Valby's not any thinner than any other top distance runner. If you want thin, try NAU's two frontrunners at Regionals, but they're healthy, as is Valby. She has rarely been healthy in college for very long. Noticeably, she did not compete for quite a while after the summer because she was not ready. When she did compete, she was very, very good because she'd actually had months of health. When I was in high school and college, I could rarely stay healthy for more than a week at a time. But when I had 10 weeks of health from near the end of xc through indoor track, I destroyed all of my pr's before getting injured again. So, I see no reason why she shouldn't destroy her pr's every time she has a relatively long bout of health at this age.
Tuohy fans spent months talking about her major surgery and how incredible it was that she cam back so quickly. She is just so, so much more talented than her competitors. But if the injury was minor, maybe her recovery wasn't so incredible. Or maybe, she wasn't really injured but needed a few months away.
Tuohy fans spent months talking about her major surgery and how incredible it was that she cam back so quickly. She is just so, so much more talented than her competitors. But if the injury was minor, maybe her recovery wasn't so incredible. Or maybe, she wasn't really injured but needed a few months away.
I don't care what "Tuohy fans" are supposed to have said. I haven't read of any major surgery that saw an immediate recovery to huge pr's on limited training.
You don't know what surgery she had. She doesn't pr like Valby does, straight after an injury layoff and on only 2 days running a week.
The hypocrisy is insane.
What "hypocrisy"? Tuohy has not had the same career path as Valby. If they had, you couldn't make the claim that Valby is more "talented", because she has made much bigger improvements on far less training.
"Talent" is the explanation for everything, when the only credible answer to Valby's dramatic improvements is to acknowledge you don't know how she has done it.
Tuohy fans spent months talking about her major surgery and how incredible it was that she cam back so quickly. She is just so, so much more talented than her competitors.
Do your research before posting things you know nothing about.
Literally no one says she came back quick, no one. It took Tuohy over a year to come back. Per coach henes she had to take 6-8 months off of really training when entering school.