astro wrote:
Injuries in women's distance running, especially in the 18-20 age group, are very common. Of the top high school distance running recruits, who hasn't bern injured in the last few years. Seems like virtually all of them have. And other top runners were injured or suffered health issue in college. Starliper's injuries began in high school so no reason to blame the college coaches, the low mileage boilerplate aside. I keep saying that on the women's side the challenge is to get the athlete through into their early 20s without a chronic injury and build from there. Patience is important. The typical college runner, like collegd wrestlers, will red shirt and be on a 5 year track, and in distance running 6 year tracks are common. It is a tough sport.
It can take time to find the right training program. Recall Whittni Orton got herself injured (again) a year ago. Lauren Gregory did as well. Zofia Dudek did as well. Sydney Masciarelli did just this past Fall. All in different schools. I could go on. Injuries unfortunately happen on all teams. Especially to females. But seemingly celebrating them seems to be a new low, even for this board.