One of the greatest Naval Academy runners with a very promising marathon career. Previously qualified for the Olympic Trials. Let's hope the next 2 years are continued success.
Nice. He'll probably be deployed for mandated duty by the time the next trials come around. These political crooks and the secretive group of 300 self serving idiots know that depopulation is crucial to sustaining an ideally functioning global society.
Looks like he's in grad school in Boston. Running ungodly 130mile weeks.
He service selected submarines. He's hoping that he will be able to coast in grad school, then Nuke school, before actually having to be on said submarine. Here's to hoping the stars align for his goals.
One of the greatest Naval Academy runners with a very promising marathon career. Previously qualified for the Olympic Trials. Let's hope the next 2 years are continued success.
Great now he’ll waste his prime athletic years living on a ship. What a waste
I wholeheartedly agree. The Navy is awful when it comes to their program of developing athletes. The Army does a much better job. I can list a number of USNA grads who would have had a different post-college career had "the needs of the Navy" not taken away their opportunities.
Has nobody whining about him wasting his athletic prime heard of WCAP (world class athlete program). If you can otq in track or run a 2:11 marathon, the military continues giving you your pay but you essentially continue training as a pro athlete. You can even have another contact.
How do you think Sam Gilman is still tearing it up. Or those Kenyan marathoners who wear army jersey. Research, people
Has nobody whining about him wasting his athletic prime heard of WCAP (world class athlete program). If you can otq in track or run a 2:11 marathon, the military continues giving you your pay but you essentially continue training as a pro athlete. You can even have another contact.
How do you think Sam Gilman is still tearing it up. Or those Kenyan marathoners who wear army jersey. Research, people
(1) There is no wcap in the Navy
(2) you can try training but all the training and deployments WILL get in the way if you’re trying to train to be at a professional level. And this is over a period of YEARS.
(3) After all that time with his training and racing compromised, by the time he’s able to leave the Navy he’ll likely be in his late 20s. At that point, he may feel like the damage is already done and choose to stay in the Navy and/or step away from running altogether. It’s a pattern I’ve seen play out before.
Athletics is incredibly important in developing members of the military. All midshipmen or cadets at service academies are required to play sports.
Not to mention that sports are a great recruiting tool. I'm saying that there should be more opportunity for specific athletes who have proven to be world class.
Don't @ me with a stupid take on something I didn't say. You've never attended a service academy or been in the military.
I wholeheartedly agree. The Navy is awful when it comes to their program of developing athletes. The Army does a much better job.
I didn't know that it was the Navy's (or Armys) mission to develop athletes? Where am I wrong?
You’re not wrong. we’re just saying that if your goal coming out of a military academy is to compete at a professional level, and it makes sense athletically, the realities of active-duty Navy life can make that extremely difficult to pursue.
I didn't know that it was the Navy's (or Armys) mission to develop athletes? Where am I wrong?
You’re not wrong. we’re just saying that if your goal coming out of a military academy is to compete at a professional level, and it makes sense athletically, the realities of active-duty Navy life can make that extremely difficult to pursue.
Students are normally 16 years old when they begin applying to a service academy. Murphy is 22-23 now? That’s a lifetime
You’re not wrong. we’re just saying that if your goal coming out of a military academy is to compete at a professional level, and it makes sense athletically, the realities of active-duty Navy life can make that extremely difficult to pursue.
Students are normally 16 years old when they begin applying to a service academy. Murphy is 22-23 now? That’s a lifetime
Someone might say, well that’s what you signed up for, and you’d be 100% right. And im saying that you can change as a person while continuing to be required to serve and this can take a toll on the spirit. Sacrifice through active duty isn’t just about giving your life or limb, but also pieces of yourself.