Besides training in Australia?
Any Will Sumner updates?
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Is he training in Australia? I know Justin Ronaldi is helping to coach him but I don’t know if he’s actually training physically with the group
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He's not training in AUS. he's in Georgia training under Rinaldi, and I believe his mother actually foresees most of his training in person.
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Has he raced yet this indoor season? In the past he raced a lot indoors.
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So many who go pro early are not seen from for long periods, in contrast to the NCAA season. I imagine that he is going to break out in a big way when he is healthy again. I assume he's not healthy to skip the indoor season entirely, given his previous efforts. On the other hand, Graham Blanks stayed in the NCAA and raced indoors and is on the shelf as well.
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As of a couple weeks ago it looks like he's currently battling an injury according to a
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currentlyinjured wrote:
As of a couple weeks ago it looks like he's currently battling an injury according to a
*post from Coach Rinaldi
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currentlyinjured wrote:
currentlyinjured wrote:
As of a couple weeks ago it looks like he's currently battling an injury according to a
*post from Coach Rinaldi
He probably launched him to 40 mpw for no reason.
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currentlyinjured wrote:
currentlyinjured wrote:
As of a couple weeks ago it looks like he's currently battling an injury according to a
*post from Coach Rinaldi
Should stay with UGA coaching IMO. Launched him 2s in 800m in barely a year's time.
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Rinaldi is a funny man, on the track and field performance podcast he said he was in 1.50 shape when he was 40 years. He actually ran 1.59 at 40 years.
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Runner1218 wrote:
currentlyinjured wrote:
*post from Coach Rinaldi
Should stay with UGA coaching IMO. Launched him 2s in 800m in barely a year's time.
Except his UGA coach was let go so……….
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DevonDixonFan wrote:
currentlyinjured wrote:
*post from Coach Rinaldi
He probably launched him to 40 mpw for no reason.
You clearly have never seen the training Rinaldi prescribes.
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Will has been dealing with some Achilles issues on and off for the past 12 months.
Training was going very well over winter (no where near 40 miles prob 17-18 miles a week), but the issue was always there in the back ground and had to be managed.
We made the call to skip the Indoor season and get on top of the Achilles injury before the outdoor season started as that is, and always should be, the main priority.
He still lives/trains/attends school in GA. I'll be over there in May
JR - follow on twitter (fast8trackclub) or Insta jrinaldi800
Side note, I wish I was still 40,...running sub 6:30 mile pace is hard now :(
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JRinaldi wrote:
Will has been dealing with some Achilles issues on and off for the past 12 months.
Training was going very well over winter (no where near 40 miles prob 17-18 miles a week), but the issue was always there in the back ground and had to be managed.
We made the call to skip the Indoor season and get on top of the Achilles injury before the outdoor season started as that is, and always should be, the main priority.
He still lives/trains/attends school in GA. I'll be over there in May
JR - follow on twitter (fast8trackclub) or Insta jrinaldi800
Side note, I wish I was still 40,...running sub 6:30 mile pace is hard now :(
Thanks JR for the update. Do you find low volume/high intensity 1/2 milers are highly susceptible to chronic achilles issues?
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Sumnerupdates wrote:
Besides training in Australia?
I DM'd him on Instagram a while ago (because I am a huge fanboy lol) because I too was wondering this same thing. To my surprise, he responded pretty quickly telling me he'd start racing in the spring. So I'm guessing we'll see him in a big breakout run within the next few weeks, if all goes well
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JRinaldi wrote:
Will has been dealing with some Achilles issues on and off for the past 12 months.
Training was going very well over winter (no where near 40 miles prob 17-18 miles a week), but the issue was always there in the back ground and had to be managed.
We made the call to skip the Indoor season and get on top of the Achilles injury before the outdoor season started as that is, and always should be, the main priority.
He still lives/trains/attends school in GA. I'll be over there in May
JR - follow on twitter (fast8trackclub) or Insta jrinaldi800
Side note, I wish I was still 40,...running sub 6:30 mile pace is hard now :(
Justin has expanded on Sumner's health status in a Q&A with Kyle Merber this week:
Rinaldi wrote:
He was carrying an Achilles injury throughout last year during the NCAA season, but he was able to manage it. But it was continuing to flare up during November and December when we're trying to get good consistent training in, week after week. So we decided to skip the indoor season and he got a PRP injection into his Achilles just to help settle it down. And that actually involved three injections spaced out over a three week period. So he has an injection then has to have a down week, then he can go train for two weeks and then he has another one and he just had his third injection last Tuesday. It seems to be responding well so hopefully we can get it going outdoors by mid-April.131 -
rojo wrote:
JRinaldi wrote:
Will has been dealing with some Achilles issues on and off for the past 12 months.
Training was going very well over winter (no where near 40 miles prob 17-18 miles a week), but the issue was always there in the back ground and had to be managed.
We made the call to skip the Indoor season and get on top of the Achilles injury before the outdoor season started as that is, and always should be, the main priority.
He still lives/trains/attends school in GA. I'll be over there in May
JR - follow on twitter (fast8trackclub) or Insta jrinaldi800
Side note, I wish I was still 40,...running sub 6:30 mile pace is hard now :(
Justin has expanded on Sumner's health status in a Q&A with Kyle Merber this week:
Rinaldi wrote:
He was carrying an Achilles injury throughout last year during the NCAA season, but he was able to manage it. But it was continuing to flare up during November and December when we're trying to get good consistent training in, week after week. So we decided to skip the indoor season and he got a PRP injection into his Achilles just to help settle it down. And that actually involved three injections spaced out over a three week period. So he has an injection then has to have a down week, then he can go train for two weeks and then he has another one and he just had his third injection last Tuesday. It seems to be responding well so hopefully we can get it going outdoors by mid-April.Hope he has a speedy and healthy recovery 🙏
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Thanks for the update! Hope the recovery goes well. Looking at your three suggested workouts, would you have the hard hills reps be at, or faster than, a targeted 800m pace, and what pace is targeted for the easy reps?
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Ghost of Ty Cobb wrote:
Rinaldi is a funny man, on the track and field performance podcast he said he was in 1.50 shape when he was 40 years. He actually ran 1.59 at 40 years.
Well, according to world athletics he ran 1:53 at 37 and 1:57 at 42.
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