I think they called it a stress "reaction". Usually means mild/caught it early. I do wonder where the tipping point is between rest so you can heal with some X training vs 2.5 hrs including elliptical delaying healing? Elliptical isnt nothing. I guess its all relative when you run 100MPW. Relative rest.
I could bike hard with no problem with a more serious version. 6+ months to run with no pain, bike as much as I wanted the first day with no pain.
If this stress reaction is up near the femoral neck, this a bad area. Depending on its location it is 6 - 8 weeks to heal with crutches and non weight bearing. It is good if they caught it early enough. He would do well to shut it down and heal up. I am thinking long term for his career..
Good to know Grant is well on the mend and by the sounds of things will be competing again at some point this summer.
Wishing him the very best. He is a great US athlete, competitor and roll model for young and old runners.
The article is an interesting read. Grant as always is very open about what he is experiencing and articulates such very well every time I read or listen to his interviews. With Grant, when it comes to a potentially negative component of an interview he is very savvy to respond in a way where one has to read between the lines. In this case, his explanation about his training caused me to think he was not happy in how it has gone this season.
Training is about athlete and coach striking a balanced individualized plan. I wonder what Jerry Schumacher feels he did differently with Grant this year versus how well training and competing went for Grant last year?
My other takeaway from reading this article is positivity. The positivity of a Grant wanting to do his best to be competitive with the best in the world and timing of an injury.
There are many wonderful athletes that struggle and endure and train and compete, get injured and come back better then ever. The dedication they have in a sport that isn’t as glamorous in the USA as it is in Europe and the sacrifices they make to be the best they can be - I really applaud them for their strength and the pleasure they bring to an old track hack like me.
You are forgetting that this year, Pre is the DL final. That means that only the top 10 in DL points get to run at Pre. Since Fisher has no DL points this year, he's unlikely to end the season in the top 10.
Klecker, at 11th, is currently the highest ranked American. (WK is 16th.)
As it stands now...I'd expect Klecker and Krop as the last 2 in. I'm assuming Girma (steeple) and Kiplimo (World Half October 1) scratch. There's also Zurich (Aug 31), which may be a chance for the following athletes to jump ahead and get in (Woody, Grant?, Kipkorir, Ndikumwenayo, Balew). I'd assume Cheptegei will keep his spot though maybe after Worlds, he's all in on Marathon training.
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You are forgetting that this year, Pre is the DL final. That means that only the top 10 in DL points get to run at Pre. Since Fisher has no DL points this year, he's unlikely to end the season in the top 10.
Klecker, at 11th, is currently the highest ranked American. (WK is 16th.)
As it stands now...I'd expect Klecker and Krop as the last 2 in. I'm assuming Girma (steeple) and Kiplimo (World Half October 1) scratch. There's also Zurich (Aug 31), which may be a chance for the following athletes to jump ahead and get in (Woody, Grant?, Kipkorir, Ndikumwenayo, Balew). I'd assume Cheptegei will keep his spot though maybe after Worlds, he's all in on Marathon training.
word on the street is that kiplimo is scratching the 5, not the 10. 10 is at the beginning of the week, and then he can carry on with his training right away
word on the street is that kiplimo is scratching the 5, not the 10. 10 is at the beginning of the week, and then he can carry on with his training right away
I would bag the season and come back strong in 2024. This is an inflection point for him and Jerry. Keep him to 80-90 miles/week on the ground and the rest on the AlterG or in the pool or cycling. The one thing is I hope he knows the proper form for water running. I have watched too many pros dog paddling or trying it without the belt and thinking because they’re getting the heart rate up, which isn’t easy in the pool, that they are doing something. Upright, full stride in the water, 60-70 rpm, will maintain fitness.
The critique for the substance of this article is Grant thinking he had to up his mileage *again* after last season. Going up 10% in mileage after a career-best season where he came up short on the medals due to tactics (10K, 5k somewhat) and misfortune (hitting rail in 5k) as opposed to fitness arguably. The times/DL placings last years were so good, it’s a shame he felt like he had to push it further instead of just refining his tactics and gaining volume/experience organically. 90-95 is quite high anyhow and in line/higher than what Cheptegei, Bekele are known to run in 5-10k training. Caveat: they are running at very high altitude and often on very hilly trains but both guys are said to be in the 80-90mpw range.
If this stress reaction is up near the femoral neck, this a bad area. Depending on its location it is 6 - 8 weeks to heal with crutches and non weight bearing. It is good if they caught it early enough. He would do well to shut it down and heal up. I am thinking long term for his career..
Call me crazy… I believe Grant knows exactly what is going on with his situation, is surrounded by a competent team of sports med people helping him through this and he will make his decision based on facts, expert guidance, how his body feels and what he feels is the right path.
The critique for the substance of this article is Grant thinking he had to up his mileage *again* after last season. Going up 10% in mileage after a career-best season where he came up short on the medals due to tactics (10K, 5k somewhat) and misfortune (hitting rail in 5k) as opposed to fitness arguably. The times/DL placings last years were so good, it’s a shame he felt like he had to push it further instead of just refining his tactics and gaining volume/experience organically. 90-95 is quite high anyhow and in line/higher than what Cheptegei, Bekele are known to run in 5-10k training. Caveat: they are running at very high altitude and often on very hilly trains but both guys are said to be in the 80-90mpw range.
Jerry Schumacher moving BTC to Eugene and having BTC align with his NCAA schedule versus same number of altitude camps and pro schedule of past years.
Fishers is a coaching problem not an athlete problem.
Only 2.5 hours a day? That an easy day for triathletes. And they are actually running some of the time.
Fishboiii needs to be putting in more like 4-6 hours.
Yeah, but triathletes aren't really athletes. Their part-timers in three different events because they can't compete at the world level in just one.
Come on, be fair. Blummenfelt, Yee, and Wilde? Yee won the British 10K championships as a teenager. Several of the others are impressive in their own right.
The critique for the substance of this article is Grant thinking he had to up his mileage *again* after last season. Going up 10% in mileage after a career-best season where he came up short on the medals due to tactics (10K, 5k somewhat) and misfortune (hitting rail in 5k) as opposed to fitness arguably. The times/DL placings last years were so good, it’s a shame he felt like he had to push it further instead of just refining his tactics and gaining volume/experience organically. 90-95 is quite high anyhow and in line/higher than what Cheptegei, Bekele are known to run in 5-10k training. Caveat: they are running at very high altitude and often on very hilly trains but both guys are said to be in the 80-90mpw range.
I feel like this is exactly what happened to Solinsky after his big year. Upped his mileage further after an incredible year, and even though he was fairly I just resistant, it was just too much on top of an old non running related injury (if I remember the specifics)
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