tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post7456585850100655008..comments2024-03-24T16:08:20.300-07:00Comments on Training on Empty: Quick ClarificationLize Brittinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-66057363370626855242017-09-19T17:49:53.923-07:002017-09-19T17:49:53.923-07:00Yes, this is what I was getting at that night. But...Yes, this is what I was getting at that night. But the same thing was happening before Let's run. The scrutiny is ingrained in our society. Again, I don't like using anyone specifically as an example, because you never know what tactics she uses to reach a top level. That said, yes, those competing at the top are not going to be the ones who are winning at being the thinnest. Lize Brittinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00851523224709625399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5217271428057557189.post-56332428886513550182017-09-19T17:44:11.352-07:002017-09-19T17:44:11.352-07:00Yes. The irony of the "develop into a woman *...Yes. The irony of the "develop into a woman *or* remain a fast female" false dichotomy is that the runners who wind up fighting to preserve a prepubescent body are the ones who don't last at the top level. If you look at the best American MD and LD runners today, you see a lot of very thing women, obviously, but they are readily identifiable as adult women with athletic bodies. No one would look at Jenny Simpson, Emma, Jordan Hasay, Shannon Rowbury, etc. and remark, "Good athlete, but androgynous." Everyone was claiming that Hasay would be cooked because she won FLN as a freshman and was therefore "obviously" prepubescent and on the burnout train, but 2:23:00 at Boston this year is kinda decent. <br /><br />The thing I see is that it's very difficult for young women who have been running well as literal girls to transition through puberty without getting psychologically battered. When you've already heard that puberty kills running careers *and* you're not fast enough for you and your body to be scrutinized ruthlessly by a legion of pimple-popping anonymous Letsrun maniacs *and* you're gaining some weight *and* your times are in fact temporarily slowing, it's no wonder that most adolescent runners basically check out at that point. But ultimately, in my experience, talented preteen skinny girl runners can still be pretty fair once different parts of their bodies have caught up with each other. Rachel U. was 5' 1" when she was a freshman and about 5' 9" when she graduated and her senior year she was the national outdoor 800m champion. The main reason girls "fail" in this setting is because virtually everyone tells them they have to.kemibehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843360441074102811noreply@blogger.com