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"Seasonal affective disorder," he says. "It comes with the changing of the leaves, and it's worse later." Also referred to by Wetmore as "three-week syndrome," it is his term for the collective neuroses that suddenly crop up at this time of year. The initial feeling-out period is now over and the density of training is starting to catch up to his athletes. It occurs to them that all the hard work that has been completed is but a prelude for the more strenuous workouts that have yet to commence. For those who are already overextending themselves, it is a painful realization.
Running with the Buffaloes: A Season Inside with Mark Wetmore, Adam Goucher, and the University of Colorado Men's Cross-Country Team
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