Anna Rohrer, Elise Cranny - pro potential or disappointment???

Akskdjdjdj wrote:

smartiepants wrote:

Are we sure Cranny is going pro? she got a postgraduate scholarship and apparently has plans for med school within three years. she graduated in the spring but I guess is still taking some kinda classes this fall.

https://news.stanford.edu/thedish/2018/05/29/four-seniors-awarded-ncaa-postgraduate-scholarships/

Well if Laura Muir made it through vet school I'm sure Cranny could balance it.

I'm not knocking Vet School, but Med School is still MUCH more difficult, and Vet school is difficult

Either way, I think this is the move for Cranny. She had a 4.0 GPA at a very good HS, she is smart. And earning 200k plus a year is much better than trying to make it as a pro to the point where you're making that much money (J Simpson, S Flanagan, M Huddle, S Rowbury). If she's been as injury prone as she has been in college there's some concern, but there's no doubt in my mind she could get make it world class if she's healthy. It all comes down to how much you love running, sometimes doing what you love is what's most important, you can't put a price tag on that.

Soft wrote:

School (especially in the U.S.) is not. that. hard.

So have you compared med schools across different continents?

Med school in the US is pretty demanding and you're not likely to seen many runners maintain world class-aspiring distance running at the same time as going to med school full time. Bannister did it. 65 years ago. Kempainen did it in the 90s, but took an extra year or so, and took off entire semesters to prepare for major events.

Rohrer maybe wrote:

Cranny will be a Brooks Beast.

Rohrer is only a Junior and another set back will be career ending. If she remains healthy and gets back to her old form she will have options.

That training group has dissolved, it still has a website but it exist no longer

ha ha are you Laua Muir? wrote:

Soft wrote:

School (especially in the U.S.) is not. that. hard.

So have you compared med schools across different continents?

Med school in the US is pretty demanding and you're not likely to seen many runners maintain world class-aspiring distance running at the same time as going to med school full time. Bannister did it. 65 years ago. Kempainen did it in the 90s, but took an extra year or so, and took off entire semesters to prepare for major events.

Training consistently during med school would be a huge challenge. I certainly have 1-2 week stretches where training 2 hours per day wouldn't be out of the question if it was my priority. But then I also have a week here and there where just getting out for a few 20 minute runs over the course of the week is all I can do.

Running a whole lot during med school is absolutely doable. Consistently sticking to an elite level training schedule without the occasional 2-3 day stretch of reduced training would be the challenge.

bingo-i did med school in the late 90's and I was able to race a lot in my 1st 2 years-1st clinical year (3rd year) different story but 4th year with less on-call work was good, but you are talking varsity level (my eligibility was up but I still did road races/x-c open races) and not trying to run at elite level where you need consistent milage and training blocks as opposed to shorter stints...

ha ha are you Laua Muir? wrote:

Soft wrote:

School (especially in the U.S.) is not. that. hard.

So have you compared med schools across different continents?

Med school in the US is pretty demanding and you're not likely to seen many runners maintain world class-aspiring distance running at the same time as going to med school full time. Bannister did it. 65 years ago. Kempainen did it in the 90s, but took an extra year or so, and took off entire semesters to prepare for major events.

To Sissy Boy Mr. Soft,

Obviously you're a mentally challenged troll or very dumb. Regardless, Med school it tough, really tough. Scoring high on the MCAT's is hard enough. You must have failed a Community College. You have my pity.

Med School Grad

I was similar to Anna Rohrer and had a hard time staying healthy in college. I was able to continue running post collegiate BUT nothing to the level of an elite or professional runner. To be able to handle that level of training she’ll need durability. I’ve come to terms with it and happy running 35-50 mpw but I won’t ever be completely satisfied with my times. Yea I can win all the races around me but who cares about that when your use to being a national

Champ.

I have no idea the extent to which Cranny will pursue a pro track career, but if she does it would not surprise me if she went back to being coached by Jason Hartmann, who worked with her when she was in high school and he was training in Boulder.

Hoosier Daddy wrote:

Both come from Midwest values. True blue collar runners that aren’t afraid to hurt.

How are they ‘blue collar’ exactly? There is nothing ‘blue collar’ about Stanford.

Dwightarm wrote:

Hoosier Daddy wrote:

Both come from Midwest values. True blue collar runners that aren’t afraid to hurt.

How are they ‘blue collar’ exactly? There is nothing ‘blue collar’ about Stanford.

Nobody said Cranny was blue collar. Go back and reread.

in the know slows wrote:

That training group has dissolved, it still has a website but it exist no longer

Beasts are totally gone? Or just the women?

You sure about that?

Allie Buchalski is training with Danny Mackey, along with Savannah Colon, and of course, Katie Mackey