always, Matt! Probably a lot of runners get inspired by Jim Walmsley and Courtney Dauwalter and stories of gym rats who sign up for a race on a dare and discover that they have elite talent. It's easy to have big dreams when you're enjoying newbie gains and running faster every day, but the typical person who takes up running eventually becomes a typical runner. We have to settle back down and lower our goals and accept that we might not make the Olympics, and it might be less inspiring to keep going then. There's a social side to it too. In my early days I had co-workers and other friends to run with and say hi to at local races. There were times when it was hard to keep at it as they fell away one by one. Also I don't doubt that systemic fatigue or chronic underfueling or a sleep deficit can build up through a long stretch with one goal race after another. Burning the candle at both ends works great until it doesn't. Burnout might be a grab-bag term for a bunch of different individual causes.😵💫
Agreed! Burnout simplifies a problem without necessarily identifying a single cause.
BTW, I will never settle down and accept that you and I are not going to the Olympics! NEVER!
@@its_Matt_B_ Some dreams never die!😂I looked at the results for a local neighborhood 5k last month and saw that one of the age group winners was an Olympic gold medalist. He won it in speedskating rather than running, but he'll jog a 20 minute 5k and joke about how out of shape he is. Talent is talent and if you're at that level, you already know it.
I’ve been burned out on pretty much everything. When I first started Karate, I would attend every class I could. Quickly burned out and had to adjust. Same thing with running. Balance is hard. But now I limit myself to a certain number of days for each activity and adjust when needed. Happy running everyone! 🏃🏻♀️🌈😵💫
@@vanessamartinez4917 It’s easy to do too much when we’re new to a sport and really excited about it! I suppose the key to health/happiness in running (and life) is to leave/stop while we still want more! 🤷🏻♂️
Yesterday I ran CIM. It went better than I expected 😊 I think I largely avoided burn-out and was mostly injury free by being more careful about my sleep and making sure I was getting enough calories and nutrients. Still not 8h or more on most days but my average sleep was north of 7h so it is a success!
I was glad for reaching 2-week taper and lower volume in the end. Power based training scaled my plan to my current fitness which helped control burnout 😵💫
@@TolunayOrkun You ran so well! Big ups to you! 👊🏽 I’m also glad to hear you had such a positive experience following a power-based training plan!
@@its_Matt_B_ Thank you! 🙏
😵💫 Excellent discussion! There’s always something new to learn (or to invent) in the world of jump rope, thankfully. However - I have experienced a whiff of burnout from being OBSESSED with jumping rope. Maybe two years ago I was done with freestyle jumping and couldn’t resurrect any enthusiasm for practicing new tricks. So I stuck to bland but still satisfying fitness jumping (boxer step and basic bounce.) My zeal for freestyle jumping returned this past summer. So yes, definitely we can burn out on our own overthinking and obsessions.
@@tinalewis6782 I suppose there is a danger of burnout with anything we like to do. I also suppose it may not be a bad thing. Burnout makes us try new things and lets us return to what we enjoyed after we’ve tried it!
I’m happy to hear you’re back enjoying freestyle!
😵💫 Yes, usually every autumn I will A - burn out, B - get injured, or C - both. My goal this year was to be consistent over the warmer months where I could run outside so that I wouldn't burn out. I feel I've made good progress on that goal.
Sounds like a successful summer of running! I'm glad to hear you're healthy! I can see how both would happen! It's too easy to get out and run when the weather is good!
Not exactly burn out but I told my self no more marathons after running CIM yesterday. Did not do as well as I had wanted and remembered how hard marathons are. I'm sure by next week I'll probably be signing up for more. 😵💫 wishing you a very happy holidays!
Well done on CIM and I'm sorry it didn't go as well as you hoped. I tend to think you're right about next week (or a few weeks) changing your mind and wanting to run another marathon! Marathons ARE hard and i'm always surprised when I forget that, which happens most times I run one.
Balance, balance and balance. Easier said than done, but it takes only once to be burned out to understand that you don't want to get there again. I try and plan my macro-cycle year plan to have 1-2 marathons a year, adequately spaced(!), and maybe 2-3 Half marathons and 2-3 10K races. I decide where I want to "put my money" and where to attempt to PB, and where a race is just an event I do the best I can, while having an important mantra in my head - "be able to continue running when the race is over". I'm running long enough to know what is realistic for me and what is marginal.
On a day to day basis I run 3-4 times and only on very few peak weaks I reach 5 times. I ALWAYS take an easy week every 3-4 weeks, and if, for example, a long run turns out to be a TOO-long run, I cut it short; I know in 2-3 days I'll be eager to be running again. I also do lots of strengh and conditioning - running related but not only. When I find my self a bit knackered from running, a 45 minute KettleBell session does it for me. 😵💫😵💫
p.s - Matt, I miss the shoe gallery in the background! this alone causes me stress and burnout!
@@avifrunner First, let me put your mind at ease with the shoe wall; it appears only in shoe review videos. The back drop in this video is for this type of video. 😄
It sounds like experience has you well positioned to avoid burnout! You know what you’re doing and what works best for you. Where you are is where we all want to get! 🙌🏽
For a moment there I was worried all the shoes walked away … 😂@@its_Matt_B_
😵💫 as for running interrupting my social life. I didn't and don't have a social life so running is perfect for me.
@@alanshrimpton6787 🤣 I think it would be surprising to find out how many of us are in that boat with you!
😵💫 Wow! Know thy self. A good balance in everything is a good thing. So easy, yet so difficult 😅
@@lindaskalde6111 It’s so cliche but yes, it’s easier said than done! 😁
I’ve burned out before. I find opting for a different form of exercise that still works the legs is good to have in the rotation. For some it might be biking. For me it’s doing the stair stepper.
@@brewlovinrunner I like the idea of doing something different that works the legs! I used to love the stair stepper! What a workout!
😵💫 Burnout to me is more of a mental/motivational condition. Knowing that progress is not necessarily a straight line and it is difficult to maintain constant motivation, I like leverage discipline to help carry me through.
@@Dave_Balensiefen I’m surprised that I haven’t thought of it that way, but after you said it I have to agree; it can be largely a mental condition! Thanks, Dave!
The one thing that would never cross my mind is to collocate the word 'horrible' with the word 'smoothie'. Honestly, I'm surprised.
@@weuek 🤣
To prevent burn out I started mixing in road cycling few years ago, which led to gravel cycling obsession then that led to mountain biking obsession.
Now only my bank account is burnt out.
@@seanwise7464 🤣 It escalates quickly!
😵💫 Your thoughts during this video made me laugh! Who needs a social life when you can run cool marathons? Or at least that’s what I tell myself! Maybe I’m also headed towards burnout. 😂
@@annewright3486 For some, the decision between a social life and running cool marathons wouldn’t even be a decision. Well, I guess it’s the same for us, just in favor of the marathons.
Maybe we’re both heading towards burnout but are enjoying the ride. 🤷🏻♂️
I think more about the opposite to this story…how burnout from other aspects of your life can impact your fitness and running. My running paces have fallen off hard over the last year and I attribute it to chronic burnout from other aspects of my life
Yes! We can't forget our running is not in a vacuum! How is your stress/burnout now? Are things looking up?
A wise man once said that the number one cause of burnout is doing the same thing over and over again and not seeing results. 😵💫
@@MyFatAdaptedLife 🤔 This makes me think I should reevaluate my running… 🤣
@@its_Matt_B_ right?
I'm currently burnt out 😵💫. I was struggling with motivation this year and signed up for a marathon that was in October. Life went crazy and my training wasnt great due to sickness asd life events. I did the marathon and almost ruined myself and since then have hardly run at all. I have a half marathon in March so im going to give myself a break and do a few runs between now and christmas and start afresh in January.
Ugh! Sorry to hear it! You're doing well to take some time off and to start fresh in the new year! Do you feel good/healthy/happy in every other area of your life, or has the burnout affected that too
@its_Matt_B_ to be honest no, life is hard at the moment and I think that's what has contributed to my running burn out rather than the other way around.
@@fatrunner I understand and again, I’m sorry to hear it. It’s hard to do one thing when another thing is in shambles. Here’s hoping things improve for you in the new year! 👊🏽
It is also hard to differentiate between burnout from work or from running 😵💫
@@ParasiticOne Ahh, great point! You’re absolutely right! There’s a lot more than just running that can cause burnout, and I guess it’s more likely people would get burned out from work!
😵💫im not stressing im not stressing im no…. There’s no place like home there’s no place like home 😂
@@Deadbuck73 Keep repeating that mantra! 🤣
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@@francoisp2894 🙌🏽 Thanks, Francois!