Natalie Cook another stress fracture

My son had this same stress fracture of an L5 pedicle at age 13; the orthopedist said it was a combination of a rapid growth spurt and overdoing it in one sport (soccer in his case) rather than taking time off or cross-training for a portion of the year. He was fine after about three months of rest and PT to keep his core muscles strong. But it took a couple more months to round into top form. Everyone's situation is different, but it does seem that Natalie Cook’s timeframe for competing at a high level again will be this fall, not late spring. Fingers crossed for a full recovery.

So you're living off of a brief moment in time when she was relatively healthy? If a 7th place finish in 2022 on her home course is the hill you want to die on, then don't let me stop you.

You’re an ass and a loser.

"A brief moment in time"? What are you talking about?

Natalie Cook also won both national cross country championships in high school. She also won the indoor 2 mile high school national championship in the second fastest time ever. She also set the 5k high school outdoor national record.

You died on that hill. I won the battle. You lost. You said that Dave Smith shouldn't have recruited her. Imagine saying that a coach shouldn't have taken a grad student who ends up finishing 7th at nationals. Are you living in the twilight zone? You literally made the most incorrect and dumbest prediction of all-time and you are here bringing attention to it. You will forever be without any credibility here.

Lesson to be learned by everyone - Never trust a guy who calls himself "Pig".

She’s young to have this injury and with her history of stress fractures, this is revealing of how compromised her bones may be. Yes, her form is off but, women have different hip structures from men and typically find a way to work around those structural differences. Watching her high school race clips, she looked very different and without outright saying it, not the healthiest. History has shown with a lot of female high school phenoms, that if they were not the healthiest with their habits in high school, that can eventually wreak havoc in their college years. Also, before she had to hide her Strava, she was running 4 miles a day coming off injury but her paces were always sub 7min/mi at altitude. Thats not exactly easing into either after a layoff. She’s a talent, but she will need to be monitored carefully when she’s comes off injury with a bigger picture in mind rather than just this outdoor season.

If you have to say that you won, then you did in fact lose.

Connor Mantz form right?

This became such a stupid argument

who cares?

You sound ridiculous. What are your PRs? Natalie Cook is “unrecruitable?” That’s not a word, and that’s a stupid line of reasoning. She could’ve gone WHEREVER the hell she wanted. Educate yourself.

Hey dude, many of us on this site, myself included, have seen your Instagram page for your child. All I will say about this is that the absolute nonsense you’re spewing on this thread is a direct contradiction of what I see on that Instagram page. I won’t elaborate any further because I’m not an ass.

Of course there is more to this than BM I or energy balance.

In Cook's case, low magnesium, low vitamin D are both alternative factors . Or more importantly, free radicals overload leading to osteopenia. But most likely of all though would be that is pars fracture, so not simply nutrition related injury at all.

Please elaborate. My Instagram page is just a bunch of reels for some chuckles with a few race reels of my daughter mixed in. Now do you have a problem with a 14 year old girl who's working her butt off to be someone someday?

I'm not some anonymous loser posting on here. I'm not afraid to say a runner has poor form from the first time I saw her run. She was chronically injured before I ever saw her run and she is still chronically injured years after I first saw her run. It's a shame for such an obvious talent but it is what is.

You said way more than that about Cook. You are stating things that are false. She already finished top 10 at nationals for Oklahoma State. It was about the best recruiting decision he has ever made. She then transferred and opened up the scholarship. Continuing to bring attention to yourself has ruined your reputation here.

Stress fractures? Bone density issues? Poor nutrition? At CU?

I am shocked. SHOCKED!

I'm not sure what you are implying. I was cleared of any wrongdoing.

She's done. No coming back from this.

She came in with those issues.