imarunr wrote:
The info coming out is that it is due to a plantar issue. I recall that Rupp had plantar issues at some point last year, or the year prior. I wonder if those new Nike shoes with the carbon fiber plate in them are proving too stiff for some, and putting extra pressure on the plantar fascia when trying to roll through the foot strike.
What about the idea that there is too much spring in the shoes?
imarunr wrote:
The info coming out is that it is due to a plantar issue. I recall that Rupp had plantar issues at some point last year, or the year prior. I wonder if those new Nike shoes with the carbon fiber plate in them are proving too stiff for some, and putting extra pressure on the plantar fascia when trying to roll through the foot strike.
I think you're spot on. Of course, Rupp didn't even wear the Vaporfly during the 2017 Boston marathon. Likely didn't want to risk another flare up.
I like the shoe, but it's for racing only. Will wear the Zoom Fly SP for some speed work. But because I like them both, I do foot strengthening exercises after every run, along with wobble/rocker board for the ankles. They are not forgiving shoes.
So do we believe it's a plantar or what?
I agree. I am having very bad PF and it came otta nowhere after I
switched to Zoom Flys and Vapor Flys. Shockwave therapy tomorrow ?
She just posted an Instagram story showing dry needling of her left foot and leg...
your malevolent dictator
SP wrote:
I agree. I am having very bad PF and it came otta nowhere after I
switched to Zoom Flys and Vapor Flys. Shockwave therapy tomorrow ?
Like in the movie "The Jerk".
The newly patented eye glasses with the nose bridge make you cross eyed. Steve Martin got sued and lost all of his money.
Rupp had the same problem wrote:
imarunr wrote:
The info coming out is that it is due to a plantar issue. I recall that Rupp had plantar issues at some point last year, or the year prior. I wonder if those new Nike shoes with the carbon fiber plate in them are proving too stiff for some, and putting extra pressure on the plantar fascia when trying to roll through the foot strike.
I think you're spot on. Of course, Rupp didn't even wear the Vaporfly during the 2017 Boston marathon. Likely didn't want to risk another flare up.
I like the shoe, but it's for racing only. Will wear the Zoom Fly SP for some speed work. But because I like them both, I do foot strengthening exercises after every run, along with wobble/rocker board for the ankles. They are not forgiving shoes.
Galen Rupp did run in the Vaporfly at Boston
Probably a good call anyways.
Cuan wrote:
Rupp had the same problem wrote:
I think you're spot on. Of course, Rupp didn't even wear the Vaporfly during the 2017 Boston marathon. Likely didn't want to risk another flare up.
I like the shoe, but it's for racing only. Will wear the Zoom Fly SP for some speed work. But because I like them both, I do foot strengthening exercises after every run, along with wobble/rocker board for the ankles. They are not forgiving shoes.
Galen Rupp did run in the Vaporfly at Boston
Show me.
LetsRun.com wrote:
We apologize for not trusting the wisdom of our own messageboard where rumor after rumor over the last 18 years has come true time after time. The OP's initial post appears below our article link
like Murphy was leaving NOP?
imarunr wrote:
The info coming out is that it is due to a plantar issue. I recall that Rupp had plantar issues at some point last year, or the year prior. I wonder if those new Nike shoes with the carbon fiber plate in them are proving too stiff for some, and putting extra pressure on the plantar fascia when trying to roll through the foot strike.
Yes. The stress has to go somewhere. Remember Ritz dnf'ed in NYC after tearing his plantar.
YMMV wrote:
Slimfast wrote:
Hasay looks so incredibly unhealthy. Way too skinny for what she grew up as. I'm not sure if other posters agree or have already pointed this out, but the red flag is flying high. Please help her!!
All top women marathoners look unhealthy. Shalane looked like a strips of jerky stretched over driftwood framing at NYCM. Deena same in her "prime".
Top-level marathons are one of the most inherently unhealthy things you can do to your body. That is part of the masochistic challenge.
I almost fell off my chair laughing at that statement about Shalane. It is true though if you have ever seen these runners up close, it is scary. I worked as an official at a few big track meets years ago and the one woman I remember that looked alien was Regina Jacobs (I know she was a drug cheat), but you could literally see every muscle in her body, it was bizarre. For these woman to be able to compete with the east Africans they have to be light..........all about power to weight ratio. The east Africans are like this naturally. These woman are tiny, much less than 100 pounds, but healthy .
"in what can only be considered a big bureucratic blunder..."
You should update your article to reflect that the US and Kenya both appear to suffer from the same "big bureaucratic blunder," unless there's another reason no female alternates from the US are running.
I feel that the issue for women in particular, but also men, is that "Lighter is better in the marathon- as long as you are healthy. enough not to get injured". Similar to women's gymnastics. Since East Africans are somewhat undernourished by Western standards growing up, they develop smaller frames than if they were to grow up in the West. This allows them to be healthy in their 20's at 90-100 lbs., with say a 15% bodyfat, whereas the Western women that are trying to get close to 90-100 lbs or less are right on the edge, maybe 10% bodyfat or even less.
It's a brutal game of physics and physiology played out over a lifetime. Much is made of the African advantage of altitude and running to school etc., but in societies where 100-lb women and 120-lb men are commonplace, you will inevitably find many fast marathoners regardless of other factors. If you are an American, you must prepare to go leaner to make up some of the "small size advantage". Rupp is also extremely lean when in competitive fetter, and the new French/Swiss guy is naturally small like the Kenyans he runs with.
I see a similar phenomenon in rock climbing, although there are no African climbers yet. Some of the top American guys are around 110-115 lbs..
Top level American marathoners look like jerky bc they run in sunlight all the time and rarely use lotion. Their skin is all dried out.
Almostsbs wrote:
She just posted an Instagram story showing dry needling of her left foot and leg...
Not true, again.
Yes, it's true! She posted it herself!
Hasay may not be too thin in my book but her skin! Wear sunblock or get out of the tanning booth.
bleu wrote:
Yes, it's true! She posted it herself!
link it here then if it is true.
