Konstanze !!! MF !!! Klosterhalfen - 4:04,91 min solo 1500 m

Agree with everything you say here. However, for her own longevity, it may be a better idea for her to put on a bit of weight. Sure, she may suffer through some set-backs (performance-wise) in the next year or so, but I can't help thinking that she'll come out far stronger (with a longer career) by putting on some weight. Those around her should be encouraging her to do this, with a longer term goal in mind. She is a massive talent, but she won't beat the Dibaba's and Muir's of the world in the coming years with her thin frame; her times are obviously at least somewhat a function of her extraordinary thinness. It can't last. It simply cannot without major injury occurring (and constantly at that) - to take the next step in the senior arena, she really has to get stronger.

Think about it - Laura Muir was even a little bit 'chubby' (by running standards) when she was running 4.05-4.10 region. She bided her time, got strong. Now she is as thin as a whippet (at least during competition season). This is exactly the right approach.

Klosterhalfen makes even Dibaba look like a fat chick, and the previous 1500m Olympic and world champions and medallists all look like monsters next to her (okay, exaggeration, but you see what I mean).

She certainly won't make it unless they smarten her up.

but they want her to run 5000 and 10000 in the future. ayana is really thinn as well. you probably have to be close to her current weight to win

fakeasfake wrote:

but they want her to run 5000 and 10000 in the future. ayana is really thinn as well. you probably have to be close to her current weight to win

I agree to win the medals you have to be that thin - BUT I think she needs to get stronger first - she's got that look that screams 'too thin' [a bit sick thin if I'm going to be honest] but not a 'strong thin'. Ayana is very thin, but looks very strong too, like a trained whippet. Klosterhalfen does not.

Klosterhalfen really has got to give herself the time to get strong, put the miles in (and the weight training to help her speed at the end of the races). A few pounds now will be so much better for her long term development. She could be so good - a world-beater - if they get this right. I dearly hope they don't let this one fizzle in to an anorexic wreck, but it is up to Klosterhalfen to grow up, look at the long-term and conquer her own anorexia (if this is what it is; frankly, it does look like it).

You seem obsessed.

She is clearly on starvoids. If she ate a real meal would her hairline no longer start at her eyebrows?

we will see who is right. i just think that an ill person would not be able to perform that well. but we will see

I predict a some form of bone fracture that will sideline her in the near future given how skinny she is. Her current physique looks very similar to Allie Ostrander.

fakeasfake wrote:

we will see who is right. i just think that an ill person would not be able to perform that well. but we will see

That's about 4 different names you've got all responding to each other.

Think you need therapy.

fakeasfake wrote:

but they want her to run 5000 and 10000 in the future. ayana is really thinn as well. you probably have to be close to her current weight to win

I really don't think so. See Muir, Flanagan, Simpson, Dibaba, Bekele on the men's side. She looks thinner than the Africans.

You seem like a fool. We're commenting on an extremely talented young runner (whatismore, on a running forum). A too-thin very fragile girl-physique we've all seen time and again; the waste of talent we're about to witness here is a downright shame. They always end up the same way: down the anorexia stress fracture drain after a year or two of being 'almost-there-but-not-quite' - frankly, I'm just hoping that someone can step in and save this particular talent here from her own anorexia. Europe needs more running talent like her to move on to the top ranks of the seniors.

What is obsessed about that?

Name one of those anorexic teen phenoms who was even close to the times Klosterhalfen has been putting out for the last three years.

She has been running at a consistently high level since she was 18 (and has always looked extremely thin). Instead of plateauing or getting injured, she has getting better year after year. You simply can't do that for such a long time, if you are anorexic.

Kiprop is stupidly thin and no one ever comments on his health. There are some bigger girls running faster (Muir, Dibaba), but there are a lot that look very thin and seem to maintain it (Ayana, Linet Masai, Faith Kipyegon). How about this thread stop obsessing over the body of a young girl who already has a lot of pressure without even knowing anything about her health or what she eats. I trust she has people in her corner that want the best from her and will give her the advise she needs from knowing more than all of us about her own circumstances

I agree.

I think she has an eating disorder. She bears an eery semblance to Amber Trotter around the time Trotter had or was recovering from ehr eating disorder. That same skeleton face look.

I hope that Trotter is healthy now.

Her disorder was so bad she looked like an old aged marathon runner in bone structure during her high school years:

http://archive.dyestat.com/image/3tr/Januarypictures/030111ambertrotterbleung.jpg

markschultz25 wrote:

I agree.

I think she has an eating disorder. She bears an eery semblance to Amber Trotter around the time Trotter had or was recovering from ehr eating disorder. That same skeleton face look.

You like a good thread about a teenage girl don't you Mark? It's kinda your thing.

This is from 2013 but it's definitely a good sign. Hopefully Trotter is maintaining her healthy comeback"

http://thrombo.info/news-blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/amber-2.jpg

Amerifats should stop being jealous of healthy people and do more sports and eat less

tj wrote:

Klosterhalfen really has got to give herself the time to get strong, put the miles in (and the weight training to help her speed at the end of the races).

2:01 for 800m and double European junior cross country champion; that's pretty decent speed and strength.

The idea that she needs to "get strong, put the miles in ... and the weight training" when she's running so well is ridiculous.

She's got a great role model a few years ahead in Muir who is a courageous racer, hasn't rushed her progression and keeps the sport in perspective. Let's just cross fingers things keep going so nicely, it's exciting.

Weight training to make her body stronger overall will help stave off injury later in life.