It's not good at all, could have been a bad day though. But his other results haven't been great.
What's the training like at Stanford? Going from high level training at NP to typical college freshman training could be cause of it. Also not eating properly, drinking/partying and not running as much?
Pathetic race for a 13:35 guy only a year ago in high school. Not impressed
Sone guys have a tough transition that first year to college running. Kid probably had his mom making his breakfast every morning in hs. Kids go to school and sleep at odd hours/don’t sleep/have schoolwork/get girlfriends/etc. He’ll be fine.
It's not good at all, could have been a bad day though. But his other results haven't been great.
What's the training like at Stanford? Going from high level training at NP to typical college freshman training could be cause of it. Also not eating properly, drinking/partying and not running as much?
I perused a few threads about NP’s training and it’s nothing out of the ordinary. Their mileage is about 65 mpw with typical intervals workouts such as 2K, 1600m, 1200m, 800m and 400m. The interval times for the brothers would have been very fast because of their talent but the effort would be the same as slower runners. There have been runners from other schools that have trained harder.
Pathetic race for a 13:35 guy only a year ago in high school. Not impressed
Sone guys have a tough transition that first year to college running. Kid probably had his mom making his breakfast every morning in hs. Kids go to school and sleep at odd hours/don’t sleep/have schoolwork/get girlfriends/etc. He’ll be fine.
If you listen to his interview on coffee club podcast i dont get that impression of him at all lol
Pathetic race for a 13:35 guy only a year ago in high school. Not impressed
Sone guys have a tough transition that first year to college running. Kid probably had his mom making his breakfast every morning in hs. Kids go to school and sleep at odd hours/don’t sleep/have schoolwork/get girlfriends/etc. He’ll be fine.
Even though this is so obviously the answer, letsrun has an incessant need to sh1t on 19 year olds. Every time this type of thread comes up, it's the same exact thing.
Additionally, every kid that ran well in HS will be a "washed, has-been, DONE," nobody until they break an NCAA record or cure cancer or something.
It’s difficult to know what the reason is, but as a Brit who follows NCAA from across the pond, it’s exceedingly tough on young American teenagers.
They hit these insane heights at such an early age and are expected to maintain it, if not improve.
I suspect post High School burnout is going to become even more prevalent. The pressure is simply too high.
There’s always been pressure on the best high school athletes. Wanting to be good enough to win championships and/or scholarship is no different than 50 years ago. Actually, I think it would have been a blast to have had elite talent, but I guess a 9:20 guy should be thankful that he doesn’t have NP talent.
It’s difficult to know what the reason is, but as a Brit who follows NCAA from across the pond, it’s exceedingly tough on young American teenagers.
They hit these insane heights at such an early age and are expected to maintain it, if not improve.
I suspect post High School burnout is going to become even more prevalent. The pressure is simply too high.
There’s always been pressure on the best high school athletes. Wanting to be good enough to win championships and/or scholarship is no different than 50 years ago. Actually, I think it would have been a blast to have had elite talent, but I guess a 9:20 guy should be thankful that he doesn’t have NP talent.
It’s difficult to know what the reason is, but as a Brit who follows NCAA from across the pond, it’s exceedingly tough on young American teenagers.
They hit these insane heights at such an early age and are expected to maintain it, if not improve.
I suspect post High School burnout is going to become even more prevalent. The pressure is simply too high.
There’s always been pressure on the best high school athletes. Wanting to be good enough to win championships and/or scholarship is no different than 50 years ago. Actually, I think it would have been a blast to have had elite talent, but I guess a 9:20 guy should be thankful that he doesn’t have NP talent.
Yes, there’s always been pressure, but compared to 50 years ago I think it’s been magnified with live results tracking, social media, and this very website.
It’s difficult to know what the reason is, but as a Brit who follows NCAA from across the pond, it’s exceedingly tough on young American teenagers.
They hit these insane heights at such an early age and are expected to maintain it, if not improve.
I suspect post High School burnout is going to become even more prevalent. The pressure is simply too high.
There’s always been pressure on the best high school athletes. Wanting to be good enough to win championships and/or scholarship is no different than 50 years ago. Actually, I think it would have been a blast to have had elite talent, but I guess a 9:20 guy should be thankful that he doesn’t have NP talent.
The pressure might be the same but surely the times aren’t?
HS times are just so absurdly quick. For Lex and Leo to ‘improve’ they basically have to become Olympians.
Kids are hitting their ceiling before they’re out of their teens.
There’s always been pressure on the best high school athletes. Wanting to be good enough to win championships and/or scholarship is no different than 50 years ago. Actually, I think it would have been a blast to have had elite talent, but I guess a 9:20 guy should be thankful that he doesn’t have NP talent.
Yes, there’s always been pressure, but compared to 50 years ago I think it’s been magnified with live results tracking, social media, and this very website.
If you were running now, would you prefer 9:20 talent over 8:40? I’m pretty sure I would have been loving life had I had elite talent.
If you don’t follow social media, it doesn’t really exist.
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