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The article said that it's an injury but that's not true. It's a illness that makes her fatigued.
In any case, even if she started running again today I think it's too late in the xc season for her to be competitive at the national level like she was before and I don't think she's interested in being halfway decent this fall.
At this point it looks like xc is a no go for her. Hopefully she will be able to compete in track.
The Imperative Voice Real4 wrote:
did not run the RR mcneil meet. i think it would have been a rough return choice as the winner broke 18, almost 20 broke 19 mins, and roughly 80 broke the 20 barrier. that wouldn't be easing into it.
local paper, from mid august - "National and state champion Elizabeth Leachman is not expected to run at Saturday’s meet and hopes to be back on the course sometime in September as she recovers from injury entering her senior season..."
This article here fails to mention that Elizabeth's school division is not large schools. They are only 5a. If they were large school or 6a, obviously the competition would be much more difficult for Elizabeth. That is one of the reasons she has been successful the last 2 years. But this year is more complicated. This year you hsve several homeschool girls which compete in the TIANO division in texas, also not Elizabeth's class. But they are also cruising in the high 16's and Beth recovery is quite a ways from being back on that level.
All in all, this article really doesn't do elizabeth any justice. There's a difference in wishful thinking and misleading others. Her coaches comments kinda do both.
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