Give it a rest...all of them will get better. And dude who said Brad Taylor runs 40 mile/wk is smoking something. That kid trains his ass off. And that coach is a go hard or go home type of guy. He burns it at both ends and gets burnt out on racing. But it's gotta be some kinduva record at how many 15:20s 5k XC races that kid ran in one season. Just wish his coach had more common sense and cared enough about him to not have him run three 5ks a week. Under Vin, most all of these kids will succeed. Some might need a year or two though to get used to the volume...but in the longrun, I believe they're better off, and I think they made a good choice.