Nobody "conquers" a marathon running 4:18 in headphones.
Nobody "conquers" a marathon running 4:18 in headphones.
Them east Africans have been running their whole lives. A good number dont have cars or any means of transportation to get to school. They could walk but running is faster and also in the case of the Kenyans they're at altitude doing all this training. Most of them also dont have shoes or if they do it might be sandals. So this develops good form. They're also eating local grown organic things they grow and meat or milk from animals they've raised. They're not exposed to McDonalds and other first world country problems either. They're just living life. This is just from my observations, but I could be wrong.
Albert Whinestein wrote:
She sounds like a fantastic kid. Disobeys parents (repeatedly), coaches, officials and is validated with an article bragging about it. 15 year old "mostly" vegan, yeah that's been thought out well. The fact that she slogged 26.2 just put more impact on her feet, joints and body. Know it all a-hole kid.
I'm sure she'll be a "wonderful" college student.
Why is nobody in the photo sweating, except the guy in the blue shirt?
Haile questionable wrote:
Why is nobody in the photo sweating, except the guy in the blue shirt?
Because they're running 9:50 pace.
This is stupid. Who tf cares that some 15 y.o. chick jogged a marathon? I'm the 9 y.o. who was mentioned in the article. I didn't train for it. It was just a bonding experience with my dad. It doesn't make a difference. It's not going to kill you.
Can't believe how upset y'all are getting. I ran Mission Bay Marathon with five or six guys from high school between cross country and track seasons in January 1977. Most of us were 15. It was tough, and I recall sleeping for 18 hour straight afterwards, but besides being pretty sore for a week or so, there were no long-last ill effects for any of us.
I think you all are overestimating how hard it is to jog a marathon.
Mr. 9 year old, do you feel like running it that early hurt you long term?
SC baby wrote:
https://www.runnersworld.com/news/a21271296/15-year-old-runs-vermont-city-marathon/
According to milesplit she got worse from freshman to sophomore year, it should be interesting to see if the thon affects junior year XC.
Albert Whinestein wrote:
She sounds like a fantastic kid. Disobeys parents (repeatedly), coaches, officials and is validated with an article bragging about it. 15 year old "mostly" vegan, yeah that's been thought out well. The fact that she slogged 26.2 just put more impact on her feet, joints and body. Know it all a-hole kid.
eff off rule follower.
See where its got you?
track_gad wrote:
Them east Africans have been running their whole lives. A good number dont have cars or any means of transportation to get to school. They could walk but running is faster and also in the case of the Kenyans they're at altitude doing all this training. Most of them also dont have shoes or if they do it might be sandals. So this develops good form. They're also eating local grown organic things they grow and meat or milk from animals they've raised. They're not exposed to McDonalds and other first world country problems either. They're just living life. This is just from my observations, but I could be wrong.
good job of including every hackneyed stereotype cliche into one post. solid work.
I'm french and I know a guy who ran a marathon at 16 years old.
He trained (with a good mileage for a 16 y.o) and ran 3:08 (in 2016).
He ran a second marathon in 2017 and ran 3:06.
He took only 2-3 days off after each marathon and then went back on the track to train for 10k / half marathon.
Now he's injured since last summer, and he spends all the time complaining about injuries.
Didn't even read the article, but I'm glad she ignored all the poor advice she got and did the marathon. It's beyond me why adults continue to powder the butts of young people; all it's done is raise a nation of pansies and entitled A-holes like Private Bonespurs.
When I saw the title of this thread I immediately thought of Eric Davis from Heritage HS in Lynchburg, VA, who started running marathons as early as 11 back in the late 70s. The article linked says he set an 11yo age group record of 2:48:53.
"she couldn't go to a party at a neighbors house"
then she rode 3 miles to go? at 10 years old?
First off why didn't the parents stop her its was raining she could have gotten a cold.
Why would their parents leave her in the house all alone? I wasn't allowed to stay home alone until I was 12
why would her parents also let her stay home during vacation to run a marathon which no one wants her to do and then let her take a plane by herself to London.
there are so many things that could go wrong.
In the 1970s I ran a double marathon at age 15 during HS pre-season track. I did the first marathon in 3:51 and the second one in 5:15, wobbly with heat trouble at the end. I finished around 5PM on Saturday. On Monday afternoon, the track coach made the whole team do a mile time trial. I said, "Coach, I ran 52 miles on Saturday. " He didn't believe me and made me run. I typically ran around 4:50 at the time and ran 5:05 that day, beaten by JV guys. (Very upset.) I think kids that age recover much, much faster than adults do and than adults think kids do.
Two years later I ran my first regular marathon race with several teammates. I ran 2:55 and was beaten by a 12-year-old who ran 2:47. A pair of twin boys who were later low-9:00 HS 2-milers ran a good marathon around that time at about age 13-14. A lot of cross country/track kids did marathons then. It wasn't considered a big deal. I now medal at USA and world masters champs and win or place in my age group at marathon majors. Running marathons as a kid doesn't have to hurt later running. It's okay if they train enough and run sensibly.
Tabitha Franck's ran a 3:13 marathon at age 8 in 1983. Cathy Schiro O'Brien ran a 2:34 at age 16 in 1984.
I have to guess that the girl's parents pushed the story (a la Rossi) because the kid's time is pretty unremarkable.
To be quite honest, it's entirely possible. A lot of me wants to discredit that argument because of the whole Kenyan thing. After all, Kenyan children run prodigious volumes just through daily life (before starting formal training), much more than I ran as a youngster. At the same time, I suck way to much for someone who trains as much as I do. My one highlight of high school was winning the Western Mass 2-mile.
I remember that old Mission Bay Marathon and seeing a bunch of
various San Diego high school cross squads running with the leaders
for x miles. Fiesta Island, tough race. And you should aspire when
you're 15 years old but run smartly, ( think of the heat, take electrolytes,
plenty of fluids), it must be done. When you're 15! Ask Gerry the Jogger.
Stopcecil! wrote:
A girl that doesn't listen to any sort of authority, and does activities that could irreparably damage her body. All at age 15. This girl is going places with that mindset.
Irreparably damage her body? What a bunch of baloney, I ran marathons at age 13, 4 a year at age 14, 15 and 16, no damage, Heck Thom Hunt I believe ran a 2:24 Marathon in High School AND a 4:02 indoor mile and he was a top runner long after he finished college, if you run a marathon at that age you will be sore and achy for 3-4 days and sleep more than usual for a couple of days than be back to normal.