I am surprised by the emotions in this thread!

Where do they come from?

The running community is intense. As a former "runs way too much" runner, you get very into it and it kind of takes over your life, it becomes your whole identity. Until you get injured from it and it wakes you up.

	▲	fifilura 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Thank you for your comment about identity. Was it something I wanted or did it sneak up on me? The 1000+ days behind me means something. And many days it is what pushes me through. It would be nice if I could find a ramp down scheme, but then with something else to ramp up, otherwise it would probably be better to just keep going. Just stopping on a random Wednesday, it would just feel very weird. (I am not the person in the article, just another guy with a streak)