STANFORD RUNNERS ARE DANGEROUSLY UNDERWEIGHT

They may be fast now, but think about the long term effects. They won't be fast forever, and they will have to live with their dangerous and self-destructive decisions they are making while they are young and foolish when they are 40 years old with arthritis in every joint in their body.

Let's face it, the coaches at Stanford shouldn't allow runners to look like that and compete. People look at how fast they are and they think they have to be skinny in order to be fast.

It's a damn shame, that's all.

Good post Swamprunner. Everyone knows Ritz ran more miles, and was in much better condition than the "story" given about him "coming back" and not running much. That's just his coaches seeking to snow the other runners and teams. Ritz and the Stanford guys etc. are skinny because they run a lot. In fact, American runners, if anything, appeared to be getting heavier, for awhile. Looking at pictures of the middle and long distance guys of the 60's through the late 80's, and looking at most of the top US guys from the early 90's through the late 90's, the runners didn't look as lean. Strange.

the lean wolf leads the pack

For such a bad coach, Wetmore seems to have just gotten lucky with Culpepper, Goucher, Slattery, Jorge Torres, Ed Torres and Ritz. He has helped some very good high school runners reach their potentials. He has also produced many in State walkon that have become All-American from very humble high school backgrounds. How many Stanford alums will be on the next Olympic team? compared to CU alums?

Calorie restriction decreases mortality in experimental animals, but I don't think the evidence is strong in humans (when factors such as cholesterol, fruit and vegetable intake, exercise, and smoking are fully controlled for).

When I was running in college (1:48 800, 3:49 1500) I weighed 155 at 6'3". I also remember racing Johnny Gray (who of course, clobbered me), who was taller than me by a bit, and just as skinny, and running in a relay against Steve Scott (clobbered again), who wasn't exactly Mr. Olympia. If you want to be fast, you'd better be light. Yeah, there's exceptions to the rule, but they're exceptions to the rule.

Some fatso or jealous turd started this whole thread.

I can't believe that you slow-witted doofuses keep arguing about the original post as though it was serious, EVEN AFTER SOMEONE HAS POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS A JOKE. It is a parody of the posts that keep being made about the Stanford women's team. Now, whether it is tasteful to joke about eating disorders is another matter, but learn to recognize sarcasm.

the end is near for Craig.........the end....sort of like many other woman who lost too much weight and continued to race

may run well, for another 6 months and then you will never hear about her again

sort of like Zajac, etc

I don't think they will even be able to have children once they are done competing. I'll bet their sperm counts are close to zero.

No joke. Get these men to the hospital.

I hate replying to idiots like you, but what the f*** does it matter? You sound like an idiot when you make a statement regarding healthy weight and furthermore your indepth analysis of their happiness. GIve me a break, you are not a doctor, and if you were you are certainly not their doctor.

jonsey wrote:

I hate replying to idiots like you, but what the f*** does it matter? You sound like an idiot when you make a statement regarding healthy weight and furthermore your indepth analysis of their happiness. GIve me a break, you are not a doctor, and if you were you are certainly not their doctor.

He is obviously mocking the board's critical nature of WOMEN distance runners and their weight.

my guess is that "disgusted" is either a) an fat-ass jogger who worships the penguin or b) a feircely satirical sob.

in case a, we really shouldn't be surprised, since the idiot is coming from an "you don't have to be skinny to be a runner" mentality. in case b, i wish i were as gifted.

hell, i'm 5'10" & 155 & i've been told my those people who come to walk 5Ks that i'm too skinny.

so basically, disgusted, if you're sarcastic, you rule. if you're serious, shut the f*** up