Staying healthy, having the awareness to take an easy day or day off when there's a hint available in your body so you're not out for 6 months the next week, building a durable body is apparently a key part of being a runner. Coaching that doesn't overextend all are key to not getting injured. If someone is injured, it's likely because they crossed a boundary. Give respect to durable, intelligent athletes who are not injured much or at all. The injured ones, most of the time lacked awareness or were too ignorant to back off-- most injuries could have been prevented.
Staying healthy, having the awareness to take an easy day or day off when there's a hint available in your body so you're not out for 6 months the next week, building a durable body is apparently a key part of being a runner. Coaching that doesn't overextend all are key to not getting injured. If someone is injured, it's likely because they crossed a boundary. Give respect to durable, intelligent athletes who are not injured much or at all. The injured ones, most of the time lacked awareness or were too ignorant to back off-- most injuries could have been prevented.
Hmmm...a very profound observation. Is this something that you've experienced at the elite level? Unfortunately, your observation lacks a key component...LUCK! Being an elite athlete means you push yourself to the absolute limit at some point in your career which usually leads to injury. I don't know of ANY elite runners who have not had a set back of some sort. It doesn't mean they're not intelligent, aren't durable, or lack awareness. If you ask any elite and or world class athlete, the most frustrating part of being at the elite level is when an injury pops up out of nowhere. Even when diet, massage, smart training, etc... are all in play. The true test is how you adjust and learn from it and move on.
Staying healthy, having the awareness to take an easy day or day off when there's a hint available in your body so you're not out for 6 months the next week, building a durable body is apparently a key part of being a runner. Coaching that doesn't overextend all are key to not getting injured. If someone is injured, it's likely because they crossed a boundary. Give respect to durable, intelligent athletes who are not injured much or at all. The injured ones, most of the time lacked awareness or were too ignorant to back off-- most injuries could have been prevented.
Hmmm...a very profound observation. Is this something that you've experienced at the elite level? Unfortunately, your observation lacks a key component...LUCK! Being an elite athlete means you push yourself to the absolute limit at some point in your career which usually leads to injury. I don't know of ANY elite runners who have not had a set back of some sort. It doesn't mean they're not intelligent, aren't durable, or lack awareness. If you ask any elite and or world class athlete, the most frustrating part of being at the elite level is when an injury pops up out of nowhere. Even when diet, massage, smart training, etc... are all in play. The true test is how you adjust and learn from it and move on.
Just sayin'...only my 2 cents.
I don't really know of many runners who pushed themselves to their peak who haven't gotten injured at some point. That being said, I don't see the point of running to that extreme if you're in college if you have pro aspirations.
2. It was widely believed that they could easily break Chapa's HS 10k record.
3. Many NP fans claim the opportunity to enter a track 10k (Sound Running has held several in SoCal since the rise of NP) was all it would take; the record would be a formality at that point.
4. Opinions to the contrary were always flamed and downvoted.
5. A runner who at age 18 could go under the record (as a HS Senior) also would be able to do so at 19 (as a true Freshman) after training for 10k for a continuous year.
6. Despite training at high altitude specifically for 10k, and numerous opportunities (every Conference offers the track event):
7. No NP alumnus, least of all any attending NAU, has yet gone under Chapa's time.
Champions over 10k in the fall, not a single runner making it to NCAAs for 10k in the spring.
I think this says more about the rest of D1 then it does about NAU --- what's wrong with all these other schools during the XC season that they can't figure out how to beat a team that doesn't send a single runner to NCAAs in the 10k in the Spring?
I guess it also does say a lot about NAU that, despite not sending a guy to NCAAs in the 10k in the Spring, they're able to step up and put it together when it matters in the fall and take down all these other D1 schools that may have more accomplished runners. NAU always finds a way. Each and every year.