I'm starting to feel bad for the guy. Obviously driven (at least in high school) and made his whole identity about being the fast guy who goes for records. Nobody has their identity shattered like he has and comes out the other side unscathed.
A massive slice of humble pie, like he's been served, could be very useful to him in coaching or the rest of his athletic career or something like business, should he chooses to actually eat it.
They’ll both end up former college runners that need to work regular jobs.
The undertrained one will be able to walk without pain for the rest of his life. The other will experience chronic pain for the rest of his life.
You are just a bundle of good wishes. Why are you even here on a track and field website? This is what athletes do. Trying to be their best through various pathways. You are basically saying why would anyone bother if that is your thought for C. Sahlman. I feel certain these people will be more successful at life than you. Actually, they probably already are.
Yeah, being able to say you were / are one of the best US high school distance runners of all time and made a US final is more remarkable than whatever that poster could ever achieve in any field or career.
Under training only takes you so far. That’s a solid 400m split for his level, but Sahlman has split that fast as well.
If you have two runners that can split under 47 in 400m and one has a 7:36 3k PR and the other runs less than 15 miles a week, it’s clear who will win at 800m.
They’ll both end up former college runners that need to work regular jobs.
The undertrained one will be able to walk without pain for the rest of his life. The other will experience chronic pain for the rest of his life.