Graham Blanks on crutches at BU meet

Bingo!

As someone who was in Middle School when Alan Webb was in High School, if he was sponsored by Nike as a high schooler and selling his own shoes/gear, I would’ve been BEGGING for the entire line for birthdays/Christmas.

See no difference here with what NB is doing.

ITS MIKE SMITHMAINIA!!!

Not surprised. Running 100 mpw in 6 days at 6 min pace on concrete will do that to you. After watching his interview on the podcast I wondered how sustainable Gibby's training is

You get SO fit until you hurt. many such cases.

Yes. That is why you only push to the highest level when necessary. He got his 5k qualifier and then kept pushing rather than doing nothing for a few weeks and then ramping up slowly.

He kept pushing for that 5K after winning cross nationals don't forget.

15 mile 6min pace long run the day after racing nationals 10k and traveling all the way back to boston. Then 3 days later it was back to workouts- 5miles in 24 minutes then 4x200.

Icarus.

from what i recall, a ton of their miles are run along the charles river and on trails (middlesex fells), so the concrete thing doesn't apply.

The Charles river runs are all done on paved bike paths. The paths are asphalt, so a little bit softer than concrete, but still hard. There are some gravel loops nearby (Fresh Pond, Jamaica) but the majority of Harvard runs in the winter are occurring on hard surfaces because these trails are not clearable with snow.

Middleman + Fells are great long run spots, but completely unrunnable during the winter months.

With that being said, injuries happen and people in this thread are blowing things out of proportion. Obviously, studs like Blanks are going to train too hard sometimes. He’ll be back to winning NCAA championships before we know it.