Chris Solinsky leaving Portland - accepts coaching gig at William and Mary

I thought the same thing. He wouldn't be doing it if he didn't think he had to.

Hopefully he can help bring W&M to their former glory. It will be interesting to see how that goes.

Sad to say it but, he's done.

reader of the forums wrote:

Sad to say it but, he's done.

dude, he was done way back when he first injured himself. how many years ago was that?

"Yes my wife and I are starting a new chapter in our adventure: next stop Williamsburg."

NJ Possible wrote:

"Yes my wife and I are starting a new chapter in our adventure: next stop Williamsburg."

Lousy place for running...

It is a bad place for running but it's not like he could be a volunteer assistant at WI. Burned that bridge a long time ago.

I guess he could have done a Ritz and volunteered at a a Jr college. What does his wife do? She must have a job in the area because they can't live off his salary.

You will not reach the glory days with the present Director of T&F.

They needed to hire a woman to replace direction and listening ear that Miller gave the distance women !

Bleu wrote:

It is a bad place for running but it's not like he could be a volunteer assistant at WI. Burned that bridge a long time ago.

I guess he could have done a Ritz and volunteered at a a Jr college. What does his wife do? She must have a job in the area because they can't live off his salary.

How did he burn bridges to WI? I haven't heard this before.

I'm assuming that he is talking about the lame spat between the old Wisco guys and whoever that dude was that wrote the story about Schumacher vs Byrne coaching styles. It wasn't much of a bridge burner, if that's what the poster is referring to.

I'll try to be clearer. Bridge burner or not do you actually see Solinsky working for Byrne? Think about that for a moment. Do you see Ritz working for Wetmore? Sometimes you can't go home and it wouldn't work in either case.

Bleu wrote:

I'll try to be clearer. Bridge burner or not do you actually see Solinsky working for Byrne? Think about that for a moment. Do you see Ritz working for Wetmore? Sometimes you can't go home and it wouldn't work in either case.

Big difference between wanting to work with an individual and burning bridges. I thought Sol had bad mouthed the school or something to the extent they would not want him back.

Anyone have a link to the tweet. I follow Chris on Twitter and have not seen anything.

I hope his instagramming skills are as good as Jefferson's!

I have no evidence that he said anything negative about WI but I don't follow Solinsky tweets. His family is in WI so I assumed he would want to return much like Ritz wanted to get back to MI. It's not about who he wants to work with it's about who will hire him and I don't see Bryne hiring Solinsky. Do you?

If it were such a lousy place for running, then how did Gibby build such a successful program there?

joho wrote:

Bleu wrote:

I'll try to be clearer. Bridge burner or not do you actually see Solinsky working for Byrne? Think about that for a moment. Do you see Ritz working for Wetmore? Sometimes you can't go home and it wouldn't work in either case.

Big difference between wanting to work with an individual and burning bridges. I thought Sol had bad mouthed the school or something to the extent they would not want him back.

Anyone have a link to the tweet. I follow Chris on Twitter and have not seen anything.

Bleu wrote:

I have no evidence that he said anything negative about WI but I don't follow Solinsky tweets. His family is in WI so I assumed he would want to return much like Ritz wanted to get back to MI. It's not about who he wants to work with it's about who will hire him and I don't see Bryne hiring Solinsky. Do you?

I actually have no idea. That was kinda my original question. Was there something negative between Byrne and Chris? Having a former AR stud as an assisistant would at least help recruiting one would think.

I really don't know of any backstory about Chris's college days or anything about Byrne. Maybe there is nothing there and I read too much into your post.

The article above says he is postponing his marathon debut also. That injury really did a number on him. I hate to see that.

I saw someone mention this in an earlier post, and i thought it was typical letsrun hyperbole, but it's not. photo at the RW link someone posted above:

Chris Solinsky runs in a pack at the 2014 Beach to Beacon 10K. A gap in his upper hamstring as a result of surgery is visible in his left leg.

http://www.runnersworld.com/elite-runners/chris-solinsky-leaving-training-group-to-coach

can someone explain this? i know he tore the hamstring, had it reattached, but why is this gap present? was it reattached lower? given that, i can't believe we ever thought he could be back to 100%.

i wonder what the WR 5k/10k are for people who have completely torn hamstrings.