Erin Finn Injured

Seidelism wrote:

Not intentional.

She is a victim of circumstance just like Molly Seidel who was forced back to Notre Dame because of not being able to land a contract. She then went back to ND and ran 1 or 2 meets and again could not get a contract with any established group. Tim Broe who was starting a new group was willing to take a shot. He had nothing to lose.

Erin Finn is now in this same situation. She has created a history for herself that will make it rough to get a contract. Karissa will sign something close to 300% more than Erin will.

They didnt go back to get contracts, they went back because they wanted titles

Also Erin Finn has plans of going to med school.

yea wrote:

she looked especially thin recently

Haven't seen her recently but she normally looks strong and sturdy.

harwich9 wrote:

yea wrote:

she looked especially thin recently

Haven't seen her recently but she normally looks strong and sturdy.

Seeing her recently is kind of the point. FWIW, I saw her drop that 3k PR and saw how she looked, then immediately thought another injury was coming. Osteoporosis is not a good thing to have as a 20-22 year old

basicscience11 wrote:

Female bodies respond differently to low body fat than males. Not enough calories=no periods=estrogen pulled from bones=stress fractures. If Erin were an Aaron, then her race times would also be much faster due to higher testosterone levels and not having as much of a risk as low bone density/increased chance of injury. But Erin is an Erin.

A LR poster with a brain who understands the implications of too low BF% for FEMALES.

So this is going to be K-Tuohy

thank you wrote:

basicscience11 wrote:

Female bodies respond differently to low body fat than males. Not enough calories=no periods=estrogen pulled from bones=stress fractures. If Erin were an Aaron, then her race times would also be much faster due to higher testosterone levels and not having as much of a risk as low bone density/increased chance of injury. But Erin is an Erin.

A LR poster with a brain who understands the implications of too low BF% for FEMALES.

Collegiate men and high schools boys also suffer from stress reactions and fractures too. My child's high school team had two boys with stress fractures and one girl that I am aware of during 4 years. It was a small team. One of the boys had more than one over the years. He had a strong looking body--good muscle tone. He definitely did not look anywhere close to some of the women we have seen who may have eatting disorders. My daughter/son now runs for a Power 5 team that regularly makes to the NCAA Cross Country Championship and has suffered from 2 or more stress reactions or fractures. Too low BF% should not be the issue since there is good muscle tone and appropriate weight for given heigth. Both men and women on the team have suffered from stress fractures. I am not a helicopter parent so I am not going to pry to try to find out all the men and women on the team who have been diagnosed with stress fractures this year or over the years. So I cannot say whether or not it is more common with the women than the men on the team. I do think some of the women on this team have been more open about their injuries on social medial and elsewhere than the men. So while low BF% may make stress fractures more likely I don't believe low BF% is present in all the cases and I think that it should be pointed out the males also suffer from stress fractures and the ones I know of did not look like they had an eatting disorder.

There are a number of factors that inmpact risk of developing stress fractures. Males and females have different hormones yet both can be susceptible to stress fractures. Low bone density increases risk. Females without normal hormone levels due to low body weight and/or eating disorders are at risk. Both males and females with low vitamin D levels are at risk. Biomechanics, diet and flexibility also impact risk. Then of course training also influences risk. These are all factors and I may be missing others. According to an orthopedic surgeon we met with when our son was diagnosed with a SF he almost always sees vitamin D deficiency in SF cases FWIW.

thisisntgood wrote:

So this is going to be K-Tuohy

I wouldn't necessarily jump to that conclusion... not to make anything less of Finn, but Tuohy seems significantly stronger built (and on a completely different level) than what Finn was as a high schooler. She's been running competitively since 7th grade and hasn't seemed to have any major injuries so far. Regardless of that though, hope Erin can bounce back from this. The talent is there, she just needs to stay healthy.