bekah smeltzer

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19 years ago 06/22/2004 4:11am EDT

Bekah,

You won the state meet in the mile (4:57) and 2 mile (10:40, you have been racing throughout indoor, outdoor, and now the last two weekends a 28:00 5 miler and a 1 mile , 5k (17:30), 10 K (38:00) triple.

Yes you are talented!!

Yes you will run yourself into the ground and become just another washed up talented star female high school runner.

Your racing schedule is absurb and I will let other posters state their theories.

If I was coaching you would run eight medium pace miles a day till Mid October before any speedwork or races.

Don't let your parents or coaches greed ruin a promising career.

19 years ago 06/22/2004 4:15am EDT

re: slowdown

Forgot to tell you she is a freshman and has had an ambitious racing schedule like this since seventh grade.

19 years ago 01/03/2005 9:52am EST

re: slowdown

I think these messages are "absurd" and think that she should do what she thinks is right. She has been running for most of her life and she's the best in the state of Michigan. This has to say something about how good she is. I am a runner at Dundee Schools in Dundee,Michigan and I personally know what it is like to be runner and that your'e always trying to be the best whether it's on your team, your league, or region. I think she should continue what she is doing because so far it's been getting her better every year.

Thank You.

19 years ago 01/03/2005 10:01am EST

re: Joshua Ringbloom

Josh, (may I call you Josh?)

Without agreeing with the original poster, one of the points is that in a long running life, going out and trying to do everything in the first 4 years of one's career doesn't necessarily produce the best results. No one's expecting the teen in question (or any teen, for that matter) to know this. But the adults around them should take it into consideration.

Of course, pulling one person's name out of the blue isn't quite the right way to get that idea across.

19 years ago 01/03/2005 11:13am EST

re: idealist

How does this thread lay dormant for six months and randomly come back? Looks a little fishy to me as this thread would have been on page 150 or so after all this time.

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