Devastating Femur Stress Fracture for Simeon Birnbaum

Source?

If true, this is a real shame. Probably would have been better off going pro after the season he had last spring.

Simeon himself just posted it on Strava 40 minutes ago.

It’s part of the sport. He will be back stronger I’m sure.

"The timing really is terrible with the olympics being this year, and before this season started I came in with the mindset of making the team or bust"

No words.

Our favorite coach, the juice passing, burrito bashing, bone smashing Jerry does it again.

Have there been any studies on the relationship between super shoes and femoral stress fractures? It seems that femoral stress fractures were very rare 10-15 years ago and are prevalent now. On the flip side, fractures in the lower leg (tibia/fibula) seem to be less common.

On a related note, I hear a lot about haglund's deformity but don't hear about compartment syndrome anymore.

IMO I dont think they're more prevalent than years ago, I think athletes are getting more immediate care which includes an MRI. Years ago, it use to be “go see the trainer” and it was “oh you strained your quad? Go take some ibuprofen and baby your way through it”. Now, you've got better understanding of symptoms and diagnostics. Same with haglunds, it used to be billed as an Achilles strain, but now with sports docs working with high level athletes, there's a better understanding of injuries. With that, a femoral stress fx is typically an indication of low bone density or biomechanics are severely off.

Unreal coaching job here.

Guy is amazing at just destroying people's bodies. Fire him, Oregon.

What about Lukas verzbicas? German Fernandez? The Young twins? Drew Hunter? Brodey Hasty? Aaron Sahlman? Aidan Troutner? Casey Clinger?

You’re putting blame at the coach went maybe the blame should be put towards nobody. High school phenoms always crash and burn throughout college, especially their first year away from home, their parents, and a well balanced sleep schedule.

It’s apparent there are only high school fan boys on here who live off of social media and don’t run at the elite college level. Bunch of tards.

By your standards, Mike Smith, Dave Smith, Andy Powell, Ed Eyestone, Tinman himself are all terrible coaches. And you’re the expert. Makes sense, good luck at your conference jv meet

Jerry was just protecting his athletes from themselves. He knew they couldn't handle more than 1 race a year, but Birnbaum wouldn't listen and was gearing up to run a 2nd race after Oregon Preview. Rookie mistake of trying to actually compete in college instead of training more.

feel bad for him but its a common injury for runners and he should bounce back quick. hope to see him this fall running XC.

His career is over - I know it happens, but I predicted this when he went to Oregon. Nice work, Jerry.

Ok, tell me what team-level success in XC or track Schumacher has had thus far at Oregon. He's just not good at this level despite having recruited some of THE top runners in the country. Also, the point of every high school phenom "always" (100%?) crashing and burning in college is simply untrue. Rupp went onto win NCAAs, Nico has two NCAA titles + NCAA records, Seidel won NCAA XC and Olympic bronze, Fisher NCAA titles and American records, Hocker multiple NCAA track titles and Olympic team, just to name a few. Much like Schumacher, most top coaches recruit remarkably well – that gives them a higher chance of success in the NCAA. However, of these top coaches, some are able to succeed at the team-level somewhat consistently, whereas others have had merely some individual standouts. Injuries absolutely happen, but Schumacher has a storied history of implementing a true meat-grinder program, one that is not likely well-suited for a bunch of talented freshmen/sophomore college recruits.

Fractures in the lower leg are far more prevalent at the youth level than previously.

Super shoes? Only because they allow runners to run far more and faster. Hence, more injuries.

That one floored me to be honest. Set your goals high I guess?
But to accomplish it, here is what he'd need on about 3 months of healthy training:
-PBing by almost 5 seconds to secure standard
-Finish Top 3 at USAs beating out Nuguse, Hocker, Kessler, Houser, Waskom, Green et al.

If he was thinking this in 2023, I kinda get it, but setting a PB (any PB) this year with all the injuries would probably have been a win.

Look to the previous 2 years. This kid ran a lot of hard races with travel the past couple of years. Hopefully he can come back and have a strong fall. I was hoping to see him in the trials this summer.

Femoral stress fractures are not common in 18 year old males. I wonder if he's anorexic

He'd basically have to become Niels Laros or Cameron Myers to even have a chance at qualifying.