Developing Young Distance Runners: Talent, Patience, and Burnout
Developing Young Distance Runners: Talent, Patience, and Burnout An eighth-grader showed up to my first practice wearing basketball shorts and generic running shoes from Kohl’s. He’d never run competitively. Didn’t know what a PR was. Couldn’t tell you the difference between a 400 and an 800. But when we did our baseline mile time trial,…
