thought this bit of info interesting from salem paper:
D'Agostino had been sidelined with a stress reaction in her tailbone and had to take time off from running for eight weeks.
"It was from overuse and the pounding your body takes," she said. "I needed to rest, but I never took time off completely. Instead, I worked out in the pool twice a day and also used a special treadmill that allows you to come back faster. By the first of April I was back out there, and it felt healed. I had to be conservative and build up the miles slowly.
"By the beginning of May I was back to 35 miles per week, so I really didn't have a lot of time to prepare for this race under normal training. What really helped me was keeping active with aerobics in the pool. It's extremely difficult to replicate what you do and harder to get the heart rate up in the pool. It's so different from running, and you have to get the neuromuscular connections going again."
a few questions.
4 weeks to build to 35 week? is that an awfully slow progression for a pro? was the quality already there in april? like, fewer long runs, but already some track stuff to get used to running fast? or were all the hard efforts still in the pool?
fewer than 6 weeks at 35+ to get her to 15:06? obviously, she was already a huge talent, and was probably better than 15:10 pre-injury. suggests all those folks who say you can get some pretty good aerobic development in the pool are probably close to the mark, no? makes me think of fleshman and her elliptigo--maybe she shoulda stuck to the pool.
finally,id be curious to know: are any college coaches are known to be very cross training heavy at any point during the year?