Very unfortunate. Seems like a tough girl, she'll be back. I still say she was racing to early. She was the only one who actually raced the Nike Elite Camp 5k running sub 17. Most of the girls cruised in around 19-20 minutes. Hope she has a speedy recovery.
Female German Fernandez? Talented, but fragile?
She's quite anorexic.
Done wrote:
She's quite anorexic.
Yikes:
http://www.runnerspace.com/members/photos/383/DSC0411_full.jpgI would like to see her put on some weight and accept a year and subpar performances and come back strong her senior.
Same thing happened to Duck recruit Allie Cash her senior year. She's not quite as skinny though:
maybe she pulled an Erba, but in Rohrers defense Erba was obviously Anorexic/had an eating disorder of some sort. I could believe Rohrer as having a legit running injury, probably due to overtraining.
Indiana Insider wrote:
maybe she pulled an Erba, but in Rohrers defense Erba was obviously Anorexic/had an eating disorder of some sort. I could believe Rohrer as having a legit running injury, probably due to overtraining.
Not at all. Erba dropped a ton of weight.
Rohrer is real skinny because she grew a bunch -- she got a lot taller between freshman and sophomore years and is still filling out. She's naturally very thin but will likely gain a little weight as her body catches up. Definitely no eating disorder.
Injury way more likely because of her running style than overtraining -- her training is pretty conservative, actually. But she puts a lot of strain on her feet when she runs.
"Summer Base Work: Mishawaka coach Chris Kowalewski continued Rohrer’s past program of five days a week running, 30 to 40 miles, and two days cross-training."
http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-profiles/anna-rohrer-readies-for-a-repeat
I don't know what her eating habits are like, but some people are just injury-prone.
Welcome to another letsrun cesspool of a thread.
Of all the girls in San Diego, she ate the least at meals. Think about that.
Think about what???...you chucklehead! Yeah she just ran under 17:00 for a 5K & she has an eating disorder. You couldn't break 17 if you had 3 full time nutritionists. So if she ate more at that meal in San Diego, you would be defending her??
The main season is over
She is a wonderfully talented athlete and I hope this short layoff will allow her to become healthy. She is far too thin.
Awwww...that's too bad. I was really looking forward to seeing what she could do this year. So much talent, must be extremely frustrated to be so fragile. I read somewhere else that she only ran between 25-30 miles a week because of her injury proneness.
I think the logic behind weight to stress fractures is a bit faulty?
If Rohrer were a rock hard 118 lbs. would that mean her propensity for this injury would be greatly reduced? Not neccessarily so.
I went to Div.1 with a female who was rarely uninjured. She was not thin. I think you can be very lean and have strong bones that won't fracture. But you have to eat correctly take the required supplements and train on safe grounds.
This is the most predictable story line each year: Extordinarily thin girl get's a stress fracture. Outsiders will say the injured girl was suffering from an obvious eating disorder and a few supporters say "you don't know her - she was always thin".
Sure there are injury prone runners even at the professional level but these recurring thin-girl injuries are entirely preventable.
I've been around anorexia and I know it's a hard topic to discuss but coaches, parents and friends should see these habits forming early on. In my experience, the most telling signs are obssesive-compulsive habits that don't always involve food. Eating is just one of the obsessive compulsive habits. If you see the signs please find someone that can speak to them.
The only people who can really claim Anna is anorexic/has an eating disorder/has OCD are her direct friends, family, and/or coach. However, I do think that her thin frame is indicative of inadequate caloric intake for her training load.
Based upon what I see in those pictures: thin? yes. Anorexic? no. She has a gait that is a little "different",for lack of a better term, which may contribute to her injury history.
