What happened Matthew Withrow, the 2003 Footlocker Champion that beat Galen Rupp?

Bad Results wrote:

"What we HAVE RIGHT NOW!" wrote: Ha! Typical lazy response. Yes, the search function on LRC is a mess...

You make my point for me. "Lazy" to you is "efficiency" to any other reasonable person. You're probably one of those cheap idiots who wastes an entire weekend doing home improvement projects while the rest of us hire professionals to do the work. You're grunting away while we go about enjoying the time off we've earned by working all week.

Emphatically wrong on your assumptions. I own a 2 year old place, no yard, no real maintenance. I also live in one of the preeminent outdoor towns in the world. I don't pay to play, or pay others so I can play. I play and your vacations here pay for me to do so (I don't work in the hospitality/resort industry).

You might argue that it takes you some minimal amount of time to access the answers you need, but the beauty of the internet is that most of it is all waiting for you to find, quickly and easily. You're probably the luddite, doltish type who hasn't "learned" how to use the internet and turn it into a tool. You probably just send a new email when you "can't find" the email someone sent you last week that you're replying too. "MAN! That search function in my email is hard to use!"

Lastly, as a member of this community, there's an expectation that you don't waste our time or be an @ss on here. I've been on letsrun for 15 years; I know the game and I know the rules. Unless you're some bottom-feeding idiot who needs to be spoon-fed all their answers, you should learn the norms and play along. We're not idiots around here; this isn't yahoo answers [you use?].

I'm sure you miss ask jeeves ;)

I'm also so cool and smart that I know how to end my italics section...

You get my point; have a great Friday. It's snowing where I am and I've got a race tomorrow!

I am the Sun wrote:

He barely raced after turning 20 years old simply because he couldn't get to a starting line healthy because he ran so many miles young.

Moran

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So anyway, what the F is Matt Withrow doing now? Is he a doctor? Lawyer? Mechanic? Porn actor? Politician? Waterboy? Janitor? POTUS? What the F is he doing?

He had enormous testicles and a coach known for not reining in his athletes so he ran himself into irrelevance. Basically the same thing that happened to Solinsky, but Sol managed to get in a couple of healthy years as a pro.

In the LRC 2027 simulator, he is victorious against all challengers past and future. See for yourself.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9691949

HE CONTRACTED THE HIV

How long before we get threads asking about what happened to the guy who was asking about what happened to Matthew Withrow?

No one cares.

He is posting daily on LetsRun.

Peaked early, like a lot of FL finalists.

Kid was a baller. You know you're a baller when you beat the import Kenyan and the pseudo-pro with the altitude tent.

Ghost of Ryan Deak wrote:

Peaked early, like a lot of FL finalists.

I thought the problem was that he couldn't stay healthy. It's happened to many talented runners.

balboa park vagrant wrote:

Kid was a baller. You know you're a baller when you beat the import Kenyan and the pseudo-pro with the altitude tent.

Yep, we've all seen that meme, but thanks for repeating it as if it is your own idea.

SDSU Aztec wrote:

Ghost of Ryan Deak wrote:

Peaked early, like a lot of FL finalists.

I thought the problem was that he couldn't stay healthy. It's happened to many talented runners.

peaking early causes injury issues later. When you are running volume that your body can't handle at a young age it breaks you down in a big way.

driving me crazy wrote:

SDSU Aztec wrote:

I thought the problem was that he couldn't stay healthy. It's happened to many talented runners.

peaking early causes injury issues later. When you are running volume that your body can't handle at a young age it breaks you down in a big way.

Do you know that he was over training? What was his mpw in HS?

SDSU Aztec wrote:

driving me crazy wrote:

peaking early causes injury issues later. When you are running volume that your body can't handle at a young age it breaks you down in a big way.

Do you know that he was over training? What was his mpw in HS?

Do you usually miss the obvious? Why would a mileage number tell you that he was overtraining when a chronic injury cycle doesn't?

the year is 2027 wrote:

In the LRC 2027 simulator, he is victorious against all challengers past and future. See for yourself.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=9691949

This, he’s a bit heavy now but he’ll be back in the sport in a few years.