@twoinanddone I suspect the recent Mary Cain revelations re: Salazar’s abusive coaching probably contributed to these women coming forward. There’s something of a metoo movement going on in distance running the last few years in which male coaches who have treated their female distance runners abusively around diet and weight loss are finally being outed. It is a totally inappropriate and counterproductive approach to training women, and it does not happen in successful programs. Thankfully, a lot of good coaches, male and female, are becoming more vocal about this. So I don’t necessarily disagree with what you’re saying for most sports. But what most female distance runners need to be told is to eat more, not less. Most of these women are putting in 50+ miles a week year round. It is a horrible sign when any roster of distance runners, HS or college, has only a few older women and a majority of first and second year runners. To me that’s a major red flag.
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