I wonder when she will blow up?
11th grade? 12th grade? 1st year college?
I can't think of any young girl who has run remotely close to this fast at 14 and still run consistently well through highschool and college and not ended up injured, broken and "retired" by 22.
The GarriTson family is headed by Mike Garritson, who has a sordid history of neglect abuse of animals and children.
Way too slow. Looks like she is fighting to get out of a wet paper bag.
not if but when wrote:
I wonder when she will blow up?
11th grade? 12th grade? 1st year college?
I can't think of any young girl who has run remotely close to this fast at 14 and still run consistently well through highschool and college and not ended up injured, broken and "retired" by 22.
Ever heard of Jordan Hasay?
markarian wrote:
Coachy Coach wrote:
One of the jobs of a coach is to hold back your athletes when appropriate.
Having a 14 year old girl running 60 miles per week and racing Half Marathons is not something I would every do as a coach. I have girls that could do both (not saying they could run 1:16) but as what cost? My job as a coach of younger girls is to help them develop as runners and continue to get them ready to run in High School. Of course I would like them to race fast times and place well but not at the expense of their future. I will not allow or encourage any young athlete to do 60 mpw or race Half Marathons because the normal progression from there is quitting by 16 years old. She needs a real coach.
There isn't a single 14 year old on this planet that enjoys running at the level she is running. Guaranteed she's doing it to please here sh*t parents.
Maybe you were not ambitious or mature at age14, but you are way off base- plenty of 14 year olds are internally driven to achieve at a sport or music or art or an academic discipline- your statement is just not correct.
well actually wrote:
not if but when wrote:
I wonder when she will blow up?
11th grade? 12th grade? 1st year college?
I can't think of any young girl who has run remotely close to this fast at 14 and still run consistently well through highschool and college and not ended up injured, broken and "retired" by 22.
Ever heard of Jordan Hasay?
Beat me to it
well actually wrote:
not if but when wrote:
I wonder when she will blow up?
11th grade? 12th grade? 1st year college?
I can't think of any young girl who has run remotely close to this fast at 14 and still run consistently well through highschool and college and not ended up injured, broken and "retired" by 22.
Ever heard of Jordan Hasay?
Jordan:
1. Didn't run nearly as much mileage.
2. In addition to running played soccer and swam.
3. Would never run a half marathon.
4. Jordan was significantly faster at the distances that matter like the 1500 and 3000m,
this girl doesn't need this thread
Expected to see all the people saying that she is too young to be devoting herself to mileage like this and here is my question
isnt their a certain Norwegian family that is famous for being fast now due to developing aerobic capacity at a young age and continuously doing so and now seeing success at the wrold stage? Arent we always talking about how east africans will be running from a young age to school and so on?
Whats the difference? Why cant US kids be running more at younger ages? Or is it fear of mental and not physical burn out?
Her socks don’t match.
YMMV wrote:
The GarriTson family is headed by Mike Garritson, who has a sordid history of neglect abuse of animals and children.
Who told you that lie? Yeah, he pushed those kids, but abusing kids and animals? Are you talking about sexual abuse, or physical abuse, or emotional? What are you saying he's a deviant and a child molester? You better have some proof to back that up because there is no articles backing up that.
I do the same; it's the only way i'll know which foot I will be landing on next.
What’s up with that? wrote:
Her socks don’t match.
Mo Farah used too wear non matching shoes.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Alleged-Abusive-Caregiver-Michael-Garritson-has-Criminal-Past-170623176.htmlWho told you that lie wrote:
YMMV wrote:
The GarriTson family is headed by Mike Garritson, who has a sordid history of neglect abuse of animals and children.
Who told you that lie? Yeah, he pushed those kids, but abusing kids and animals? Are you talking about sexual abuse, or physical abuse, or emotional? What are you saying he's a deviant and a child molester? You better have some proof to back that up because there is no articles backing up that.
Took 2 min. to find this.
Her form looks immaculate.
Real talent.
Exactly.
I remember the twitter comment of Lagat "you are running more miles than me per week".
But who is Lagat and what does he know...
Another giver of +1 wrote:
14 is too young to be racing half marathons and running 60 miles a week. Obviously loves running but why not race 800/1500 and do other sports at that age?
Agree
OnceAChampion wrote:
YMCA wrote:
I’d vote for too young because she’s devoting about two hours a day (prep, run, shower) to middle school running. There are few tangible rewards and no advantage gained for this heavy training g.
Based on all of the young phenoms that have come before her we can conclude that no long term competitive advantage gained from prepubescent training. There may be no harm but also there is no advantage.
Oh yeah because middle schoolers have such busy lives. She needs to be studying and practicing her Chinese and maximizing her odds of getting into Stanford.
If a middle schooler was playing video games 5 hours a day it wouldn't be a news story. But running 2 hours a day and you need to question the "tangible rewards" for it.
In the 80s, I'd play outside for 8 hours each day, riding, running and jumping until exhaustion. As soon as activity becomes "organised", people freak out. Let the girl run.
Even though she's only 14, she already does not look healthy.
09sarose wrote:
Even though she's only 14, she already does not look healthy.
I don't know about "healthy" or not, but she clearly hasn't hit puberty yet (hopefully not being delayed by all the running mileage). Too early to get excited about any girl's running career at this stage.