You are on the verge of justifying 16 year olds dating 22 year olds.
18 year olds are nowhere near as mature as 40 year olds but both are adults. 17 year olds are more mature than 12 year olds but both are children.
I am not trying to justify it (although in my country and others the age of consent is 16 and couples are able to marry at that age). My point is that in sports it is absurd to refer to an athlete entering their later teens as a "child", as though they are still only 5 or 6, when they are often able to successfully compete with adults because of their physical maturity. I have given such examples above. The individuals involved would not have accepted being described as "children" and would have likely been insulted by the absurdity of the term as applied to them.
You are on the verge of justifying 16 year olds dating 22 year olds.
18 year olds are nowhere near as mature as 40 year olds but both are adults. 17 year olds are more mature than 12 year olds but both are children.
For purposes of athletic competition, if they are competing in senior events they are not children. Do you think the guys that lost to Quincy Wilson last weekend thought of him as a child?
Many females have won Olympic medals before turning 18, including Nadia Comaneci, who won 5 Gold Medals at age 14. I doubt if her competitors thought of her as a child. In T&F, was Bob Mathias a child when he won the Oly decathlon at age 17?
As far as legal age, it varies by country and culture. If a "child" gives birth at age 17 she is still a minor in most countries, but is she a child? Legal age in Indonesia is 15. In Egypt it's 21. Does that mean Indonesian girls mature faster?
When you come back from injury you take it step by step to build up your body and your confidence. It might well be that Tuohy ran exactly what she wanted to run tonight.
I am looking for a meet in which she might find a 5000 with the right competition and I am coming up short unless she can get into a Diamond League field somehow (and it isn't too fast) which seems questionable to me. The Continental Tour meets are indicating 3000s and no 5000s as far as I can see. (9/1 Poland, 9/3 Denmark, 9/3 Italy, 9/8 Italy, 9/8 Croatia). So perhaps temper expectations for a 5000 pr as the available race distance may be 1500 or 3000. The next fast 5000 opportunity might be this winter at BU.
Wow, that seems crazy there may not be a good 5,000 until Indoor at BU!
Good grief. Can you guys take it outside or something?????
Yes, Steelman is coached by Henes and despite being at altitude continues to run what she did in college more or less.
My general point though is that Tuohy should leave the coach if she does not run some solid PRs again by next fall. Certainly if she does not break 15.
I have said time and again that Henes is a great XC xoach, but her athletes seem to stagnate after a while and I believe Tuohy would get faster if she moved to flagstaff full time and was training with Smith, for example.
Yes, Steelman is coached by Henes and despite being at altitude continues to run what she did in college more or less.
My general point though is that Tuohy should leave the coach if she does not run some solid PRs again by next fall. Certainly if she does not break 15.
I have said time and again that Henes is a great XC xoach, but her athletes seem to stagnate after a while and I believe Tuohy would get faster if she moved to flagstaff full time and was training with Smith, for example.
Good to get out of the NC summer heat and humidity, for sure.
No one is claiming she would be the next Faith Kipyegon. She is just a girl who likes working hard, doing things in the right way to push the boundaries. It is hard to compete, particularly against others who may take shortcuts to get things done. But running is not only about winning, it is also about self discovery and achieving full potential. End of day, there will be no regret if she tries hard and leaves everything on the track.
All elite runners train hard to reach their full potential, and none take shortcuts. Self-discovery? What?
Not True! Not all talented runners have the discipline to train as hard as KT. Even at NC State her peers were in awe of her obsession in pushing hard in training. In HS she stated that she looks forward to her daily training routine that starts at 4:30 am. How many HS runners do you know that do that?
All elite runners train hard to reach their full potential, and none take shortcuts. Self-discovery? What?
Not True! Not all talented runners have the discipline to train as hard as KT. Even at NC State her peers were in awe of her obsession in pushing hard in training. In HS she stated that she looks forward to her daily training routine that starts at 4:30 am. How many HS runners do you know that do that?
Can you name an elite American distance runner that leaves something on the table, by not training hard enough? How hard her teammates at NC State might have trained, doesn’t matter.
Not True! Not all talented runners have the discipline to train as hard as KT. Even at NC State her peers were in awe of her obsession in pushing hard in training. In HS she stated that she looks forward to her daily training routine that starts at 4:30 am. How many HS runners do you know that do that?
Can you name an elite American distance runner that leaves something on the table, by not training hard enough? How hard her teammates at NC State might have trained, doesn’t matter.
My 1 cent. I am sure all elite runners train very hard. The question, I think, is how many sub-elite runners are leaving something on the table by not training quite as hard.
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