I’m very lucky. I have run 4000Km per annum for 44 years straight without sustaining an overuse injury. Still going strong at age 58. -I believe most potential injuries happen as runners attempt to increase their performance platform from a lower one. Ive had a few sprained ankles here and there as I am a supinator, but I would term these as accidents as opposed to strain induced injuries… it’s always a difficult road to negotiate for someone as gifted as Sam. Huge aerobic engine but his body is still evolving from boy to man…
You get a stress fracture over a long period of time. Not from a couple days of playing soccer. I wouldn’t be so quick to label this non running related.
Nonsense. I've gotten one stress fracture, ONE. I was running on grass and on dirt trails at the time. There goes your effing theory.
What? How does that disprove his effing theory? And why so aggressive?
Nonsense. I've gotten one stress fracture, ONE. I was running on grass and on dirt trails at the time. There goes your effing theory.
What? How does that disprove his effing theory? And why so aggressive?
The guy said that stress fractures were caused by "a long period of time." I simply disagreed. How is that "aggressive."? It's my opinion. If stress fractures were caused by running over a long period of time, then I would have had many of them, not one of them.
I've always wonder why people think that cross training prevents injuries when it seems that cross training in itself is doing awkward activities that cause injuries?
You get a stress fracture over a long period of time. Not from a couple days of playing soccer. I wouldn’t be so quick to label this non running related.
amen. kickaround pickup soccer is negligible running and usually fairly light in the tackle. even a game is just 5-10k of running.
i could see it where he had a running induced time bomb that after some soccer -- cutting, different physical demands -- he suddenly felt different.
you see stuff happen under contact or cleats get caught in dry ground or astroturf, but stress fracture? in a day? nah, you got kicked or jerked and broke something already cracked.
Just announced on Strava. Non running related injury and claims it came from soccer. Hope he can come back from it. Worrisome to see an injury like this so early in his career.
Hi All,
Just a 16 year old playing soccer with his mates during his rest after a season. Thought it was just a tight calf but found out it was a minor stress fracture after an MRI. He is very good at biking and swimming cross training and the priority is just making sure we are careful. He will be fine. Good to learn good injury management early. Obviously better not to have injuries but also don't want to live a life wrapped up in cotton wool when 16.
He actually gets really fit on the bike. Lots of early learning.
Cheers
Ben (Sams Dad)
Sorry dad, but you don't get a stress fracture of bone from casual soccer. It is a running overuse injury - not a criticism here, but that happens to many runners. He would probably not have known about it at time, but the calf tightness during soccer was most likely because of it and a give away.
But...no non no. If you are world class don't even play anything else.
Many weekend warriors, and myself in day maybe maybe elite, never touched anything else for fear of injuries causing one to miss goals. Just 3 words. Wayde van Niekerk
Just announced on Strava. Non running related injury and claims it came from soccer. Hope he can come back from it. Worrisome to see an injury like this so early in his career.
Hi All,
Just a 16 year old playing soccer with his mates during his rest after a season. Thought it was just a tight calf but found out it was a minor stress fracture after an MRI. He is very good at biking and swimming cross training and the priority is just making sure we are careful. He will be fine. Good to learn good injury management early. Obviously better not to have injuries but also don't want to live a life wrapped up in cotton wool when 16.
He actually gets really fit on the bike. Lots of early learning.
Cheers
Ben (Sams Dad)
I hope this really is Sam's Dad. If it is ty Mr Ruthe for sharing. I agree so many lessons can be learned at a young age and not healthy to make running your whole life at age 16. He will be back and better but more importantly he will be wiser. Good luck
I was looking at that 15km run as well...I don't know the area where he was running, but it looks like in the last 600m he climbed 30 metres and he was running around 3'27" per km! That must be a massive gradient.
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It's the other sports that helped him to be so good in the first place when he started running. You get rid of the other activity and you make him hate the sport. Let a sixteen year old have some fun. The fact is that a lot of running injuries have to do with doing repetitive motions without any variation such as you get in soccer. Of course, you want to gradually work out the other motions, not suddenly shift into 100%. I tore my calf halfway through the parents-kids soccer game in the fall because I hadn't been doing any hard sprinting, just long distance and some medium 200-400 interval work.
I’m very lucky. I have run 4000Km per annum for 44 years straight without sustaining an overuse injury. Still going strong at age 58. -I believe most potential injuries happen as runners attempt to increase their performance platform from a lower one. Ive had a few sprained ankles here and there as I am a supinator, but I would term these as accidents as opposed to strain induced injuries… it’s always a difficult road to negotiate for someone as gifted as Sam. Huge aerobic engine but his body is still evolving from boy to man…
Wow I’m similar with 3500km avg over the last 40 years. But I’ve only enjoyed three of those 40 years without a running injury serious enough to require time off. Usually 2-3 per year. I’m jealous!
Neither his dad nor his coach—both prolific posters on social media—have shared a single reel or story about this. Could someone please check on their egos?