I updated title. Originally I said statin but Pascal while said mild did say the word tear and strain. MRI tomorrow
A strain is just a layman's term for a mild tear. It's a matter of degrees and the amount of fibers torn. This is googleable.
It's funny to listen to people with no expertise try to use medical terminology with a very serious expression on their face like they have some idea what they're talking about.
The muscle and tendon work as a unit. If she has a muscle tear on the same side as her tendon injury, it suggests a real and persistent vulnerability on that side from a number of causes that have not been adequately addressed
If they start allowing super shoe flats on the track (which IMO they should) it will be interesting to see if athletes start wearing them in 10K’s to help save their legs for the double
This isn't already a thing?
I thought I have witnessed this several times, primarily Americans in domestic races. Not that I think Americans are necessarily more prone to wear them, but the races I am recalling were American only events.
I am not in tune enough with the whole shoes-thing to think that I could not misidentify shoes. But I thought I have watched athletes wear very thick non-spiked shoes on the track.
The super shoe flats are not permitted on the track? For any track races or just events like Diamond League or World Championships? Were they permitted in the U.S. Championships?
I ran into Bowerman coach Pascal Dobert and he said they did a quick ultrasound on Karissa and she is believed to have a mild calf tear. There was some speculation on here that she had reinjured her achilles but that is not the case.
The strain is believed to be mild but came at the wrong time obviously. More tests will be done tomorrow.
Pick an event, Karissa. 5 & 10 is not a recipe for success. Might have been 20 years ago, but not anymore. Or just do 1500 and ONE longer distance.
I understand why they double; I'm sure they make more money and maybe a secondary reason is hoping they'll have two chances instead of one to grab a medal. But given how far behind the USA women are in the 5000m and 10000m, I think for the longer term it would be smarter for them to focus exclusively on one event and try to close the gap.
It makes more sense when someone like Fisher doubles because he's legitimately competitive in both events. Like Rupp was during his track years, Fisher will almost certainly be right on the tail of the lead 200-400m out in both the 5 and 10. It's my opinion that people should choose not to double until they are good enough to be able to do that no matter how the race goes.
Agreed. The US women are not currently competitive in either event. Doubling for them only exacerbates the problem. No US women has EVER medaled in the 5k in the Olympics or the WC. Or the 3k for that matter. Only two US women have medaled in the 10k (one silver in 2008 and one bronze back in 1992). In the WC only two have medaled in the 10k (silver and bronze). This is like a crappy golfer playing the blue tees when they are just as ineffective playing the whites.
Mo Farah/Galen Rupp always doubled in major championships. They never had physical problems from doing it, other than fatigue.
wEll, both those guys had major surgeries... as did Geb and Bekele.
What "major surgery" did Farah have? Bekele almost never doubled. If people had surgery it's because running, especially at the world class level, is very hard on the body.
Remember when Clayton Murphy tried to do all the rounds of the 800m and 1500m at USAs and then promptly got injured? They people run or fly to close to the sun ...
Murphy and his coach were stupid and/or egotistical enough to attempt to double in events with overlapping rounds.
People who resist her running both events, don't you realize that even a tired Karissa is the best athlete we have on offer? She's the best the US has.
NCAA athletes can wear them. But can't be worn at USAs/Worlds.
Makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
Thanks.
Mostly to confirm that I saw them somewhere on the track and that I am not completely out of touch.
And I agree, it makes little sense for USATF and NCAA not to align on issues like this. Kind of like aluminum versus wooden bats in baseball.
Meanwhile in the UK, IAAF rules were adopted wholesale despite the IAAF literally stating that they were for national championships only.
Means that last week, I had a masters athlete who had never run track before, worried he was going to get DQd in his first ever open track race because the only trainers he had were "illegal".
Mostly to confirm that I saw them somewhere on the track and that I am not completely out of touch.
And I agree, it makes little sense for USATF and NCAA not to align on issues like this. Kind of like aluminum versus wooden bats in baseball.
Meanwhile in the UK, IAAF rules were adopted wholesale despite the IAAF literally stating that they were for national championships only.
Means that last week, I had a masters athlete who had never run track before, worried he was going to get DQd in his first ever open track race because the only trainers he had were "illegal".
It sure seems that the world governing body could get on the same page with some of these things. Here in the U.S., high school track & field has a national federation that sets some basic parameters and the states are supposed to follow them. While I don't agree with some, it at least puts everyone on a level playing field in most cases.