One of many important people from Ohio, and one of my personal favorite women's track athletes along with Keely Hodgkinson and Michelle Jenneke, Abby Steiner is pausing her track career due to multiple surgeries and thus pursuing a master's degree. Wishing her all of the best.
I know her. She is a good person and as a fellow Ohioan of Abby, you/Kobbs, she would think you’re an absolute piece of sh!t.
Maybe, but she would definitely think I was funny.
I was going to pause posting on LRC for a while, but decided there’s too much of a need for my wisdom and humor in these desperate times, so I’ll humbly continue.
I was wondering where she went when USA’s came around and she wasn’t there. Hopefully she can continue to create the best version of herself, and if that’s away from the track, then good for her.
I was wondering where she went when USA’s came around and she wasn’t there. Hopefully she can continue to create the best version of herself, and if that’s away from the track, then good for her.
She’s a smart woman. She’ll be fine. It sucks that she’s had this ongoing battle with Haglund’s but being mentally strong will help her get through the disappointment of it all.
Has anyone "paused" their career as a pro T&F athlete and successfully "un-paused" it again?
Justin Gatlin was banned for like 6 entire years and still came back. It can definitely be done if a person has the desire. Olympians are athletic freaks of nature. As long as their weight doesn't balloon up, they can do nothing for two years and get back into world class shape in six months. Abby Steiner will be fine.
One of many important people from Ohio, and one of my personal favorite women's track athletes along with Keely Hodgkinson and Michelle Jenneke, Abby Steiner is pausing her track career due to multiple surgeries and thus pursuing a master's degree. Wishing her all of the best.
Man, that was a really big spend for the guys at PUMA for an athlete that made one team.
She was such a good collegiate athlete, just hasn't appeared to be able to connect the dots as a pro. The lifestyle isn't for everyone.
One of many important people from Ohio, and one of my personal favorite women's track athletes along with Keely Hodgkinson and Michelle Jenneke, Abby Steiner is pausing her track career due to multiple surgeries and thus pursuing a master's degree. Wishing her all of the best.
Man, that was a really big spend for the guys at PUMA for an athlete that made one team.
She was such a good collegiate athlete, just hasn't appeared to be able to connect the dots as a pro. The lifestyle isn't for everyone.
It was well worth the risk for Puma, based on her collegiate performances coupled with her looks. She's also not beating up her boyfriend and smoking weed everyday and failing whereabouts so there's that. Puma should have no regrets.
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and every other woman that has gotten pregnant and come back.
I would imagine that coming back from a degree is easier than coming back after creating another human being inside of you.
Except that there are almost countless examples of women coming back from childbirth better than they were before. Coming back from surgery-related active pauses in careers, not so much.
and every other woman that has gotten pregnant and come back.
I would imagine that coming back from a degree is easier than coming back after creating another human being inside of you.
Except that there are almost countless examples of women coming back from childbirth better than they were before. Coming back from surgery-related active pauses in careers, not so much.
Sha Carri came back from breast enhancement surgery stronger than ever and Nikki Hiltz came back from breast elimination surgery better than ever.
One of many important people from Ohio, and one of my personal favorite women's track athletes along with Keely Hodgkinson and Michelle Jenneke, Abby Steiner is pausing her track career due to multiple surgeries and thus pursuing a master's degree. Wishing her all of the best.
Running 60 races in a season simply for school points will do that to you. Good for her that she's going for her masters. I wish her well.
One of many important people from Ohio, and one of my personal favorite women's track athletes along with Keely Hodgkinson and Michelle Jenneke, Abby Steiner is pausing her track career due to multiple surgeries and thus pursuing a master's degree. Wishing her all of the best.
Man, that was a really big spend for the guys at PUMA for an athlete that made one team.
She was such a good collegiate athlete, just hasn't appeared to be able to connect the dots as a pro. The lifestyle isn't for everyone.
She was running for points for a school during her peak years when she should have been making a name for herself on the international scene.
The drudgery of the NCAA system has destroyed another athlete with some potential. Colour me surprised.
Has anyone "paused" their career as a pro T&F athlete and successfully "un-paused" it again?
Shelby
Most do not do it successfully. And the ones who do are usually at the top when they pause, like Shelby was. Abby wasn't exactly crushing it the past couple years, so a further break from being at a competitive level is going to make it even tougher to come back and do anything meaningful. I imagine she realizes this, it's not going to be easy. Not only will it be tough to get back to personal best type times, but the bar will probably continue to rise with more women running under 22 in the 200. Go back 10 years ago no one was really going under 22, now people like are getting left off US teams, and it's going to keep getting tougher.
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She was running for points for a school during her peak years when she should have been making a name for herself on the international scene.
The drudgery of the NCAA system has destroyed another athlete with some potential. Colour me surprised.
Or, the drudgery of the NCAA system (having to go to school, plenty of stuff to do outside of just training and running track) was actually what made her great and the pro lifestyle wasn't for her.
She's obviously a fairly high profile case, but think about how many kids were awesome at the NCAA level and then just couldn't make it as pros despite all the potential in the world. Can't simply be that for all of them they had their best years absorbed by running in the NCAA system.
Results after Haglund surgery have been very disappointing for a bunch of athletes, including Ritz, Brazier, and Steiner. As a sub-22 collegian, she had a ton of promise. I hope she comes back healthy like Brazier eventually did.