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Poster: Silly Old Fossil
Subject: RE: She was once a runner
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baller wrote:

"Coach’s eyes narrowed. “You need to realize that I focus on your performances during practice and at races, and I don’t spend much time thinking about your lives outside of that realm. I’m coaching at a Division 1 level, and it’s my job to produce successful student-athletes that can compete at a Division 1 level."

I ran for a top 30 D1 NCAA and top 20 academically ranked school. I can honestly say I have heard this exact speech from my coach, and reading it on this girls blog was chilling and depressing. I had almost forgotten about all the conversations we had in my coach's office about girls on the team and their problems, what I "need to do to run faster" (lose weight), and how the job of the coach was to produce results. Scary how accurate this blog is.


When are you guys going to realize your track coach is the same as/similar to your employer (particularly if you are on scholarship)....he is not your therapist.
Consider losing weight to be a condition of employment. If you are running up to your capabilities I doubt any coach is going to require you to lose weight...just for the sake of losing weight.
Randy Thomas is doing these girls a huge favor by exposing them to the "real world" they will be facing once outside college. DO mens college coaches have to deal with this stuff?

Your employer is going to place demands on you to perform...remember you are also competing against men in the workforce also. Your employer may well yell at you on occasion.
Why are eating disorders a uniquely upper middle class American white girl issue?????

And yes, I probably don't understand, TRG.
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