I came into cross country as a freshman and after our first time trial, I was the fastest on the team. Do not think I am bragging because this is a Division III college with a pretty sucky team. My coach immediately had high expectations for me that season, expecting a trip to nationals. As the season progressed, I was experiencing more pressure from my coach to do more repeats or more miles or to run faster. Of course, this lead to some pain in my leg because of the rapid increase in intensity and volume. I ran with it as much as I could but eventually I had to confront my coach about it. I told him that I thought I should go see the trainers and he responded by saying “if you go see the trainers then I will kick you off the team”. This is essentially a threat but I had to oblige because I did not want to be kicked off the team. Being a freshman I did not know what power my coach had, so this put me in a difficult position. I kept running on the injury and it got worse and worse. Finally, once it got bad enough I went to the trainers who took me out for the season. I ended up getting diagnosed with compartment syndrome by a doctor and had to have surgery to release all four compartments in my leg. Since this time I have not been able to run competitively because of the reoccurring injuries caused by the surgery. Should my coach be fired for this behavior? Or should it require more than one incident like this?