Edward Cheserek's NCAA career is over - King Ches scratches from NCAAs due to "a lower back strain"

On to Al Sal he'll run 26:50 in Aug.

Ow my old aching back! wrote:

We can't all be Ed Whitlock

!!!

Rupp's and Farah's and Centro's, NOP etal, careers have been 'over' many, many times. The secret medicine cabinet always saves the career.

Opportunity knocks for Fisher, Knight, Klecker, Dressel, etc. Bittersweet in some ways for some (only some) fans of the sport, but change can bring new accolades which help to further propel the younger bucks onward.

Speculating on the nature of the injury is laughable, because we can't possibly know the full extent of his injury, even if there's a leak...a spinal leak. What is understood is that anyone who has been impaired by any kind of back issue knows how impossible it is to be at the top of one's game. Which is the kiss of death, or a major contributor to defeat, in a national championship.

I'm not in the camp which loves to knock the high and mighty off of the pedestal. I think Cheserek has been great for the sport, in general, even in the sense that he stirs up strong emotions in his detractors. Every race he's ever been in has started on an even playing field for everyone on the starting line. The fact that he has prevailed so often is just plain awesome.

Oh yeah...his detractors, most of whom hide behind their comfy curtain of anonymity, will never NOT say he had an age advantage at the collegiate level...or he's been "pampered" (with negative implications) by Nike, including Alberto illegally, and that he has greatly benefited from the unfair advantage of being able to run the NCAA Outdoor Championships every spring at Hayward.

I'll tip my hat to him over his stunning career at the NCAA level, and I'm sorry he'll not have a chance to wrap up that great career with at least one more victory.

He also found out they would be doing a little more sophisticated drug testing this year at NC's. I heard the Oregon female sprinters are debating to withdraw also.

Knight doesn't need opportunity to knock for him.

Career Over wrote:

Rupp's and Farah's and Centro's, NOP etal, careers have been 'over' many, many times. The secret medicine cabinet always saves the career.

Nobody has ever said that about any of the people you named.

Ehso wrote:

Career Over wrote:

Rupp's and Farah's and Centro's, NOP etal, careers have been 'over' many, many times. The secret medicine cabinet always saves the career.

Nobody has ever said that about any of the people you named.

The 'over' part is too much for you to comprehend.

rojo wrote:

Any back doctors on her? What type of injury could it be? It's described as a "back strain" but that seems mild and if it's that mild, then one would think he'd try to run on it.

That being said, any back pain is basically impossible to run with. I've dealt with a little back pain once and it was agonizing.

If it is a strain, it shouldn't end your season, albeit, if he is just starting rest/treatment, NCAAs would be a stretch.

Why did this thread get stolen and name changed??

I hate to see him go out like this. He shouldered the burden for Oregon for four years like no other distance runner in NCAA history, if you count only championship races. He has faced some serious challenges this year from Tiernan and Knight, while still winning two titles. I'd like to see the challengers either beat him at nationals or be beaten themselves in a good struggle. This injury is not described as serious and so I'm surprised they announced this days ahead of a regionals where he could presumably qualify using a light effort. An exercise I've done that is like magic for the lower back is lifting your foot over and into the bathtub and back a bunch of times. That has gotten me back running very soon at times I couldn't run at all from lower back problems.

TrackCoach wrote:

rojo wrote:

Any back doctors on her? What type of injury could it be? It's described as a "back strain" but that seems mild and if it's that mild, then one would think he'd try to run on it.

That being said, any back pain is basically impossible to run with. I've dealt with a little back pain once and it was agonizing.

If it is a strain, it shouldn't end your season, albeit, if he is just starting rest/treatment, NCAAs would be a stretch.

From the article I read on FloTrack it seemed minor and Andy Powell said he would be back to running fast this summer

I'm guessing it is minor, and that he would possibly be good to go in a couple weeks, but obviously you have to run regionals first and theres just not enough time to work with.

The only thing that makes me think it's major is the fact that it seems he's been dealing with this since indoor Nat's. If he's been running through the pain this long, and it's gotten worse to the point where he can't run at all, there may be more to the story.

You serious Clark? wrote:

He also found out they would be doing a little more sophisticated drug testing this year at NC's. I heard the Oregon female sprinters are debating to withdraw also.

Another anonymous dooshbag telling himself he "heard" something and then posting it.

??!! wrote:

Why did this thread get stolen and name changed??

Two ways to look at it.

They respected the original posts, and put a more informative title to the thread.

Or...

They changed the thread title so they could put it on the front page as "super hot," although they claim that is all done by algorithm (which seems like a lie.)

Making fun of any injury a runner suffers is lower than low. Ed is a class act and once in generation talent. Hopefully, he will get US citizenship soon and represent this country with a great future of running.

MAGA

rojo wrote:

Any back doctors on her? What type of injury could it be? It's described as a "back strain" but that seems mild and if it's that mild, then one would think he'd try to run on it.

That being said, any back pain is basically impossible to run with. I've dealt with a little back pain once and it was agonizing.

I had two different back blowouts in 2016. The first was back strain. I was spasming badly. First time I've ever taken three drugs at the same time: a steroid (Prednisone), an anti-spasmodic, and a pain reliever. Not fun. I'd stand straight and tall and when I'd go even a few degrees away from top dead center, it felt as though there were a knife being plunged into my lower back. When I'd try to stand up after sitting in a chair or on a sofa, I'd push very hard on my knees like an old, old man, the stabbing pain would start, and I would slowly rise. Humbling.

That was the first. He might have that sort of back strain.

Six months later, I had the second blowout. No spasms at all, just throbbing pain and sciatica down my right leg. I was eyeing the opiod pills left over from dental surgery and saying, "I'm only at 6 out of 10. When I hit 7, I'm going druggie." I'd tell my wife, "I feel broken." The MRI showed a 10 mm herniation at L2--it turned out to be asymptomatic--and a bad bulge at L4/5. McKenzie stretches turned out to be the magic pill that brought the bulge back into line. And I'm fine now, and training normally. But that particular compacted nerve twinge-pain is not fun. For the first time in my life, i was forced to contemplate the concept "chronic pain." You don't want to go there.

The coach has made the right decision. I suspect that the King knew that he just wouldn't have what it took to win, so scratching made sense. Nobody wants to be forced to explain away a bad race. Better to wait. Die another day.

The man:

COLBY

GILBERT

rojo wrote:

Any back doctors on her? What type of injury could it be? It's described as a "back strain" but that seems mild and if it's that mild, then one would think he'd try to run on it.

That being said, any back pain is basically impossible to run with. I've dealt with a little back pain once and it was agonizing.

To recap: In one sentence you say "one would think he'd try to run on it," but then in the next sentence you say "any back pain is basically impossible to run with." You go on to say you had a back pain once and it was agonizing.

You're not very good at this.

also out for regionals