If you're Chris Derrick, what do you do?

An intelligent Standford grad like Chris only has so many years of living the mind numbing life of a pro runner. Unless he sees some major successes in the next two years, Chris will be our if running and pursuing a more intellectually challenging occupation.

Time is running out...

An intelligent Standford grad like Chris only has so many years of living the mind numbing life of a pro runner. Unless he sees some major successes in the next two years, Chris will be our if running and pursuing a more intellectually challenging occupation.

Time is running out...

urthinkmedad wrote:

Thanks to no one. XC athletes will never get laid.

Chris Derrick is still going into his prime while others are going out. Maybe not next year, but Tokyo sure. Sam's about 30 right? He's more likely to be the on going up to the marathon...and considering how weak the US marathon is compared to 5k/10k that would be his best option me thinks. Especially sine the 10k will be on it's way out soon! Hopefully.

Derrick gets WAY more tail than you do!

wowwdude wrote:

An intelligent Standford grad like Chris only has so many years of living the mind numbing life of a pro runner. Unless he sees some major successes in the next two years, Chris will be our if running and pursuing a more intellectually challenging occupation.

Time is running out...

How is not yet figuring out how to solve his injury problem not intellectually challenging?

Kdk wrote:

wowwdude wrote:

An intelligent Standford grad like Chris only has so many years of living the mind numbing life of a pro runner. Unless he sees some major successes in the next two years, Chris will be our if running and pursuing a more intellectually challenging occupation.

Time is running out...

How is not yet figuring out how to solve his injury problem not intellectually challenging?

Thanks for the dumbest post of the week. Gave me a bit of a chuckle.

Considering modern olympics never come down to a world record effort I don't see why someone that has run comparable times to previous winning times can't medal.

What he should do is keep training.

Thanks Dude wrote:

Kdk wrote:

How is not yet figuring out how to solve his injury problem not intellectually challenging?

Thanks for the dumbest post of the week. Gave me a bit of a chuckle.

What is dumb about my post? If you haven't figured out how to solve a problem for multiple years, isn't it an intellectually challenging problem?

No. I haven't figured out how to clone my dog, but that doesn't make it a stimulating career option.

o.O wrote:

Considering modern olympics never come down to a world record effort I don't see why someone that has run comparable times to previous winning times can't medal.

What he should do is keep training.

Rudisha ran in the Ancient Olympiad?

The Nike Androgen Project wrote:

No. I haven't figured out how to clone my dog, but that doesn't make it a stimulating career option.

Why not? Cloning is a field that employs lots of research scientists. Are you saying they aren't being intellectually challenged?

This is an easy one. He should stay healthy, train for the 10000m, and not make the Trials his marathon debut.

Yeah. Why would he do anything but the 10k? In the last 2 U.S. 10ks in which Derrick was healthy it was Rupp, big gap, Derrick, big gap, everyone else. If I'm him I'm not exactly scared of Chelanga at this point and even then, the only other guy up there is True. If he's healthy, I don't think he gets left off of too many teams.

Did someone say Chris ran a 7:43 3K? That sounds pretty dang strong. I don't know I just always wonder about Derrick. Always thought, he ever gets it all together over a long period of time, he may be scary. I've watched him run at altitude, he just looks like one of the best in the world. IMHO.

Kdk wrote:

Thanks Dude wrote:

Thanks for the dumbest post of the week. Gave me a bit of a chuckle.

What is dumb about my post? If you haven't figured out how to solve a problem for multiple years, isn't it an intellectually challenging problem?

Not really because you are hampered by the physical process.

It takes just seconds to figure out your problem for example but it will take you years to get over it.

Did someone say Chris ran a 7:43 3K? That sounds pretty dang strong. I don't know I just always wonder about Derrick. Always thought, he ever gets it all together over a long period of time, he may be scary. I've watched him run at altitude, he just looks like one of the best in the world. I've watched many greats running like Chelenga and Kithuka etc.. Derrick, to me, looked out of place as a freakin human being flowing across those mountains. To watch him, was something to behold. I can't explain it. Never saw a distance runner own mountains like that.

cure for dumbaszsery wrote:

What is dumb about my post? If you haven't figured out how to solve a problem for multiple years, isn't it an intellectually challenging problem?

Not really because you are hampered by the physical process.

It takes just seconds to figure out your problem for example but it will take you years to get over it.[/quote]

It shouldn't take years to get over an injury. No physical injury takes that long to heal. You can have a whole new tendon put in your leg and fully healed in a shorter time than that. Like I said before, a problem that last for years is as intellectually stimulating as it gets. He's doing something wrong.

Kdk wrote:

cure for dumbaszsery wrote:

What is dumb about my post? If you haven't figured out how to solve a problem for multiple years, isn't it an intellectually challenging problem?

Not really because you are hampered by the physical process.

It takes just seconds to figure out your problem for example but it will take you years to get over it.

It shouldn't take years to get over an injury. No physical injury takes that long to heal. You can have a whole new tendon put in your leg and fully healed in a shorter time than that. Like I said before, a problem that last for years is as intellectually stimulating as it gets. He's doing something wrong.[/quote]

Don't tell Solinsky that.

His 7:43/3k pr was London last month following his 13:19/5k at Heusdon-Zolder.

In his post-Falmouth race interview yesterday CD stated he hasn't run more than 75 miles/wk since World XC back in March.

What he didn't say, is that his recent achilles flare-up occurred a week before World XC which might explain his relatively poor 24th place showing. He was in rehab for the next 6-7 weeks, didn't return to light training until about 15-20 days out from the Portland Track Festival in early June where he faded to a 13:40/5k . . . in retrospect, a pretty damn good time just racing off of past fitness.

In yesterday's interview, Chris mentions he believes he is around pr fitness now for 5k (13:08), so will train through September in hopes of getting into one of the remaining Euro 5k races (Zurich, Berlin, Brussels).

CD admitted to expecting to run more road races in the future as Falmouth was only his 3rd. However, being only 24 (birthday in October), he'll be 29 and at his peak for 2020 Tokyo Olympics & age 30 for the Eugene 2021 World Champs. By then, Rupp will have moved up to the marathon (or retired -- unlikely) so Chris should be the top US 10k guy & sub-27 by then.

Making the Eugene team in 6 years will will extend the careers of a lot of US athletes who might otherwise hang 'em up after Rio or a year or two later . . . and it will also be motivation for CD to remained focused on the track 10k until then. If he does move up to the marathon, that wouldn't happen until 2022 . . . but as someone posted above, he just might cash in his running chips at that point and start putting his Stanford econ degree to good use.

Kdk wrote:

cure for dumbaszsery wrote:

What is dumb about my post? If you haven't figured out how to solve a problem for multiple years, isn't it an intellectually challenging problem?

Not really because you are hampered by the physical process.

It takes just seconds to figure out your problem for example but it will take you years to get over it.

It shouldn't take years to get over an injury. No physical injury takes that long to heal. You can have a whole new tendon put in your leg and fully healed in a shorter time than that. Like I said before, a problem that last for years is as intellectually stimulating as it gets. He's doing something wrong.[/quote]

No you can't. It still takes years for something to heal to the fullest extent possible.

Look at your worst scar for example. It will still be healing years later although it will generally be considered healed when it closes over.